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1956 - present

Marilia Kamil,   Ph.D.

Instituto Baccarelli , Where Music Transforms: A Case Study of Music for Social Change

Marina McLerran,   Ph.D.

A Measure of Expression in Instrumental Performance

Giulia Ripani, Ph.D.

The Effect of Acculturation, Social Support, and Music Self-Perceptions on Latino Immigrant Children's Acculturative Stress in Music Classes: A SEM Mode l

Tina Beveridge, Ph.D. An Historical Case Study of Public School Music Education in Portland, Oregon, 1990-2015

Catherine Bennett Walling, Ph.D. Becoming: A Grounded Theory of Culturally Responsible Music Teaching in an Age of Change

Nicolas Coffman, Ph.D. Finding My Sound: Creative Musical Identity Development of Undergraduates in a Popular Electronic Music Program

Margaret Flood, Ph.D. Code-switching Behaviors in a Secondary Band Director

Julia Klingner, M.M. Perceptions of New Music Teachers in Florida Toward Their Induction Process

Marina McLerran, M.M. Instrumental Music Education for Middle School Students with Hearing Impairment

Sheerin Berte, Ph.D. The Lived Experience of Adult Musicians with Dyscalculia: A Heuristic Inquiry

Wendy Gunther, M.M. The Unicorns of Elementary Schools: A Collective Case Study of Male Elementary General Music Teachers

Laurie Peebles, Ph.D. Personality and the Quality of the Music Therapy Supervisor-Intern Relationship

Melissa Ryan, Ph.D. Social Justice Pedagogy in Elementary Music: Beliefs, Attitudes, and Practices

Robert Saunders, Ph.D. Mandolin Parallels and Their Effects on Beginning Violin Achievement

Giulia Ripani, M.M. Children's Social Representations of Music

Víctor Manuel Rubio Carrillo, M.M. A Musical Breathing Approach with Guitar Performance

Vimari Colón León, Ph.D. A Model of Parental Involvement in the Music Education of Students with Special Education Needs

Donna Hewitt, Ph.D. The Impact of a Professional Development Program in Popular Music on a Music Teacher’s Beliefs and Practices

Kat Reinhert, Ph.D. Developing Popular Music Programs in Higher Education: Exploring Possibilities

Johanna E. Abril, Ph.D. The State of Music Education in Basic General Public Schools of Ecuador: The Administrators' Perspective

Sandra Sanchez Adorno, Ph.D. Navigating Identities: The Musical Lives of Four Second-Generation Immigrant Children in Miami, Florida

Melissa Eick, M.M. Background Characteristics, Identity Issues, and Mentoring Process Perceptions of Undergraduate Instrumentalists as Predictors of Applied Music Teaching Success

Molly Page, M.M. Running as a Treatment for Music Performance Anxiety

Carolyn Dachinger, Ph.D. The Effect of a Music-Movement Intervention on Arousal and Cognitive Flexibility in Older Adults With and Without Mild Neurocognitive Disorder

Candice Davenport, Ph.D. A Model of Classroom Environment and Social-Psychological Factors Influencing Computer-Based Compositional Creativity

Craig Denison, Ph.D. A Structural Model of Physiological and Psychological Effects on Adolescent Male Singing

Hyun-Jung Lee, Ph.D. The Effect of Auditory Pitch Range on Sustained and Selective Attention: A Comparison of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Typically-Developing Children

Peter J. Hamlin, Ph.D. Deliberate Practice of High School Instrumentalists: A Theoretical Model Susana M. Lalama, Ph.D. Perceived Caring Climate, Empathy, and Student Social Behavior in High School Bands Lindsay Moraczewski, M.M. Functional Harmony: The Social Culture of a High School Orchestra Ahmad Rithaudin Md Noor, Ph.D. The Effectiveness of Electronic (e-Learning) on Music Theory and Music Appreciation Achievement of Form 1 (Grade 7) Malaysian Secondary School Students

Steven Scher, M.M. Music Technology in the Classroom: Use, Accessibility, and Professional Development of Delaware K-12 Music Educators

Jennifer Lee Doyle, Ph.D. The Effects of Teacher Background, Teacher Preparation, and Support on Attitudes and Expectations of K-12 Urban Music Educators Kathryn L. Simon, Ph.D. Predictors of Classroom Management Challenges and Practices of Secondary Choral Music Educators E. Gaile Stephens, Ph.D. Formation and Prediction of the Singing Perceptions of Self-Labeled Singers and Non-Singers Brian C. Wesolowski, Ph.D. Testing a Model of Jazz Rhythm: Validating a Microstructural Swing Paradigm Alaina Galliford Lorenzo, M.M. The Effect of Verbal Versus Nonverbal Parent Cues on Children's Listening Skills
 Monica J. Kurtz, M.M. The Impact of Teacher Intensity on Student Motivation in the 4th and 5th Grade Music Classroom: A Case Study 
 Sandra Mercedez Sanchez, M.M. Individual Adequacy of Immersed Music Program Participants
 


Eunju Jeong, Ph.D.  Development and Validation of a Music-based Attention Assessment for Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury

Susana M. Lalama, M.M. A Comparison of Student and Teacher Perceptions of Classroom Management in Secondary Band Rehearsals in Florida Schools

Linda Lathroum, Ph.D.  The Role of Music Perception in Predicting Phonological Awareness in Five- and Six-Year-Old Children

Adrienee Wills, M.M. Relationships Among Musical Home Environment, Parental Involvement, Demographic Characteristics, and Early Childhood Music Participation

Brian Wuttke, Ph.D. A Model Describing the Effects of Equipment, Instruction and Director and Student Attributes on Wind-Band Intonation

Caroline Elizabeth Morris, M.M. A Comparison of the Use of Composition as a Teaching Tool in Music Classrooms of the United States and United Kingdom

Bradley C. Olesen, Ph.D. The Impact of Background, Choral Conducting Training and Music Teaching Style on the Choral Warm-up Philosophy and Practices of Successful High School Choral Directors Brian Russell, Ph.D. The Empirical Testing of Musical Performance Assessment Paradigm

Jennifer Lee Doyle, M.M. Music Teacher Perceptions of Issues and Problems in Urban Elementary Schools

Sarah Duncan, M.M. Assessment Practices of String Teachers

Julie Stordahl, Ph.D.  The Influence of Music on Depression, Affect, and Benefit Finding Among Women at the Completion of Treatment for Breast Cancer

Ming Tu, Ph.D.  The Effects of a Chinese Music Curriculum on Cultural Attitudes, Tonal Discrimination, Singing Accuracy, and Acquisition of Chinese Lyrics for Third-, Fourth-, and Fifth-Grade Students

Brian Russell, M.M. The Development of a Guitar Performance Rating Scale Using Facet-factorial Approach

