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Robert Woody and I collaborated on this course for several years at University of Nebraska - Lincoln (UNL's). It offered senior music education students experiences in popular music performance, songwriting, and technology. As noted in the video, most of our music teachers come from a classical music oriented background, and we stretch them out of their comfort zone, putting them on instruments and into experiences that are new to them in a majority of cases. It remains a fun course!
This is a sample of music education students speaking about their experiences in UNL's Popular Musicianship course. I offered rock band and guitar courses when teaching in public schools, and hope to offer such courses and experiences in other teacher ed and professional development arenas.