Wind Bands and Cultural Identity in Japanese Schools

• Main Author: Hebert, David G. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Landscapes: the Arts, Aesthetics, and Education, 9
• Subjects: Education.; Culture > Study and teaching.; Art education.; Arts Education.; Regional and Cultural Studies.

This well researched volume tells the story of music education in Japan and of the wind band contest organized by the All-Japan Band Association. Identified here for the first time as the world’s largest musical competition, it attracts 14,000 bands and well over 500,000 competitors. The book’s insi...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Part I: A social history of wind bands in Japanese schools. Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Where are these bands from?
• Part II: An ethnography of wind bands in Japanese schools. Chapter 3: An invitation to the Tokyo middle school
• Chapter 4: The band rehearsal ritual and its participants
• Chapter 5: Instruction in the Japanese school band
• Chapter 6: Scenes from the 50th AJBA national band competition
• Chapter 7: Winning in the band: Views from beneath and within
• Chapter 8: Winning in the band: Views from above and beyond
• Chapter 9: Japanese composers and wind band repertoire
• Chapter 10: Leadership and duty in the ensemble
• Chapter 11: Cooperative learning and mentorship in band
• Chapter 12: Organizational training of the Japanese band director
• Chapter 13: Corporate giants
• Chapter 14: Metaphors of a Japanese band community
• Chapter 15: Musical identity in the band
• Chapter 16: National identity in the Japanese school band
• Chapter 17: Ensemble ethos
• Chapter 18: Conclusions
• Afterword
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Index.