Book Review: Revolutions in Music Education: Historical and Social Explorations, edited by Andrew Sutherland, Jane Southcott, and Leon de Bruin

project wherein teachers incorporated playing by ear strategies into instrumental lessons. Developing the Musician is suitable for a diverse audience with interests in music teaching and learning and readers comfortable with an academic format. At times the content can be rather dense—particularly chapters using primarily quantitative analysis to report complex statistics—but the consistent format and conclusion sections help readers navigate the chapters. Readers with musical backgrounds or research backgrounds or both with interests in contemporary music teaching and learning would benefit most from this title. Interested audiences and their views regarding music teaching and learning have changed throughout the years. This title provides an excellent resource for researchers, musicians, parents, and music educators as well as individuals with interests regarding contemporary issues in music and music education. Chapters pertaining to popular music, learners with special needs, ear-playing, and music identity make this a timely resource that addresses issues currently impacting the music teaching and learning field. Pertinent information within each chapter is easy to locate, as all authors organized their material in a similar fashion. Contemporary approaches to music teaching and learning are rooted in history, and music educators with an interest in history will likely be able to appreciate the implications of important historical events on contemporary practice. Researchers may also find inspiration to (re)examine the historical narratives surrounding certain topics or approaches described in order to provide additional insights and interpretations to the field of music education. As the knowledge base on these complex issues increases, it remains important for researchers in all music fields to continue to seek publications such as Developing the Musician to stay on the cutting-edge of a varied and dynamic field.