Phenomenology has been defined as "an approach to philosophy centering on analysis of the phenomena that flood (human) awareness" (Jorgenson, 1992), including the essences, meanings, and essentially necessary relations of these phenomena. In the last fifty years, an increasing number of writers have begun to examine the music-listening experience from the point of view of phenomenology. This article reviews selections from this body of work, and presents the author's synthesis of the ideas presented, along with recommendations for music educators at the pre-K though 12 level. (Contains 82 notes.)