Music teachers know their students don't just learn to play music; they
are also exposed to universal life skills along the way. But that's just
part of the story. Currently, most students are largely left to learn
these universal skills--like problem-solving, patience, focus,
collaboration, critical thinking, creativity, and communication--on
their own and often not very effectively. The Transposed Musician not
only empowers students to better confront the challenges of the
twenty-first century, they will also significantly improve
musicianship--a double benefit. Author Dylan Savage spent two decades
refining his approach to teaching universal skills through music, and he
shares them in this book. Each of the eight chapters of The Transposed
Musician focuses on a specific universal skill and shows how students
can apply that skill to music. He then shows how teachers can guide
those students to "transpose" that skill to life and back again to music
with far deeper understanding and musicianship. With practical examples
and clear writing, this book is for music educators wishing to help
their students become both better musicians and also better-equipped
citizens of the world. Students truly become "transposed musicians" for
life and for music.