Music Education

Enhancing music education is the goal of Adventures With Music, Inc. Through books for education professionals and student musicians, Paul Kimpton and Ann Kaczkowski Kimpton work with teachers to improve instruction and engagement, and with students to build excitement, motivation, and achievement.

On the teacher side, you’ll find books with valuable information to raise the bar for teaching music. These works on music assessment, music teaching and learning, and music theory include the following:
• Scale Your Way to Music Assessment: The Ultimate Guide To Creating A Quality Music Program (2nd Edition)
• Grading for Musical Excellence: Making Music an Essential Part of Your Grades
• Common Core: Re-Imagining the Music Rehearsal and Classroom (Standards, Curriculum, Assessment, Instruction)
• Work–Life Balance for Music Educators: Real Stories, Real Strategies, Real Solutions

We also invite you to visit our Adventures With Music series novels where the heroes are musicians.
Students in grades 4-8 see how music can be an essential part of their lives and are drawn into the exciting narratives that reinforce concepts they encounter when they play an instrument, sing, or participate in general music classes. The first four books are:
• Starting Early: A boy and his bugle during WWII
• Dog Tags: A young musician’s sacrifice during WWII
• Summer of Firsts: WWII is ending, but the music adventures are just beginning
• Stepping Up: The bully in the band

About the Authors

• Paul Kimpton

A music educator for 33 years, Paul Kimpton has authored some of the most influential books in music education. He is a valued clinician on music curriculum, assessment, teaching methods, grading, and conducting throughout the United States and Canada. He has served on the advisory board of the Illinois High School Association and received the Outstanding Music Educator Award from the National Federation of High Schools. In addition to a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Music Education, Kimpton has certifications in guidance and counseling and school administration. Most recently, he is a contributing author to The Oxford Handbook of Assessment Policy and Practice in Music Education.

• Ann Kaczkowski Kimpton

Ann Kaczkowski Kimpton has been an assistant principal for curriculum and instruction, a department chair for literacy, and teacher. She has co-authored several books on music education with her husband, Paul, and written four novels for the Adventures with Music series where musicians are the heroes. She has given numerous presentations and workshops at the local, state, and national levels on curriculum writing for music education, literacy and its connection to music. Additionally, she is a French horn player and color guard specialist.