Research

Randall Everett Allsup is a graduate of Teachers College Columbia University where his 2002 dissertation, Crossing Over: Mutual Learning and Democratic Action in Instrumental Music Education was awarded 'Outstanding Dissertation of the Year' by the Council on Research in Music Education. Prior to returning to Teachers College as assistant professor, he was coordinator of music education and director of bands at Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY.  Randall became interested in issues surrounding social justice and democracy from his work in schools in neglected neighborhoods of New York City. First at Cardinal Hayes High School in the South Bronx and then at the Our Children's Foundation in Harlem, Allsup writes about the challenges of reconceptualizing music pedagogy. His teaching is influenced by thinkers like Maxine Greene, Paulo Freire, and John Dewey.

       Allsup, R. E., & Westerlund, H. (in contract). Freedom at Work: Preparing Music Teachers for Democratic Communities.  Indiana University Press.

Allsup, R. E. (2012). The moral ends of band. Theory into Practice, 51(3), 179-187.

       Allsup, R. E., & Shieh, E. (2012). Social justice and music education: the call for a public pedagogy. Music Educators Journal, 98, 47-51.

       Allsup, R. E. (2012). Music education and human flourishing: a meditation on democratic origins. British Journal of Music Education, 29, 171-179.

       Allsup, R. E., & Westerlund, H. (2012). Methods and situational ethics in music education. Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 11(1), 124-148.

       Allsup, R. E. (2011). Sequoias, mavericks, open doors . . . composing Joan Tower. Philosophy of Music Education Review, 19(1), 24-36.

       Allsup, R. E. (2011). Classical musicians and popular music: strategies and perspectives. Music Educators Journal, 97(3), 30-34.

       Allsup, R. E. (2010). On pluralism, inclusion, and musical citizenship. Nordic Research in Music Education Yearbook, 12,135-155.

       Allsup, R. E. (2009). Rough play: Music and symbolic violence in an age of perpetual war. Action, Criticism, and Theory in Music Education, 8(1), 35-53.

       Allsup, R. E. (2009). A conversation on the realities of music teaching: on the very pleasure of the unexpected and strange. Vision of Research in music Education, 14, 1-3.

       Allsup, R. E., & Benedict, C. (2008). The problems of band: An Inquiry Into the future of instrumental music education. Philosophy of Music Education Review, 16(2), 156-173.

       Allsup, R. E. (2008). Creating an educational framework for popular music in public schools: Anticipating the second-wave. Visions of Research in Music Education, 12, 1-12.

       Allsup, R. E. (2007). Extraordinary rendition: On politics, music, and circular meanings. Philosophy of Music Education Review, 15(2), 144-154

       Allsup, R. E. (2007). Democracy and one hundred years of music education. Music Educators Journal, 93(5), 52-57.

       Allsup, R. E. (2006). Species counterpoint: Darwin and the evolution of forms. Philosophy of Music Education Review, 14(2), 159-174.

       Allsup, R. E. (2005). Hard Times: Philosophy and the fundamentalist imagination. Philosophy of Music Education Review,13(2),139-142.

       Allsup, R. E., & Baxter, M. (2004). Talking about music: Better questions? better discussions!. Music Educators Journal, 91(2), 29-33.

       Allsup, R. E. (2004). Imagining possibilities in a global world: Music, learning, and rapid change. Music Education Research, 6(2), 179-191.

       Allsup, R. E. (2003). Praxis and the possible: Thoughts on the writings of Maxine Greene and Paulo Freire. Philosophy of Music Education Review, 11(2),157-169.

       Allsup, R. E. (2003). Transformational education and critical pedagogy: Examining the link between culture and learning. Music Education Research, 5(1), 5-12.

       Allsup, R. E. (2003). Mutual learning and democratic action in instrumental music education. Journal of Research in Music Education, 51(1), 24-37.

       Allsup, R. E. (2001). Music education as liberatory practice: Exploring the ideas of Milan Kundera. Philosophy of Music Education Review, 9(2), 3-10.

       Allsup, R. E. (1997). Activating self-transformation through improvisation in music teaching. Philosophy of Music Education Review 5(2), 80-85.

       Allsup, R. E. (1997). From Herscher to Harlem: A subjective account. Music Educators Journal, 83(5), 33-36.

       Allsup, R. E., (2011). Music teacher preparation and curriculum in Finland. School Music News, 75(3), 50-51.

       Allsup, R. E., (2005). Stress and the music teacher: Preventing burnout. Teaching Music, 12(5), 50-54.

