This article presents steps toward gaining knowledge of world music pedagogy for K-12 general music educators. The majority of the article details steps that invite engagement within everyday contexts with accessible resources within local and online communities. The steps demonstrate ways general music teachers can diversify and self-direct their professional development. A later section outlines long-term strategies. This section focuses on interaction with people in the immediate and broader community to develop world music pedagogy curriculum projects.
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Association for Cultural Equity: www.culturalequity.org [This is American musicologist Alan Lomax’s charitable organization. The website provides free digital access to Lomax’s sound, photograph, and video collections and provides resources for teachers.]
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Banjo Hangout/Mando Hangout: www.banjohangout.org and www.mandohangout.com [These websites offer learning resources in a variety of genres, including Celtic/Irish, folk, and bluegrass. As well, the websites include a media archive, an online forum and chat room, a listserv, access to member homepages, and merchandise for purchase.]
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Center for World Music: www.centerforworldmusic.org [The Center for World Music is a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to foster awareness and understanding of the world’s performing arts traditions. This website details workshops, teaching artists, and concerts local to San Diego. The organization sponsors programs abroad opportunities.]
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Cultural Diversity in Music Education Network: http://cdimenetwork.com [This newer website, hosted in 2011, offers a listserv. It is in the process of developing world music resources for music teachers, learners, and researchers.]
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Djembefola: http://djembefola.com [This is an international world-music-focused online drumming community. Teacher resources include djembe videos and rhythmic notation. The website provides access to a social network for members. Membership is free.]
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Drum Circle Finder: http://drumcircles.net/circlelist.html [This site enables specific search for drum circle contact information by US state and by international country.]
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Drum Circle Magazine: http://drumcirclemagazine.com/drumsocial [This is an online drum circle community that publishes a magazine, provides information on drum circle events and workshops throughout the United States, and provides access to a social network for members. Membership is free. Many workshops focus on world music drumming.]
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Drumdojo: www.drumdojo.com/ [This comprehensive site provides print and video information on drums, including world percussion.]
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EVIA Project (Ethnomusicological Video for Instruction & Analysis): www.eviada.org [This website is a digital archive of ethnographic field video for use by scholars and instructors. You may join the website free of charge in order to use the materials solely for nonprofit educational use.]
Gamelan Tuning Systems (Coastline Community College): www.coastonline.org/mml/topic/topicsSearch_detail.php?id=305 [This website provides an overview of the music of Indonesia and specific information on Javaese and Balinese gamelan performance practice.]
Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com [Kickstarter is the world’s largest crowd-funding platform for creative projects. It also enables Internet users to follow your project online.]
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Mondomix: www.mondomix.com [This website offers mp3 files, videos, profiles, a free journal, and a social network of current world music artists.]
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National Association for Music Education: musiced.nafme.org [This website has several resources for teaching world musics. For books: musiced.nafme.org/nafme-books/categorized-book-list, click on “Multi-Cultural.” For lesson plans: musiced.nafme.org/my-music-class, search by country, region, or instrument.]
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National Association of Latino Art and Culture: http://nalac.org/ [This website includes information about regional workshops, its national conference, grant opportunities, and an email listserv.]
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National Council for the Traditional Arts: www.ncta.net [This website includes information on national and regional traditional arts festivals and programs.]
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National Geographic (World Music Section): worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com [This section of the National Geographic provides primarily print information on musical traditions from around the world, in the search categories of genres, artists, and regions.]
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Native Arts and Cultures Foundation: www.nacf.us [This website includes information on community programs and grant opportunities.]
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Smithsonian Folkways Archives: www.folkways.si.edu [This website houses the Smithsonian Institution’s folkway recordings from around the world. Recordings can be purchased online. The website provides teacher resources and information for Smithsonian Folkway certification.]
Times Educational Supplement Network: www.tes.co.uk [This is a social network for teachers and comprises the largest network of teachers in the world. Membership is free. Teachers actively share resources and lesson plans and provide mutual support within online forums. The resources section has a robust number music lesson plans designed for ages 3 to 5 years and K–12. There is a subsection of lesson plans that focus on music from around the world. Please note that in U.K. school curriculum, grade groupings (K–2; Grades 3-5, etc.) are named in terms of Key Stages. For example, kindergarten to second grade is termed Key Stage 1.]
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University of Washington Library: http://guides.lib.washington.edu/ethnomusicology [This website provides links to recordings, videos, bibliography, discography, and other online publications pertaining to ethnomusicology and world music.]
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World Music Network: www.worldmusic.net/store/ [This website includes listings of the Rough Guide series of books produced by World Music Network that can be purchased in eBook or paper form. As well, it contains mp3 files of world music recordings and information on concerts.]
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World Music Press: www.worldmusicpress.com [This website sells world music materials for classroom and community use. Every publication is prepared with the involvement of a culture bearer.]
