Contributions and Acknowledgments
The textbook and accompanying materials were produced by a team of faculty collaborators at the University of North Georgia, each of whom contributed as follows:
Esther M. Morgan-Ellis developed the concept, managed the project, wrote the text (unless otherwise attributed), produced the listening guides (unless otherwise attributed), edited contributions from collaborators, selected/captioned the images, and created the accompanying PowerPoint slides.
Rebecca R. Johnston wrote the Chapter 1 sections entitled “The Power of Music” and “Music and Human Development, Learning, and Wellness” and produced the test bank questions in collaboration with Marie Graham.
Louis Hajosy wrote the Chapter 8 section entitled “The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” and the passage concerning Hendrix’s performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner” that appears in the Chapter 7 section entitled “1969: An Aquarian Exposition.” He also contributed to the Chapter 9 discussion of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” produced the “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” listening guide, and created Appendix B, in addition to providing valuable feedback on the text.
David R. Peoples contributed to the Chapter 13 sections entitled “1965: The Duke Ellington controversy” and “1997: Wynton Marsalis, Blood on the Fields.” He also typeset all of the listening guides and examples and produced all of the graphics, in addition to providing valuable feedback on the text.
Arielle P. Crumley wrote the Chapter 5 sections entitled “Beyoncé, Lemonade” and “Ancient Greece: The Iliad” and provided feedback on the remainder of the text.
Alexandra Dunbar wrote the Chapter 4 section entitled “Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton” and produced the accompanying listening guides. She also provided feedback on the remainder of the text.
Philip Snyder created the notation-based videos in Chapter 2, contributed some images, and provided valuable feedback on the entire text.
Lisa Prodan created the teaching videos in Chapter 2.
Bart Walters contributed to Appendix A, provided valuable feedback on the text, and corrected the initial proof. He also created the YouTube channel that accompanies this book, uploaded videos as necessary, and built playlists in collaboration with Serena Scibelli.
In addition, Jura Pintar formatted listening examples for the typesetting process and Noël Hahn selected some of the images used in Chapter 1. These contributors were not compensated and we appreciate their support.
This text was piloted with the 2019 Honors Music Appreciation class at the University of North Georgia, the members of which provided edits and feedback. Participants included Bailey Bullard, Abigail Cartwright, Zoe Conoly, Camille Cowherd, Morgan Dow, Olivia Forrest, Sarah Graddy, Isabelle Pobanz, Julia Pownall, and Jessica Wood.
The development and publication of this textbook was funded by a Large-Scale Textbook Transformation Grant from Affordable Learning Georgia (Jeff Gallant, Program Director). Our work was also supported by a Presidential Innovation Incentive Award and a Presidential Semester Incentive Award from the University of North Georgia (Bonita Jacobs, President) and by the UNG Music Department (Benjamin Schoening, Department Head). We are very grateful to these institutions and individuals for making this project possible
