Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Overtures -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Part I Context -- 1 What Is a Teaching Artist? -- 2 Teaching Artists in the Arts Learning Ecosystem -- 3 Guidelines for Teaching Artistry -- 4 The Best Reason for Being a Teaching Artist -- 5 Balancing the Two Economies of Today's Musician -- Part II The Overlooked Essentials -- 6 Role Play: The Four Angles of Arts Learning -- 7 Inside the Liminal Zone -- 8 The Habits of Mind of Musical Learning -- 9 The Essential Skills of the Twenty-First-Century Artist -- 10 Creating the Playground -- Part III Learning to Be a Teaching Artist -- 11 The Entry Point Question: Where to Begin? -- 12 A Teaching Artist's Curriculum -- 13 What Does "Better" Look Like? -- 14 Mentoring: Myths and Mission -- Part IV The Fundamentals of Working in Education Settings -- 15 Truth and Dare in Education Programs -- 16 How to Succeed in School Environments -- 17 Getting Schooled on School Performances -- 18 Art for Art's Sake or for the School's Sake? -- 19 Blind Dates, Steady Dating, and Musical Marriages -- Part V Current Challenges -- 20 Arts Integration: The Hot Zone -- 21 Reflecting on Reflection -- 22 The Dos and Don'ts of Assessment -- 23 Feedback: Giving It and Getting It Right -- Part VI Bringing Teaching Artistry into Performances -- 24 Fuller Audience Engagement: What Does It Look Like? -- 25 Speak Up or Shut Up? Using Words in a Performance -- 26 Interactive Performances -- 27 The Very Open Rehearsal -- Part VII Expanding the Roles of the Teaching Artist -- 28 The Essential Educational Entrepreneur -- 29 The Private Music Lesson -- 30 The Everyday Advocate -- 31 The Telling Facts of Advocacy -- Part VIII Beyond the Borders -- 32 They Take the High Road -- 33 The Planet Gets It Together for the First Time -- 34 The Guiding Spirit -- Index.