Hayoung Lim, Ph.D.  The Effect of "Developmental Speech-Language Training through Music" on Speech Production in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Charles Ciorba, Ph.D.  The Creation of a Model to Predict Jazz Improvisation Achievement

Lourinda S. Crochet, Ph.D.  Repertoire Selection Practices of Band Directors as a Function of Teaching Experience, Training, Instructional Level, and Degree of Success

Janet Kirsten, Ph.D.  Pre-Kindergarten Music Education Standards and the Opportunity-to-Learn Standards as applied to preschool settings in the United States

Kathleen M. Light, Ph.D.  Continuing in Band: Marketing to Incoming High School Students

Kelly A. Parkes, Ph.D.  The Effect of Performance Rubrics on College-Level Applied Studio Grading

Nathan Rinnert, Ph.D.  A History of the Bands at the Teachers' School in Mansfield, Pennsylvania, 1871--1971

Sandra Schwartz, Ph.D.  Vocal Health of Middle School and High School Choral Directors

Patricia O. Englehardt, Ph.D.  The Effect of the Yamaha Music in Education Keyboard Instructional Approach on the Musical and Nonmusical Outcomes of Middle School Students

Melissa Lesniak, Ph.D. Attitudes Towards String Education Among Collegiate String Faculty

Jeannine Mongeon, Ph.D. The effects of Left-hand Exercises on Beginning Upper String Performers' Intonation and Facility

Jay Dorfman, M.M. The Integration of Computer Technology into Music Teacher Training Curricula : An Historical Perspective

Joy Galliford, Ph.D. The Effects of Music Experience During Early Childhood on the Development of Linguistic and Non-linguistic Skills

Christopher R. Sweeney, Ph.D. The Effects of Structured Practice on the Performance Skills of Middle School First-year Band Students

Thelma B. Alvarez, Ph.D. The experience of being a mother of children up to two-and-a-half years old and the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music

Roger A. Mason, Ph.D. Audiation, Cochlear Function, and the Musical Ear of Alfred Tomatis

Mohammed A. Soulayman, Ph.D. A Review and Survey of Current Practices in Elementary Music Education Methods Courses with Recommendations for a K--4 Course of Study for the College of Basic Education in Kuwait

Khaled M. Almujarreb, Ph.D. A Survey of Current Practices in the Teaching of College and University Music Appreciation Classes with Implications for Teaching the Course in Kuwait's College of Basic Education

Mahmoud A. Faraj, Ph.D. A Proposed Four-year Undergraduate Vocal Performance Major Curriculum Guide for the Higher Institute of Musical Arts in Kuwait

Badreyah H. Abdali, Ph.D.   A Method of Teaching Qanun Performance to Elementary-Aged Children    

Patricia Ooi, M.M.   A Description and Comparison of Two prominent Keyboard Music Education Systems and their Implications for Music education in Malaysia

Sager Al-Ramzi, Ph.D.   The History, Development, and Curriculum of the Institute of Musical Studies and the Higher Institute of Musical Art in Kuwait    

Sergio Luis Alvares , Ph.D.   A Rationale for and the Development of “Choro” Courses as a Proposed Model for Brazilian Popular Music Program s in Colleges and Universities o f Brazil   

Christopher Seeney, M.M.   A Description of Student and Band Director Attitudes toward Concert Band Competition

Walter G. Busse , Ph.D.   Toward Objective Measurement and Evaluation of Jazz Piano Performance Via MIDI-Based Groove Quantize Templates  

Kaja L. Jenson, Ph.D.   The effects of selected classical music on writing and talking about significant life events  

Douglas M. Jordan, Ph.D.   Alfred Reed: The Man Behind the Music  

Perry Lee, Ph.D.   An Investigation of the Opportunities of Exceptional Students in Secondary Instrumental Music in Flori da Twenty Years after PL 94-142  

Elizabeth F. York, Ph.D.   The Effects of Music Therapy Interventions on Naming and Verbal Fluency in Persons with Probable Alzheimer’s Disease   

David J. Greennagel, Ph.D.   A Study of Selected Predictors of Jazz Vocal Improvisation Skills   

Cathy H. McKinney, Ph.D.   The Effect of the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music on Mood, Emotional Expression, Cortisol, and Immunologic Control of Latent Epstein-Barr Virus in Healthy Adults    

Lee W. Stone, Ph.D.   The Effects of Systematic Aural/Visual Performance Modeling on Young String Instrumentalists’ Executive and Performance Skills   

Patrick M. Fortney, Ph.D.   Learning Style and Music Instruction Via an Interactive Audio CD-ROM: An Exploratory Study    

Merja A. Sargon, Ph.D.   An Examination of Primary, Middle, and Senior High School Students' Responses to Operatic and Popular Female Vocal Timbres (Order No. 9331529). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (304071708).    

Yasmin Alvarez, Ph.D.   The Development and Evaluation of a Sequential Comprehensive Keyboard Curriculum for Senior High School   

Randy L. Bangs, Ph.D.   An Application of Amabile’s Model of Creativity to Music Instruction: A Comparison of Motivational Strategies   

Krista Erickson, M.M. The Effect of Group Music Instruction and Computerized Tutorials on the Pitch-matching Ability of Pitch-defective Singers in Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade  

Barry R. Garman, Ph.D.   The Effects of Accompaniment Texture and Contextual Pitch Distance on String Instrumentalists’ Intonational Performance

Deborah Knaus, M.M. Evaluation of Middle School Students' Instrumental Performance Skills: A Comparison of Teacher Evaluations and Student Self-evaluations     

Rebecca C. Kralik, Ph.D.   An Examination ot the Self-Concepts of Middle School Music Participants and Nonparticipants   

Keitha V. Lucas, Ph.D.   The Effect of Contextual Condition on the Sight Singing Achievement of Middle School Choral Music Students  

Raquel M. Montalvo, Ph.D.   An Assessment of the Status and Needs of K-12 Public School Music Education in Puerto Rico   

Mary E. Pocock, Ph.D.   The Influence of Harmonic Complexity on Melodic Expectations  

1990   

Michael B. Dressman, Ph.D.   The Development and Validation of a Test to Evaluate Selected Wind Instrument Performance Competencies of Middle School/Junior High School Instrumentalists  (Order No. 9114795). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (303836586).   

