• The Solo Piano Music of Robert Starer 

  Ayesh, Kevin Bradley (1990)

  This dissertation consists of a tape recording of the complete solo piano music to date of Robert Starer (b. 1924), and a supplemental, descriptive essay that is designed to be considerably more detailed than the usual ...

• A Survey of Works for Horn and Fixed Media from 1968 to 2016 

  Loke, Erika Binsley (2017)

  The purpose of this study is to investigate works written for horn and fixed media “tape” accompaniment. Since the late 1960s many pieces have been written for this instrumentation, but none of these are widely considered ...

• The Status of Music Education in United States Public Schools - 2017 

  Foundation, Give a Note (Give A Note Foundation, 2017-11)

  This publication reports on the findings of a nationally representative survey of K-12 schools in the United States that offer music education. Results are reported at the school and teacher level on the status of music ...

• FROM MÚSICA DE CARRILERA TO CORRIDOS PROHIBIDOS AND NORTEÑA: MOBILITY, MEANING, WAR, AND THE RECONTEXTUALIZATION OF MEXICAN MUSICAL STYLES IN COLOMBIA 

  Vergara, Patricia (2017)

  This dissertation analyses the adoption and multiple layers of recontextualization of Mexican musical styles in Colombia since the 1930s, particularly música norteña and corridos, story-songs that narrate current events ...

• THE EFFECTS OF PRACTICE-BASED AND THEORETICAL-BASED PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES ON JAZZ IMPROVISATION AND PERFORMANCE ACHIEVEMENT BY HIGH SCHOOL MUSICIANS 

  Brumbach, Glen A (2017)

  The main purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of two methods of jazz instruction—theoretical-based and practice-based—on the improvisational development and performance of high school jazz musicians.  Secondary ...

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