A Teaching Artist's Companion: How to Define and Develop Your Practice is a guide for working professional artists who also teach. With humor and hard-won insight, author Daniel Levy and other master teaching artists narrate their successes and failures, illustrating the essential techniques teaching artists need to thrive in the working world.

• Front Matter


• Acknowledgements


• Contributing Writers


• Introduction


• Chapter 1 - The Evolution Of A Teaching Artist


• Chapter 2 - View


• Chapter 3 - Design


• Chapter 4 - Respond


• Chapter 5 - Four View, Design and Respond-based Programs


• Chapter 6 - Designing A Curriculum


• Chapter 7 - Working with Teachers and Administrators


• Chapter 8 - Support For Professional Teaching Artists


• Back Matter

Daniel Levy is a composer and working musician in New York City. A leader in urban teaching artistry and arts program design, he has worked with numerous arts-in-education institutions, including the 92nd Street Y, The Little Orchestra Society, Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Opera Guild, and Lincoln Center Education.