De Tin Marin

De Tín Marín: Mi canto, mis raices, is a collection of authentic Mexican children songs and rhymes, organized in pedagogical indexes. There are two versions of the book, one in traditional music notation, and one in Kodály-style solfège notation. The scores include the lyrics in Spanish and literal English translations, a detailed description of the way the songs and rhymes are used in their original social context, and a detailed description of the game, if applicable, that takes place with each singing game and/or rhyme. The musical and extra-musical content of the songs is organized in melodic, rhythmic, structural, song type, and thematic indexes, which make it easy for the teacher to find material that would serve specific curricular goals and objectives. These indexes are available on line, not in the book, at detinmarinsongs.com.
About the Author: Dr. Beatriz Aguilar is associate professor at Edgewood College, in Madison, WI, where she teaches courses related to general music education, early childhood music education, music and cultural identity, cross-cultural communication, and piano. Dr. Aguilar has a bachelor's degree in piano performance from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. She received a MME and a PhD in music education from the University of North Texas, where she also specialized in early childhood music education and was a certified as Kodály music educator. Dr. Aguilar has presented at various conferences throughout the US and Mexico. She is continuously collecting traditional Latin-American children's songs and rhymes, analyzing their musical content and cultural context. Publications Aguilar, B., Holmes, A. V., Göktürk, D., & Chen, J. (2010). Assessment "Over the ocean" - Outside the United States. In Brophy, T. S. (Ed.). The practice of assessment in music education: Frameworks, models, and designs. Chicago, IL: GIA Publications. Overture Center for the Arts. (2007). Spotlight on learning: Educator's resource guide, Sones de Mexico. [Contributions], 6 - 11. Devroop, K. & Aguilar, B. (2006). The occupational aspirations and expectations of music education majors in Mexico. Research and Issues in Music Education 4(1), http: //www.stthomas.edu/rimeonline/index.htm. Aguilar, B. (2004). The effect of individual versus collective creative problem solving experiences on fourth- and fifth-grade students' compositional products. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of North Texas, Texas. Aguilar, B., Ramsey, D., & Lumsden, B. (2003). The Aztec Empire and the Spanish missions: Early music education in North America. The Journal of Historical Research in Music Education 24(1), 62-82. Aguilar, B. (2000). Music, race and mind. Southwestern Musician, 69(4), 46-49. Texas: TMEA.