Gerald W. Siverson, Ph.D.   An Examination of The Extent to which Senior High School Band Programs Reflect Aesthetic and Utilitarian Goals   

Marilyn C. Allen, M.M. A Study of Dade County Public School Music Teachers' Practices and Attitudes toward Mainstreaming 

Richard K. Fiese, Ph.D.   An Examination of the Relationship a mong Conductors’ Rankings of the Relative Musical Quality of Three Unfamiliar Wind Band Scores  

Sammi S. Liebman, Ph.D.   The Effects of Music and Relaxation on Third Trimester Anxiety in Adolescent Pregnancy    

Deborah Mar, M.M. A Study of Selected Environmental and Socio-cultural Factors on High School Students' Music Ability

David C. McCalla, Ph.D.   The Status of Class Piano Instruction in the Public Secondary Schools of Florida    

Mary F. Chavez, M.M. A Survey of String Instructional Practices in the Public Elementary Schools of Dade County, 1987-1988  

David L. Mills, Ph.D.   The Meaning of the High School Band Experience and its Relationship to Band Activities  

Joseide G. Montarroyos, Ph.D.   Music Education in Brazilian Public Elementary Schools: A Proposed Curriculum for Children of Ages Seven through Ten  

Martha L. Gackle, Ph.D.   The Effect of Selected Vocal Techniques for Breath Management, Resonation, and Vowel Unification on Tone Production in the Junior High School Female Voice   

Richard Fiese, M.M The performed repertoire of college and university wind bands 1980-1985 

Jacqueline S. Glass, Ph.D.   The Effects of a Microcomputer-Assisted Tuning Program on Junior High School Students’ Pitch Discrimination and Pitch-Matching Abilities  

Shelly Green, M.M.   A Study of Secondary Choral Music Teachers' Management Responsibilities Related to Fund Raising, Publicity, and Touring/travel

Rachel L. Lebon, Ph.D.   The Effects of a Pedagogical Approach Incorporating Videotaped Demonstrations on thge Development of Female Vocalists’ “Belted” Voca l Technique  

Richard W. Weymuth, Ph.D.   The Development and Evaluation of a Cognitive Music Achievement Test to Evaluate Missouri High School Choral Music Students  

Frederico A. d. B. Manso , Ph.D .   An Examination of Music Education Philosophy and Practices in Grades One Through Four of the Municipal Primary Schools in Rio De Janeiro  

John S. Kuskinski, Ph.D.   The Effect of Mouthpiece Cup Depth and Backbore Shape on Listeners' Categorizations of Tone Quality in Recorded Trumpet Excerpts  

Russell L. Robinson, Ph.D.   The Development and Evaluation of a Microcomputer-Assisted Music Instruction Program for the Improvement of Tonal Memory

Pamela A. Sterling, Ph.D.   A Developmental Study of the Effects of Accompanying Harmonic Context on ‘Vocal Pitch Accuracy of Familiar Melodies  

Richard E. Stewart, Ph.D.   A Comparison of Music Preferences of Students in Three Educational Systems: Seventh -Day Adventist, Public, and Private Independent Schools

John S. Brick, Ph.D.   The Effects of a Self-Instr uctional Program Utilizing The “Pitch Master” on Pitch Discrimination and Pitch Accuracy in Performance of Junior High School Trombonists

Sonja Poorman, M.M. A Atudy of Views and Practices Regarding Sight Singing in Secondary School Choral Ensemble Rehearsals  

Stephen Benson, M.M. A Study of the Methods and Procedures of Twelve Massachusetts Jazz Nand Directors who Received the Highest Ratings in State Competitions in 1981

Joseph P. Scartelli, Ph.D.   A Comparison of the Effect of Electromyographic ( Emg ) Biofeedback and Sedative Music, Emg Biofeedback Only, And Sedative Music Only on the Ability of University Music Majors to Relax the Frontalis Muscles  

William F. Schlacks, Ph.D.   The Effect of Vocalization through an Interval Training Program Upon the Pitch Accuracy of High School Band Students  

Lynne H. Micheletti, Ph.D.   An Assessment of the Vertical Method and the Ensemble Approach for Teaching Sight Reading to Secondary Class Piano Students  

Robert C. Parker, Ph.D.   The Relative Effectiveness of the Tap System in Instruction in Sight Singing: An Experimental Study   

Joseph Scartelli, M.M. The Effect of Popular Music Instruction on the Attendance of Socially Maladjusted Junior High School Students

Charles V. Burnsed, Ph.D. The Development and Evaluation of an Introductory Jazz Improvisation Sequence for Intermediate Band Students   (Order No. 7901829). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (302892022).

Manny Brand, Ph.D.   A Study of the Effectiveness of Simulation Techniques in Teaching Behavior Management Skills to Undergraduate Music Education Majors  

James D. Ewing, Ph.D.   Elaine Brown and Singing City: The Choral Art as a Communicative Social Force (Order No. 7712919). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (302827083).    

William C. Robinson, Ph.D.   The Musical Preferences of Mental Patients Based on Cattell’s Interpretations of Factors Associated with Certain Aspects of Personality  

Jane Snecinski, M.M.   The Effects of a Music-based Versus a Non-muisc Based Early Interention, Home-care Program on the Responses of Cerebral Palsied Infants and on the Attitudes of their Parents

Rasamma Nyberg, Ph.D.   The Development, Implementation and Evaluation of an Introductory Course in Ethnic Music for Use in the Secondary Schools    

Frank A. Biringer, Jr., Ph.D.   The Development and Evaluation of a Systems Approach Curriculum for a Heterogeneous Beginning String Class   

Jack A. Bullock, Ph.D.   An Investigation of the Personality Traits, Job Satisfaction Attitudes, Training and Experience Histories of Superior Teachers of Junior High School Instrumental Music in New York State  

Philip H. Fink, Ph.D. The Development And Evaluation Of Instrumental Materials For A Beginning Class In Heterogeneous Strings Including Guitar  (Order No. 7325907). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (302652502)

William A. Moss, Ph.D. A Study in the Use of Bone Conduction Hearing as an Aid to Improving Out-of-Tune Singers  (Order No. 7316862).   Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (302652551).  

Raymond C. Williams, M.M. The Relative Effectiveness of Three Types of Melodic Interval Training in the Improvement of High School Music Students to Identify Melodic Intervals

Julia E. Bojus, Ph.D. Music Education In Poland (Order No. 7231888). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (302617121)

Arthur L. Evans, Ph.D. The Development Of The Negro Spiritual As Choral Art Music By Afro-american Composers With An Annotated Guide To The Performance Of Selected Spirituals (Order No. 7305837). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (302701012).

