Abstract
Middle school general music is an experience that numerous music educators feel underprepared to teach. Because many undergraduate programs spend little time on this teaching scenario and because the challenges of middle school general music are different from those of elementary general music or middle school ensembles, teachers often lack the knowledge to create an appropriate curriculum for the clientele. The author will share her insight on teaching in this atypical scenario by looking at the middle school child and the middle school experience.
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