Teaching difficult topics: reflections from the undergraduate music classroom

Part I. Music and Dynamics of Power. Success and Music Education : Teaching the Value of Art in the Neoliberal University / John R. Pippen ; Teaching Music and the Holocaust : Facilitating Discussions and Trust in an Undergraduate Seminar / Jessica Grimmer ; Teaching Difficult Topics in Large Enrollment Classes / Kelsey Klotz ; Decentering Whiteness in the Music Appreciation Classroom / Everette Scott Smith ; Opera and Masculinity / Sean M. Parr

Part II. Social Justice, Activism and Decolonization, and Building Resilience. Beyond the Canon : Using Contemporary Works to Address Sexual Violence in the Music Drama / Annalise Smith ; Asking Non-Majors to Music in Reclamation and Remix Projects : Challenging Topics, Collaborative Learning, and Creative Assignments / April L. Prince ; “Decolonizing” the Music in Canada Course / Colette Simonot-Maiello ; Reimagining Indigenous Existence in Period Performance Practice in the Academic Classroom / Breana H. McCullough ; Less Is More : Opportunity for Deeper Dialogue through the Jesuit Examen / Trudi Wright

Part III. Critical Race Studies. Transdisciplinary Antiracism Research and Teaching as a Foundation for Revising Music Coursework / John Spilker-Beed ; Discussing White Nationalist Music in the Shadow of the Christchurch Mosque Shootings : The Importance of Reflecting on Race and Racism with Students in Aotearoa New Zealand / Olivia R. Lucas ; Don't You Cry for Me : A Critical-Race Analysis of Undergraduate Music Theory Textbooks / Philip Ewell and Megan Lyons ; Stephen Foster and Slavery in Music Textbooks : A Case Study Outlining the Benefits of Using Class Time to Enrich Textbook Narratives about American Slavery / Christopher Lynch ; The Jazz of a Black Ethnographer : A Memoir of Pedagogy, Improvisation, and Reflexivity at a Liberal Arts College / Whitney Slaten.