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A Qualitative Study of Undergraduate Instrumentalists Teaching Elementary General Music Education
(2012)
The central purpose of this multiple-case study was to describe the professional identities of six general music teachers who identified as instrumentalists as undergraduates. The study builds upon research addressing why ...
The Ford Foundation-MENC Contemporary Music Project (1959-1973): A View of Contemporary Music in America
(2013)
Challenging the widespread belief that serial or otherwise atonal composers dominated the United States' contemporary music scene of the 1950s and '60s (a situation named the “serial tyranny” by Joseph Straus), ...
A Systematic Review of Music Teacher Education Research within the United States:1982-2010
(2012)
Music education researchers have explored several issues within music teacher education (MTE) including: coursework, teacher and musicianship skills, design and implementation of undergraduate programs, and music teacher ...
The Impact of Band Directors' Teaching Experience Level on the Use of Selected Rehearsal Behaviors
(2011)
The purpose of this study was to examine whether differences exist between expert and novice band directors on the frequencies of selected rehearsal behaviors used to address identified performance targets, those musical ...
High School Choral Students' Perceptions of Choral Music Experience
(2011)
The purpose of this study is to explore high school students' perceptions of their choral experiences, providing an understanding of students' ongoing perspectives of choral experience. Specifically, how have these experiences ...
FROM THE VOCAL STUDIO TO THE PRACTICE ROOM: AN OVERVIEW OF THE LITERATURE ON EFFECTIVE PRACTICING AND AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF VOCAL EXERCISE BOOKS
(2013)
The purpose of this dissertation was to compile a list of resources to aid singers in their pursuit toward effective practicing. A survey was given to one hundred anonymous participants: fifty vocal students and fifty ...
The Responses and Reflections of Two Students with Autism Based on their Experiences Creating, Performing, and Responding to Music: A Multiple Case Study
(2014)
The purpose of this study was to describe the responses and reflections of two middle school students with autism as they created, performed, and responded to music during a series of six lessons. A multiple case study ...
Singing of the Old Order Amish in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
(2014)
This dissertation explores the continuity and conformity, as well as changes and diversity of Amish musical life by investigating major rituals, activities, musical genres and repertories of the Lancaster Old Order Amish. ...
The Violist as Composer
(2015)
The search for interesting and rewarding repertoire is a lifelong process for the modern violist. Because of the viola's belated acceptance as a solo instrument, only the occasional solo viola piece appears in the Baroque, ...
TEACHING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THE BEST CHORAL REPERTOIRE FROM THE GREAT COMPOSERS: MASTERWORKS AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE, FREE ACCESS FROM THE CHORAL PUBLIC DOMAIN LIBRARY
(2015)
Studying the choral works of the great composers of the past is always a worthy endeavor. For those aspiring to create an excellent high school choral program, it is critical to a student's musical foundation and heritage. ...