Robert F. Testa, Ph.D.  The Effect Of Jaw-thrust Instruction On Four Selected Aspects Of Trumpet Performance And Overjet Of Young Players (Order No. 7231904). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (302618783)

Arthur M. Hansuld, Ph.D.   The Development and Evaluation of Two Filmed Methods for Teaching Principles of Selected Musical Wind Instrument Skills on the College Level  

Jack Grogan, M.M. The Role of the Student Teacher in Secondary Music as Structured by State Agencies of Education

Tran Ahn Linh, M.M. The Development of an Elementary-Level General Music Curriculum Based on Vietnamese Folk Music

John M. Munroe, Ph.D.   The Nature of Group Opinion on Goals of Music Performance Groups in the Secondary Schools of Palm Beach County, Florida  

Victor Bilanchone, Jr., M.M.   Teaching Music Concepts of Style in the Senior High School Choral Rehearsal with the Use of Audio-visual Aids  

Gail Brown, M.M.   A Survey of the Available Uses of Music for Emotionally Disturbed Children in Dade County, Florida  

Milford Kuhn, Jr., M.M.   A study of the Effects of Background Music on the Mental Test Performance of Certain Students with High and Low Musical Aptitudes  

Julie Rohr, M.M.   An Impirical Study Concerning the Effects of Music on Six Educable Mental Retardates  

Neal Bonsanti, M.M.   A Survey of Stage Band Curricula in the High Schools of Florida  

Stewart Brenner, M.M.   A Survey and Analysis of Contemporary Opinion Fact and Research Concerning Embouchure, Breathing, and Tongue Usage as Applied to the Trumpet  

John Lammers, M.M.   A Comparative Study of Past and Present Scaling Practices of American Pipe Organ Builders  

Diane Penney, M.M.   Some Recent Trends in Education and Piano Teaching as Evidenced in Selected Piano Courses  

Julia Bojus, M.M.   A Survey and Evaluation of the Required Music Courses for Classroom Teachers at the University of Miami    

Richard Davis, M.M.   The Development of a Proposed Handbook for the Florida Vocal Association  

Adele De Los Santos, M.M.   A Survey and Analysis of Seventh Grade General Music in the United States with some Recommendations for its Improvement  

William Higgins, M.M.   A Study of the Effect of Participation in a High school Band on Academic Achievement and Social Adjustment  

Harry Johanson, M.M.   A Study of the Preparation and Effectiveness of Dade County High School Choral Directors  

Carl Nalls, M.M.   The Relationship between Creativity and Participation in a High School Music Program  

Arthur Parisi, M.M.   Problems involved in composing and arranging an original suite for Junior High School Band  

Jesse Pearl, M.M.   Problems involved in Transcribing Three Palestrina Works for Symphonic Band and their Application to Student Ear Training  

Juanita Rafield, M.M.   An investigation of Existing Student Handbooks for Choral Students in Secondary Public Schools of Florida and a Proposed Student Handbook of Information for the Coral Gables Senior High School Choral Department  

William Day, M.M.   Problems in Transcribing the Berlioz Overture "Rob Roy" for Concert Band  

Albert Hall, M.M.   Problems in Arranging Four Songs by Victor Young for a High School Concert Band  

Tommye Kelly, M.M.   A Study and Evaluation of some Music Aptitude and Achievement Tests for Grades Four, Five, and Six  

Adam Fischer, M.M.   Problems in Composing, Scoring, and Researching an Original Suite for Junior High School Orchestra  

Richard Dasher, M.M.   Problems in Composing an Original Chorale, Variations and Fugue for Junior High School band

Stanley Garlitz, M.M.   Problems Involved in the Composition and Orchestration of an Original Suite for Junior High School Band  

Budd Malchus, M.M.   Problems Involved in Transcribing Beethoven's Prometheus Overture for the Senior High School Band  

Philip Paul, M.M.   Problems in Transcribing Johannes Brahms' Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Opus 56A, for Senior High School Band  

Helen Rhorer, M.M.   The Role of Auditory Memory in the Eevelopment of the Pianist as a Musician and a Performer

Frederic Ashe, M.M.   Problems in Scoring an Original Overture for Senior High School Band

Ove W. Jensen, M.M.   Problems in Transcribing Selected Italian Polyphonic vocal compositions for High School Brass Ensemble

Ernest Cowley, M.M.   Problems Involved in Composing Music in a Contemporary Idiom for a Senior High School Band

Clifford Alper, M.M.   A Survey and Analysis of Voice Training Classes in the Secondary School

George Blumenthal, M.M.   Problems involved in the transcription of a Handel suite for a school band at the Junior High School levele

Authur Bodger, M.M.   Thirty Bach chorales arranged as an aid for training players of string instruments

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Theses/dissertations from 2023 2023.

Comprehensive Method for Clarinet Latin American Music Heritage Case Study – Venezuela , Carmen Teresa Borregales

Contemporary Vocal Pedagogy in the Choral Ensemble Rehearsal: A Guide for Secondary Educators , Luke Lee Browder

A Pedagogical and Analytical Study of the Carnatic Saxophone Performance Tradition of Kadri Gopalnath , Caleb James Carpenter

Symphony No. V: Elements (Julie Giroux, 2018); An Overview Of Programmatic Elements and Performance Devices , Zackery Augustus Deininger

A Conductor’s Guide to Lucrecia Roces Kasilag’s Misang Pilipino (1965) , Denise Ysabel Ellis

The Theory of Intonation: Boris Asafiev and the Russian Piano School Tradition , Polina Golubkova

A Comparative Analysis of Samuel Barber’s Third Essay for Orchestra, Op. 47 , David Abrams Gordon

Injury Prevention Exercise Guidelines for Flutists , Ziqing Guan

Luis Abraham Delgadillo: A Rediscovery of His Piano Music , Fanarelia Auxiliadora Guerrero López

A Holistic Approach for Neurodivergent Learners In the High School Choral Classroom , Peter Allen Haley

Creative Insights on the Commissioning, Analysis, and Performance of Four New Works for Saxophone , Andrew Joseph Hutchens

An Analysis of Selected Vocal Works by George Walker , Ginger Sharnell Jones-Robinson

Bohuslav Martinů’s Eight Preludes For Piano H. 181: Style Analysis and Pedagogical Approaches In Piano Performance , Jinkyung Kim

An Investigative Analysis of Fernando Sor’s Introduction and Variations on “O Cara Armonia” From Mozart’s The Magic Flute , Luke James Nolan

The Film Score Music of John Williams: A Guide to Selected Works for the Principal Percussionist , Andrew Charles Crozier Patzig

Appalachian Dreams: Traditional Folk Songs in Concert Literature for Classical Guitar , Jackson Douglas Roberson

“Everything Old Is New Again”: The Rise of Interpolation in Popular Music , Grayson M. Saylor

How Do They Do It: A Narrative of Disabled Public School Instrumental Ensemble Conductors and Their Positive Working Relationships With Their Administrators , Lia Alexandria Patterson Snead

The Impact Of Incorporating Self-myofascial Release Into Voice Lessons: A Six-week Study , Benjamin Stogner

The Post-Tonal Evolution of David Diamond: A Theoretic-Analytical Perspective , William John Ton

Fourth-Grade and Fifth-Grade Cover-Band Classes: An Action-Research Project Inspired By Popular Music Education and Music Learning Theory , Julia Turner

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

Social Music Interactions and Vocal Music Improvisations in a Serve and Return Music Community , Kathleen Kaye Arrasmith

Comfort Food for the Ears: Exploring Nostalgic Trends in Popular Music of the Twenty-First Century , April K. Balay

A Performance Guide to “Four Piano Pieces, Opus 1” By Evgeny Kissin , Andrew Choi

