"Marginalized Voices in Music Education explores the American culture of music teaching and learning by looking at marginalization and privilege in music education as a means to critique prevailing assumptions and paradigms. In ten contributed essays, authors set out to expand notions of who we believe we are as music educators and who we want to be come. This book is a collection of perspectives by some of the leading and emerging thinkers in the profession, and identifies cases of individuals or groups who have experienced marginalization. It shares the diverse stories in a struggle for inclusion, with the goal to begin or expand conversation in undergraduate and graduate courses in music teacher education. Through the telling of these stories, the authors hope to recast music education as fertile ground for transformation, experimentation, and renewal"--Back cover

Introduction /Brent C. Talbot -- Speak no evil: talking race as an African American in music education / Joyce M. McCall -- Black keys on a white piano: a negro narrative of double-consciousness in American music education / Deejay Robinson & Karin S. Hendricks -- Why just me (or few others) in music education: an autoethnographic point of departure / Darrin Thornton -- Negotiating communities of practice in music education: Dorothy's narrative / Karin S. Hendricks & Dorothy -- Cultural straddling: the double life of a mariachi music education major / Carlos Castañeda Lechuga & Margaret Schmidt -- "Put your big girl panties on!": a female band director's career in a culture of masculinity / Colleen A. Sears -- "Can't I sing with the girls?": a transgender music educator's journey / Sarah J. Bartolome & Melanie E. Stanford -- Like putting a circle with a square: a male alto's choral journey / Vanessa L. Bond -- Zeke's story: intersections of faith, vocation, and LGBTQ identity in the South / Don Taylor & Zeke -- A case study of two music education majors with visual impairment / Elizabeth C. Parker, Amy E. Spears & Tami J. Draves.