Winter, 2007

Vol. 20, No. 2

Article titled "Me? Teach Improvisation to Children?" in General Music Today, a publication of MENC.

Diane Persellin, Editor of General Music Today writes: "Julie Scott opens this issue by asking the question, “Me? Teach Improvisation to Children?” She examines the first three of John Kratus’s seven levels of improvisation, which are most appropriate to elementary school. These three levels are Exploration and Process-Oriented Improvisation, which lead to Product-Oriented Improvisation. Scott shares some excellent creative strategies for encouraging our students to improvise within a structured, sequential program. Yes, we can all learn to teach improvisation!"

2002 - 2005

Contributing Author to the Silver Burdett-Ginn textbook series Making Music. Her lessons and arrangements appear in the 2005 edition.

Spring 2003

Article titled “Selecting ‘Quality’ Songs for the Elementary Music Class” was published in the Southwestern Musician.

March 2000

Article titled “Revive, Renew, and Rejuvenate” was published in the Spring 2000 issue of Connections, the periodical of the Texas Music Educators Conference.

January, 1999

Contributed an article to a set of articles titled “TMEC Convention Sessions: Improvisation and Brain Research,” which was published in the Winter 1998/1999 issue of Connections, the periodical of the Texas Music Educators Conference.

October, 1998

Contributing author to the “It Works For Me” column of the Southwestern Musician: “Sharing Orff Instruments in the Elementary Classroom.”

Fall, 1997

Authored Stepping Stones: An Ecumenical Children's Choir Curriculum, Early Childhood, Year Three, published by Choristers Guild. The children's choir from Holy Trinity Catholic School recorded the demonstration tape for the book under her teaching and direction. The book is sold through Choristers Guild.