Timeless Light: A Singer’s Compendium of Art Songs for Tenor By Black Composers , Johnnie J. Felder

Negotiating Nationalism: Camille Saint-Saëns, Neoclassicism, and the Early Music Renaissance in France , Joshua Arin Harton

An Analysis of the Compositional Technique and Structures Of Nikolai Kapustin’s Piano Sonata No. 6, Opus 62 , Hyun Jung Im

Adapting North American Fiddle Bow Technique to the Double Bass , Spencer Jensen

Approaches to Teaching Music Counting to Piano Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder , Sunghun Kim

Redefining Ornamentation as Formal Functions in 21 st -Century Popular Music , Matthew Kolar

Lost in Translation: The Largely Unknown Life and Contributions of Johann Joachim Quantz , Kayla Ann Low

Broadway Quodlibets as Hybrid Music , Spencer Ann Martin

Redistributing Cultural Capital: Graduate Programs In Wind Conducting at Historically Black Universities; Toward an Alternate Future , Jamaal William Nicholas

Analysis of Selected Pieces Influenced by Taiwanese Aboriginal Music for Solo Violin and String Quartet , Isabel Hsin-Yi Ong

Margaret Rowell: Pedagogical Approach and Teaching Style , Robert-Christian Sanchez

A Performance Guide to Hyo-Geun Kim’s Art Pop for Korean Art Songs , Taeyoung Seon

Examining Sixth-Grade Students’ Music Agency Through Rhythm Composition , Robert Zagaroli Spearman

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

Pedagogical Solo Piano Nocturnes: A Progressive Leveling With Annotations on Stylistic, Technical, and Musical Challenges and Benefits , Michaela Anne Boros

Disparities in Programming African American Solo Vocal Music On College Campuses Across the United States , Ramelle Brooks

Quantitative Data Collection on the Fundamental Components Of Saxophone Tone Production , Matthew Troy Castner

Music as Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Therapy: An Exploratory Literature Review , Amy Arlene Clary

The Music Festival: A Case Study on the Establishment, Development, and Long-Term Success of an Instrumental Music Education Event From a Logistical Perspective , Dakota Corbliss

An Orchestral Conductor’s Guide to the James/Daehler Edition Of The Hinrichs and Winkler Compilation Score to the 1925 Silent Film The Phantom of the Opera , Hayden Richard Denesha

An Annotated Bibliography of Flute Repertoire by Iranian Female Composers , Roya Farzaneh

Composers and Publishers of Parlor Songs and Spirituals from Civil War Richmond: 1861 – 1867 , Michael Gray

A Comparison of Approaches to Pianoforte Technique in the Treatises of Lhevinne, Leimer, and Neuhaus , Louis S. Hehman

The History and Influence of Tim Zimmerman and The King’s Brass , Eric Tyler Henson

A Stylistic Analysis of Edvard Grieg’s Slåtter , Norwegian Peasant Dances, Op. 72 , Zhiyuan He

Transcribing Baroque Lute to Marimba: Viability, Techniques, and Pedagogical Possibilities , Cory James High

One Elementary General Music Teacher’s Uses of and Experiences With Gordon’s Music Learning Theory: A Case Study , Allison Elizabeth Johnson

Cancion Y Danza, Fetes Lointaines, Paisajes By Federico Mompou: A Stylistic Analysis , Qiaoni Liu

The Apprenticeship Structure and the Applied Pedagogical Methods Of the Holy Roman Empire Imperial Trumpeters’ Guild During The 17 th and 18 th Centuries , Noa Miller

Survey of Four North American and Malaysian Theory Methods for Young Pianists , Wen Bin Ong

A Conductor’s Guide to J. N. Hummel’s Forgotten Oratorio: Der Durchzug Durchs Rote Meer , Rebecca J. Ostermann

A Practical Approach for the Applied Voice Instructor Utilizing Limited Piano Skills in the Studio Setting , Lee Whittington Ousley

Adele Aus Der Ohe: Pioneering Through Recital Programming At Carnegie Hall, 1895 , Grace Shepard

Ten Years of Japanese Piano Pedagogy (2009-2018) Through a Survey of Educational Resources , Natsumi Takai

A Comparative Analysis of Selected Works by Chen Qigang: Wu Xing, L’éLoignement, and Luan Tan , Isaac Ormaza Vera

A Pedagogical Analysis of Henglu Yao’s Microkosmos From Chinese Nationalities , Yanting Wang

A Stylistic and Pedagogical Analysis of Select Classical Pieces In Alicia’s Piano Books by Ananda Sukarlan , Karen Kai Yuan Yong

Co-Constructive Music Improvisers: An Ethnographic Case Study , Emma Elizabeth Young

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

Performance History of Mahler’s Das Lied Von Der Erde Focusing on Bruno Walter and Leonard Bernstein , Nisan Ak

The Mathematics of Rubato: Analyzing Expressivetiming in Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Performances of Hisown Music , Meilun An

Electronic Learning: An Educator’s Guide to Navigating Online Learning in a Collegiate Horn Studio , Michelle Beck

The Clarinet Music of Dr. Austin Jaquith: A Performance Guide , Zachary Aaron Bond

Young Children’s Behaviors During Favorite-Music Repertoire And Other-Music Repertoire , Vanessa Caswell

Five Pieces for Piano by Isang Yun and Piano Etude No.1 by Unsuk Chin: An Analysis , Inhye Cho

Natural Reed Enhancement: Establishing the First Universal Reed Break-In Process Through Hydro-Stabilization , Steven Isaac Christ

Performance Edition of Franz Simandl’s 30 Etudes for the String Bass With Critical Commentary , Austin Gaboriau

A Legacy Preserved: A Comparison of the Careers and Recordings of Stanley Drucker and Karl Leister , Peter M. Geldrich

An Index of Choral Music Performed During the National Conventions of the American Choral Directors Association (1991-2019) , Jonathan Randall Hall

A Stylistic Analysis of Reinhold Glière’s 25 Preludes for Piano, Op. 30 , Sunjoo Lee

The Singing Voice Specialist: An Essential Bridge Between Two Worlds , Rebecca Holbrook Loar

A Pedagogical Analysis of DvořáK’s Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 85 , Nathan MacAvoy

Focal Dystonia Causes and Treatments: A Guide for Pianists , Juan Nicolás Morales Espitia

Cultivating Socially Just Concert Programming Perspectives through Preservice Music Teachers' Band Experiences: A Multiple Case Study , Christian Matthew Noon

The Clarinet Repertoire of Puerto Rico: An Annotated Bibliography of Compositions Written for the Clarinet During the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries , María Ivelisse Ortiz-Laboy

A Stylistic Analysis of Alexander Tcherepnin's Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 78, With an Emphasis on Eurasian Influences , Qin Ouyang

Time’s Up: How Opera Is Facing Its Own Me Too Reckoning , Craig Price

A Trumpet Player’s Performance Guide of Three Selected Works for Trumpet, Cello, and Piano , Justin Wayne Robinson

The Early Piano Music of Richard Wagner , Annie Rose Tindall-Gibson

A Conductor’s Guide to the Da Vinci Requiem by Cecilia McDowall , Jantsen Blake Touchstone

Composition of Musical and Visual Devices to Create Moments of Resolution in Marching Arts Production Design , Ryan John Williams

Romanticism in Nineteenth-Century Russian Nationalistic Music: Case Studies of Glinka’s Ruslan and Lyudmila and Cui’s Mystic Chorus , Jeffrey Crayton Yelverton Jr.

