Honoring Trans and Gender-Expansive Students in Music Education - by Matthew L Garrett & Joshua Palkki (Paperback)

About the Book

School music teachers and college music teacher educators need resources for working with trans and gender expansive (TGE) students in school music programs. TGE youth are becoming more visible in schools across the U.S., and many teachers, administrators, and communities simply do not have adequate information to appropriately support these students. Honoring Trans and Gender-Expansive Students in Music Education combines new stories from TGE youth and their music teachers with researched-based practical suggestions from the authors to help teachers honor and empower TGE students to succeed in school music classrooms.

Book Synopsis

Trans and gender-expansive (TGE) youth deserve a safe and empowering space to engage in high quality school music experiences. Supportive music teachers ensure that all students have access to ethically and pedagogically sound music education. In this practical resource, authors Matthew L. Garrett (he/him) and Joshua Palkki (he/him) encourage music educators to honor gender diversity through ethically and pedagogically sound practices across choral, instrumental, and general music classroom environments by highlighting the narratives and experiences of TGE musicians.

Review Quotes

"The lives and experiences of our TGE students are critically important and, if we are to remain relevant as a profession, it is incumbent on each of us to engage in practices that are inclusive of TGE musicians in our classrooms. Whether you are already very familiar with these practices or just beginning to learn about them, this book will serve as a fantastic resource for you." -- Jessica Nápoles, Music Educators Journal

"This book should be on the shelf of every teacher and counselor working with K through graduate school. Garrett and Palkki have done a brilliant job providing up-to-date coverage of subjects that are difficult for some teachers to address. This book covers these issues with sundry documenting stories, that perhaps familiar to some are extremely helpful to the uninitiated as well as others looking to be informed in addressing important issues paramount to many students--a most welcomed addition." -- Clifford K. Madsen, Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of Music, Florida State University

"Garrett and Palkki's compelling and comprehensive book humanizes and personalizes the lived experiences of trans and gender-expansive persons. This book is a brilliant and welcome addition to the music education profession. Teachers in all stages of their career will leave research-based discussions, powerful stories of TGE persons, and practical recommendations with enhanced awareness and fresh perspective, as well as empowered to make change for the better in the music classroom." -- Bridget Sweet, Associate Professor of Music Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

"This book is integral to any music library that serves current or future music educators." -- Alexa Marie Frederick, Undergraduate Music Education Student, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA

"Honoring Trans and Gender-Expansive Students in Music Education is a valuable resource for all educators. The practical ideas on valuing trans and gender-expansive students in the music classroom are integral for educators because more students are now comfortable with identities outside of cisgender and heteronormative identities...This book is integral to any music library that serves current or future music educators." -- Alexa Marie Frederick, Music Reference Services Quarterly

About the Author

Matthew L. Garrett is Professor of Music Education and Director of the University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE), at Case Western Reserve University.

Joshua Palkki is Associate Professor of Music Learning and Teaching and Associate Director of Choral Activities at Arizona State University.