“…Many music teachers feel overwhelmed in trying to meet these expectations of teaching another content area. Scholars have suggested ways to address these language standards in general music classrooms (Cardany, 2013; Darrow, 2014; Nordquist, 2015; Smith, 2014). ELAs consist of four language skills (i.e., listening, speaking, reading, writing) that share commonalities with the music processes (i.e., creating, performing, responding) outlined in the newly adopted National Common Core Music Standards (NAfME, 2016).…”