Music Learning and Teaching in Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence explores a comprehensive array of key issues, concepts, and debates related to music learning and teaching in three phases of a child's development. It provides a broad framework for understanding the distinct needs and perspectives of infants, children, and adolescents as they relate to music.

PART 1, Music learning and teaching in infancy and early childhood, Part Editor: Margaret S. Barrett, Chapter 1. Commentary: Music learning and teaching in infancy and, early childhood, Margaret S. Barrett, Chapter 2. Musical lives of infants, Mayumi Adachi and Sandra E. Trehub, Chapter 3. Musicality and musical culture: Sharing narratives of sound, from early childhood, Colwyn Trevarthen and Stephen Malloch, Chapter 4. Music and language in early childhood development and learning, Lily Chen-Hafteck and Esther Mang, Chapter 5. Musical participation from birth to three: Toward a global perspective, Susan Young and Beatriz Ilari, Chapter 6. Creative meaning-making in infants' and young children's musical cultures, Margaret S. Barrett and Johannella Tafuri, Part 2, Music learning and teaching during childhood:, Ages 5-12, Part Editor: Kathryn Marsh, Chapter 7. Commentary: Music learning and teaching during childhood: Ages 5-12, Kathryn Marsh, Chapter 8. Children's ways of learning inside and outside the classroom?, Eve Harwood and Kathryn Marsh, Chapter 9. Creating in music learning contexts, Jackie Wiggins and Magne I. Espeland, Chapter 10. Meaningful connections in a comprehensive approach to the music curriculum, Janet R. Barrett and Kari K. Veblen, Chapter 11. Multiple worlds of childhood: Culture and the classroom, Chee-Hoo Lum and Kathryn Marsh, Chapter 12. Music education in the generalist classroom, Neryl Jeanneret and George M. DeGraffenreid, Chapter 13. Instrumental ensemble learning and performance in, primary and elementary schools, Sharon G. Davis, Part 3, Music learning and teaching during adolescence:, Ages 12-18, Part Editor: Oscar Odena and Gary Spruce, Chapter 14. Commentary: Music learning and teaching during adolescence: Ages 12-18, Oscar Odena and Gary Spruce, Chapter 15. Teaching, learning, and curriculum content, Chris Philpott and Ruth Wright, Chapter 16. Youth culture and secondary education, Randall Everett Allsup, Heidi Westerlund, and Eric Shieh, Chapter 17. Assessment in the secondary music classroom, Martin Fautley and Richard Colwell, Chapter 18. The community music facilitator and school music education, Lee Higgins and Brydie-Leigh Bartleet, Chapter 19. Creativity in the secondary music classroom, Oscar Odena, Chapter 20. Technology in the lives and schools of adolescents, S. Alex Ruthmann and Steven C. Dillon