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Communicative Language in the Compositional Output of Kirke Mechem , Kirstina Rasmussen Collins

Vladimir Pleshakov: A Historiography And Analysis of his Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom , Andrew Cameron Pittman

An Analysis of the Compositional Technique and Structures of Howard Hanson's Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 22 “Nordic” , Eunseok Seo

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

Serial Techniques in Works for Unaccompanied Trumpet , William Anonie

Examining Professional Music Teacher Identity: A Mixed Methods Approach with Stringed Instrument Teachers , Elizabeth A. Reed

Guided Music Play Between 2-Year-Old Children and a Music Play Facilitator: A Case Study , Kathleen Kaye Arrasmith

Parents’ Observations Of Their Young Children’s Music Behaviors During Music Classes After Completing The Children’s Music Behavior Inventory , Julia Beck

A Theoretical and Stylistic Analysis of Paul Ben-Haim’s Five Pieces for Piano, Op. 34 and Piano Sonata, Op. 49 , Rachel Bletstein

The Influence Of Mindful Movement On Elementary Students’ Music Listening Enjoyment And Comprehension , Jean Louise Boiteau

Delphine Ugalde: Defying Gender Norms Both On And Off The Stage In 19th Century Paris , Michael T. Brown

A Guide for Playing the Viola Without a Shoulder Rest , Chin Wei Chang

Tertian Relationships In Three Choral Selections By Dan Forrest: A Conductor’s Analysis , Lindsey Cope

Translucent Voices: Creating Sound Pedagogy And Safe Spaces For Transgender Singers In The Choral Rehearsal , Gerald Dorsey Gurss

Seventeen Waltzes For Piano By Leo Ornstein: A Stylistic Analysis , Jared Jones

The Kingma System Flute: Redesigning The Nineteenth-Century Flute For The Twenty-First Century , Diane Elise Kessel

The Effects Of Learning By Rote With La-Based Minor Solmization On Memory Retention For Pre-College Piano Students , Duong Khuc

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Theses/dissertations from 2023 2023.

A Novel Jazz Music Curriculum for Young Children: Results of A Pilot Study , Jazmin D. Ghent

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

Where We Live and Learn to Know: An Oral History of the Rochelle High School Music Program , John Sargeant

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

School Music Administration During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Trauma, Loss, Meaning, Change, and Innovation , Christopher Burns

Development and Validation of a Scale to Measure Songwriting Self-Efficacy (SSES) with Secondary Music Students , Patrick K. Cooper

Measuring Parental Involvement as Parental Actions in Children’s Private Music Lessons in China , Cancan Cui

Instrumental Music Instruction and Executive Functions: A Cross-Sectional Study of Romanian Children (10-12 Years) , Adrian Sorin Iordache

Racial and Ethnic Difference in Music Performance Self-Efficacy Among Undergraduate Students , George W. Shannon Ii

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

Vocal Health of Choral Singers from Kenya and the United States: Dysphonia and Vocal Fatigue in Relation to Musical Genres , Morgan Jolley Burburan

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Two Phenomena in Contemporary Music Education: Mental Toughness and the Law , Jason R. Sivill

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

The Making of a Nationally Recognized Band in a Small, Private Liberal Arts University: The Historical Significance of the Bobby L. Adams Years, 1987-2012 , Joshua David Blair

The Effects of a Self-Regulated Learning Music Practice Strategy Curriculum on Music Performance, Self-Regulation, Self-Efficacy, and Cognition , Kimberly N. Mieder

Music Software in the Compositional Learning Process , Daniel L. Nevels

Behavioral, Affective, and Cognitive Engagement of High School Music Students: Relation to Academic Achievement and Ensemble Performance Ratings , Joel E. Pagán

Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

Re-envisioning Music Teacher Education: A Comparison of Two Undergraduate Music Education Programs in the U.S. , Jonathan Ross Kladder

Music Ensemble Participation: Personality Traits and Music Experience , Tracy A. Torrance

Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016

Influence of Musical Engagement on Symptoms of Tourette’s Disorder , William Christopher Brown

Motivation of Adult, Auditioned Community Choirs: Implications toward Lifelong Learning , David James Redman

The Effects of Technical and Imagery-based Instruction on Aspiring Performing Artists’ Acquisition of Learning Newly Composed Pieces and Improvisation and on Listeners’ Perceived Expressivity , José Valentino Ruiz-Resto

Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015

Preference of Chinese Undergraduate Music Majors for Chinese Xi-Qu and Western Opera , Hong Chen

Secondary Band Participation and Executive Function , Dakeyan Cha' Dre' Graham

Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014

An Examination of Cooperating Teachers' Observations of Their Student Teachers in the Areas of Personal, Teaching, and Musical Skills in the Elementary Classroom , Mark Remsen Cole

I Did That Wrong and It Sounded Good: An Ethnographic Study of Vernacular Music Making in Higher Education , Victor Ezquerra

Creativity-Based Music Learning: Modeling the Process and Learning Outcomes in a Massive Open Online Course , Nicholas Michael Stefanic

Theses/Dissertations from 2012 2012

The Relationship between Death Depression and Death Anxiety among Cancer Patients in Saudi Arabia , Doaa A. Almostadi

World Percussion Approaches in Collegiate Percussion Programs: A Mixed-methods Study , Patrick Michael Hernly

The Impact of Arranging Music for the Large Ensemble on the Teacher: A Phenomenological Exploration , James Teodor Lindroth

Listening in Action: Students' Mobile Music Experiences in the Digital Age , Rebecca Marie Rinsema

Theses/Dissertations from 2011 2011

The Performance Production Process of an Outstanding High School Choir , Kathy K. Rolsten

Transitioning from Student to Teacher in the Master-Apprentice Model of Piano Pedagogy: An Exploratory Study of Challenges, Solutions, Resources, Reflections, and Suggestions for the Future , Melissa Maccarelli Slawsky

Self-Efficacy in Music Performance: Measuring the Sources Among Secondary School Music Students , Michael S. Zelenak

Theses/Dissertations from 2008 2008

Analytical Perspectives of Thematic Unity: Applications of Reductive Analysis to Selected Fugues by J.S. Bach and G.F. Handel , Adam C. Perciballi

Theses/Dissertations from 2007 2007

Expanded Tonality: The Treatment of Upper and Lower Leading Tones As Evidenced in Sonata "Undine,” IV by Carl Reinecke , Joshua Blizzard

Theses/Dissertations from 2005 2005

The Compositional Style of Francesco Geminiani: a Reflection of Theory and Practice in His Music and Guida Armonica Treatise , Valerie R. Weber

Theses/Dissertations from 2004 2004

An Application of the Grundgestalt Concept to the First and Second Sonatas for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 120, No. 1 & No. 2, by Johannes Brahms , Devon Burts

The French Art Song Style in Selected Songs by Charles Ives , Christy Jo Talbott

Theses/Dissertations from 2003 2003

Music Programs that Engage Our Communities: Making a Stronger Connection , La Gretta Snowden

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The Past, Present and Future of Music in Education: a transdisciplinary framework designed to promote re-engagement and reform in music education for teachers, students and the community.

