By Berenice Nyland and Aleksandra Acker, Taylor & Francis, $52.95
The culmination of more than a decade of research driven by the fact that music has been neglected in early childhood programmes in favour of literacy and numeracy, despite the connection between academic performance and music. This book promotes the idea of children’s competence in the use of the language of music and argues that all children have a right to participate in musical discovery and celebrates engagement with meaningful and disparate experiences in music.