       Allsup, R. E. (2005). The democratic band room: An alternative approach. Bluegrass Music News 57(1), 22, 42-45.

           Finnish Journal of Music Education: Special Edition: Reconstructing, Revitalizing Traditions, Volume 13, No. 2, Fall 2010. Editorial:"Revitalizing Traditions" pp.6-7.

           Music Education Research: Special Edition: Music Education, Equity, and Social Justice, Volume 9, No. 2, July 2007. Editorial: "Music Education and Social justice" pp. 167-168.

       Allsup, R. E. (in press). Epistemology and qualitative research in music education. In Conway, C. (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research in American Music Education. New York: Oxford University Press.

       Allsup, R. E., & Shieh, E. (in press). Fostering independent musicians. Research Perspectives on the National Standards. In S. Marrison (Ed). Reston, VA: MENC.

       Allsup, R. E. (2013). The compositional turn in music education: From closed forms to open texts. In M. Kaschub and J. Smith (Eds.), Composing our future: preparing music educators to teach composition. Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press.

       Allsup, R. E., Westerlund, H. & Shieh, E. (2012). Youth culture in secondary education. In G. McPherson & G. Welch (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Music Education. Oxford: oxford University Press. 460-475. 

       Allsup, R. E., & Westerlund, H. (2012). Through simple discovery. . . Tanglewood II: Summoning the Future of Music Education. Chicago: Gia publishers.

       Allsup, R. E., & Olson, N. (2012). New educational frameworks for popular music and informal learning: Anticipating the second-wave. In S. Karlsen & L. Väkevä (Eds.), Future Prospects for Music Education: Corroborating Informal Learning Pedagogy (pp. 11-21).  Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Scholars.

       Allsup, R. E. (2009). Philosophical perspectives in music education. In H. Abeles & L. Custodero (Eds.), Critical Issues in Music Education: Contemporary Theory and Practice. New York & London: Oxford University Press.

       Allsup, R. E. (2009). Choosing music literature. In H. Abeles & L. Custodero (Eds.), Critical Issues in Music Education: Contemporary Theory and Practice. New York & London: Oxford University Press.

       Allsup, R. E., Barnett, A., & Katz, E. (2006). Musical heritage: Celebrating families through music. In C. Frierson-Campbell (Ed.), Music in Urban Classroom, Vol 2: Teachers, Leaders, Partnerships, Reform. Reston, VA: MENC

       Allsup, R. E. (2004). Of concert bands and garage bands: Creating democracy through popular music. In C. Rodriguez (Ed.), Bridging the Gap: Popular Music and Music Education (pp. 204-223). Reston, VI: MENC.

       Allsup, R. E. (2006). Book Review: Eric Prieto, "Listening In: Music, Mind, and the Modernist Narrative" (Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2002), Philosophy of Music Education Review, 14(1), 93-97.

       Allsup, R. E. (2005). The fifth element (or turning the dialectic on its head): A response to Estelle Jorgensen's Four philosophical models of relationship between theory and practice'. Philosophy of Music Education Review 13(1), 104-107.

       Allsup, R. E. (2004). Book Review: MacDonald, Hargreaves & Miell, "Musical Identities" (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002) in Music Education Research, 6(1), 129-133.

       Allsup, R. E. (2001). Review of RIME Conference, April 3-7, 2001, University of Exeter, UK, Music Education Research 3(2), 255-256.

       Allsup, R. E. (2003). From Herscher to Harlem: A subjective account. [Original1997]. Readings on Diversity, Inclusion, and Music for All, Reston, VA: MENC

       Allsup, R. E. (2009). 音樂互助学習与民主行為  (trans. Guo, Shengjian) Changsha, China: Hunan Normal University Press. (New preface in English and Chinese).

       Allsup, R. E. (2002). Crossing over: Mutual learning and democratic action in instrumental music education. Abstracts International, Teachers College Columbia University, New York, NY.

       Fender Music Foundation (2011). How is Creativity Manifested? https://thefendermusicfoundation.wordpress.com/tag/randall-allsup/

       Peterson, A. (2010). Voyages of research: a conversation with Randall Allsup. Contributions to Music Education, 37(2), 105-111.

       Randall, M. (2010). A whole lotta of learnin’ going on: pop goes to the classroom. Teaching Music, 18(1), 28-32.

       WFUV Public Radio  (October 28, 2010). Strike a Chord: Music Education. https://www.wfuv.org/news/life-arts/101028/strike-chord-music-education