This thesis explores and analyses the discipline of music education by situating it within a transdisciplinary contextual framework. Its aim is to develop a simple, practical model to help teachers, particularly generalist classroom teachers, reflect on their own musicianship and that of their students and the community, as a means of increasing engagement in music both in school and beyond. It emerges from, and builds upon, the work of the Music Engagement Program at the Australian National University, where music is conceptualised in such a way as to increase the confidence and abilities of all teachers to offer music making opportunities to their students. Despite evidence to suggest that music making is a universal human trait, studies indicate a decline in active music making, particularly in countries such as Australia with ‘Western’ style school systems. There is evidence to suggest that aspects of music education may be contributing to this decline. The adults teaching music can be affected by negative feelings about their own musical capacities, perpetuating this lack of confidence in the next generation. Solutions to date have not produced reforms that successfully overcome these systemic problems on a large scale. This study develops through a set of nine ‘iterations’, each exploring a different realm of knowledge, some not commonly applied to the field of music education. Each iteration acts as a disciplinary ‘lens’ through which new data and perspectives are explored and considered, including: 1) language and etymology; 2) the conceptualisation of problems in current music education; 3) the origins of music; 4) thought and practice in ancient Greece and Rome; 5) the development of ancient performance spaces; 6) the influences of the early Christian church; 7) 20th century educational reformers; 8) the practice of the Music Engagement Program; and 9) the development of a framework in consultation with teachers. The framework that emerges through the iterative research process is refined through consultation with practising teachers in Iteration 9. The practical framework is designed to spark a process of reflection and debate amongst educators, articulating the different outcomes that stem from underlying educational beliefs at opposite ends of the spectrum. At one end of the spectrum is the belief that music is a specialised talent that requires specialist instruction. The outcome of this belief is that the bulk of the population disengages from, or lacks confidence in, their music making capacities. At the other end of the spectrum is the belief that music is a universal human impulse, which can be released and encouraged through education, but which is not reliant on specialised instruction. The outcome of this belief is that multiple pathways may be developed for and by each individual. The original contribution of this study is the provision of a historical and cultural framework of a scope that captures the extent of the influences converging on educators today, for use as a dialectical tool for debate, reflection and reform. The thesis concludes with a discussion of the ramifications of the framework for practice, research and policy.

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Diana Ihnatovych

Abstract We offer a multi-voiced performance autoethnography where contemporary music education practices are informed and imbued with the voices of teachers and learners. By dialogically and musically engaging with the very people who live, make music, and engage with learners in music classrooms, we promote contemporary qualitative forms of research and the (re)conception of a sociology of music education as a political and an ethical construction that needs to be grounded in serving communities of music practitioners. Through a pedagogical story, told from the perspectives of music teachers using their own voices, we begin an open conversation about the nature of power structures and struggles in music education research. We invite new possibilities in developing understandings of the complex socio-cultural dynamic of music making, music learning, music teaching, and music researching in all facets of contemporary society. By embracing a broader set of traditions—Arts-Based Educational Research and Creative Analytical Practices—that enable us to go beyond socio-cultural frameworks and orthodox beliefs that currently exist in the music education profession, we seek to (re)form a culturally contextualized, ethos-rooted, sociology of music education.

Nuova Secondaria - n. 6, febbraio 2021 - Anno XXXVIII - ISSN 1828-4582

Emanuele Raganato

Although in an educator's life the time devoted to reflection is on average marginal, a balance between a reflective and active dimension, between theory and practice, can provide the teacher with a sense of coherence needed in his or her activity. Reflecting on one's own educational practice can in fact favour or radically change certain positions and beliefs and improve the relationship between the educator and the educational system. The fundamental question for an educational process to be effective is in fact that the teachers involved are fully aware and compatible with the premises of the system itself. A conceptual framework in which the functions and relationships in the educational process are highlighted is an important aid to reflection, to establish who we are, what we do where we want to go and how. In this process a prominent role is certainly that of culture, of which music is an essential part. In socio-cultural relations there is space for conflicts, ideologies and theories of all kinds that can be applied to the concept of what we usually call music education.

Peter Gouzouasis

"We offer a multi-voiced response to the (re)creation of a sociology of music education, where contemporary music education practices are informed and imbued with the voices of teachers and learners. By dialogically and musically engaging with the very people who live, make music, and engage with learners in music classrooms, we are pointing toward promoting contemporary qualitative forms of research and the (re)conception of a sociology of music education as a political and an ethical construction that needs to be grounded in serving the communities of music practitioners. Through a pedagogical story – told from the perspectives of music teachers using their own voices – we begin an open conversation about the nature of power structures and struggles in music education research, and invite new possibilities in developing understandings of the complex socio-cultural dynamic of music making, music learning, music teaching, and music researching in all facets of contemporary society. By embracing a broader set of traditions (i.e., Arts-Based Educational Research, Creative Analytical Practices) that enable us to go beyond socio-cultural frameworks and orthodox beliefs that currently exist in the music education profession, we seek to (re)form a culturally contextualized, ethos-rooted, sociology of music education. For this reason, our inquiry invites readers to consider the importance of including teachers as dialogic partners in writing and presenting music education research. We encourage and invite music makers and educators to use their own words and experiences toward self-expression and empowerment in writing research. In this paper, we begin to develop a teacher and learner centered sociosophy of music education, and evoke this new form of music education research as an alternative, creative pathway to expanding knowledge in the preparation of reflective-reflexive music teachers and music education researchers. "

Graham Welch

Marissa Silverman , David J . Elliott

This essay responds to five commentaries on Music Matters: A Philosophy of Music Education, 2nd edition (2015). Because each author provides a substantial discussion of different aspects of the book, this essay does not attempt to address all points. Instead, we reflect on selected aspects of each scholar’s critique.

A., Liimets & M., Mäesalu (Εds.) Music Inside and Outside the School, Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 21, 95-122.

Konstantina Dogani

This chapter reports on a European Comenius3 project, called meNet – a music education Network, in which there was a specific focus on music education in schools. The process for collecting information for music education in 20 different European countries will be explained to gain insight into specific issues related to each country. Some examples from current practice will be shown to support the existing situation. From the analysis of the collected data, it appears that music education in each European country might have some diversity in relation to the way it is put into practice based on contextual, cultural or circumstantial factors. In fact, what is considered good practice in a particular context might not be that good in another one and vice versa. It appears that music education in schools cannot be seen in isolation and is interrelated both with the quality of teacher training and with specific competencies relevant to lifelong learning. In that sense, it is necessary to interlink music education in the different systems and based on the socio-critical paradigm to rethink what music in present democratic societies should mean for children’s holistic education, as all European countries without exception assert, at least in a theoretical way.

Karin Hendricks , Gary E McPherson

Sharon Lierse

In November, 2005 a landmark government report entitled the National Review of School Music Education was released. The report found that there was a great variability in the quality of music education in schools. It was acknowledged that although there are some excellent music programs in schools, there is “cycles of neglect and inequity” and greater support is required for teachers and the subject itself. The report acknowledged the influence of recent curriculum developments in Australia including integrating the arts into one subject. The paper will discuss issues arising from the report and how it has impacted music in Australian schools twelve months later.

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Creativity and Wellbeing in Music Education — philosophy, policy and practice in the context of contemporary Scottish primary education

Kim, Hanah (2020) Creativity and Wellbeing in Music Education — philosophy, policy and practice in the context of contemporary Scottish primary education. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.

This is an interdisciplinary study encompassing elements of music, education, and aspects of philosophy and psychology. The principal aim of this research is to investigate ways of fostering musical creativity and wellbeing in primary schools, as well as providing curriculum guidelines and drawing out practical implications for Music Education in the present era.

Contemporary society represents a new wave of development in human affairs. Resting upon rapid technological innovation, it has created greater opportunities for revealing and experiencing creativity in forms that can then underpin enhanced states of human welfare. At the same time, these far-reaching changes have in many places become threats to human wellbeing, resulting from the dislocating social and emotional impact of new styles of living. As a consequence, ‘creativity’ and ‘wellbeing’ have arisen as important themes in the current era, chiefly as assets and attitudes required for human beings: to live, to respond, to cope, to prosper, and to succeed. In this turbulent context, education is tasked with nurturing both ‘creativity’ and ‘wellbeing’. These concepts are especially meaningful to be investigated through Music Education at the present time, since human beings have had an enduring relationship with sound and music in almost all cultures on record, even and especially those moving through great change.

From its basis in musical theory and Music Education, this research also develops a distinctive theoretical foundation in the concepts of ‘Romantic Aesthetics’ and ‘Romantic Irony’––which is a literary, aesthetic, and stylistic term that involves an advanced psychological concept of ‘self’ (e.g. Garber, 2014; Allen, 2007) very apposite to the current age. Specifically, for the present research, I wanted to apply these concepts and theories to the practices of contemporary Music Education, to help devise a useful curriculum for music classes in primary schools consistent with my wider interests in children’s creativity, and children’s wellbeing and resilience, when their lives are often under great pressure. The teaching methods and activities are researched, devised, implemented and evaluated encompassing what is recognised today as the four major components of Music Education: listening to music, singing, playing instruments, and composing.

The hypothesis within this research is that applying insights and approaches derived from ‘Romantic Irony’ to Music Education in modern primary schools can also be empowering in fostering pupils’ creativity and wellbeing. Across a broad cross-section of literature in different research areas––not only education but also philosophy and aesthetics, psychology, sociology––it is possible to set the premise that creativity and Romantic Irony are related in various vital aspects. Moreover, it is also possible, this thesis shows, to fashion and actualise a practice of Music Education in regular primary classrooms responsive not only to the rising emphasis on the concept of creativity but also to the pursuit of emotional resilience as a vital and life-supporting dimension of that creativity. Thus, this thesis will attempt to show that applying Romantic Aesthetics and Romantic Irony to Music Education for the development of pupil creativity and wellbeing may a constructive innovation within the compass of all teachers committed to the place of music in the primary curriculum.

With due reference to the educational environment and surroundings of Scotland, where this project was deliberately targeted and unfolded, the research herein consists of two types of interventions: a conceptual and an empirical strand. The first part of the research is allocated to investigating and critically assessing theories of creativity, emotion, Romantic Aesthetics, Romantic Irony, Health and Wellbeing, and music therapy––alongside the educational practices in that these concepts may be meaningfully applied or manifest. For the empirical part of the research, I adopted a ‘Vignette’ and ‘thematic approach’ partially indebted to both practioner enquiry and Action Research, to craft ways of enhancing creativity and wellbeing through Music Education in a number of classrooms where I had been previously welcome and active as a serving teacher. The classroom interventions were divided into 3 Vignettes to stimulate pupils’ innate musical creativity and to form relationships, to deliever basic theoretical knowledge, and then to provide opportunities to apply skills in relation to certain topics that appear in daily lives. Thereafter, important academic conversations with experts were conducted in order to examine deeper views of the researcher’s philosophy and approaches and to search for the directions that Music Education ought to follow in contemporary society.

The thesis concludes with the conviction that Music Education preserves a rich potential for realising and expressing the core values of progressive education today: promoting for the children in our schools the experiences of creativity, health, resilience and wellbeing which matter so much for surviving and attaining the good life in our protean 21st century society.

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Factors that lead students to study music education : a descriptive study..

Alexander T. Hamilton II , University of Louisville Follow

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Music Education

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Music Education, MME

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Amchin, Robert

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Acklin, Amy

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Byrne, Greg

Author's Keywords

music education; career; motivation; influence

The purpose of this study was to survey music education students in their first year of undergraduate studies to learn what influences and/or musical experiences affected their choice in selecting music education as their major. Participants ( N = 28) were enrolled in an Introduction to Music Education course at a mid-sized metropolitan university. Subjects were asked to complete a survey and rate perceived degree of influences on the selection of the music education major. Participants were also asked to provide written responses on personal influences that led them to select music education as a major. Survey results indicated that 89.3% of the students were most influenced by their high school music instructor in their decision to pursue music education. Other results show from all participants that previous experiences in music ensembles also had an influence on their decisions.

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What Six Senior Music Majors’ Say About Their Theses

As the Spring semester concludes and in anticipation for the Class of 2024’s graduation, the Music Department asked six Senior Music Majors to expand on their creative theses and offer advice to future students preparing their own. The Music Department is proud to share the results of each Music Major’s cumulative work at Princeton, which highlights scholarly research and true mastery of their disciplines. 

Jared Bozinko

Thesis: SIN PHONY for two soprano clarinets, two auxiliary clarinets, two saxophones, and two horns

Jared:  In the process of writing  SIN PHONY , I found inspiration in seemingly twee places. Poulenc’s  Sonata for horn, trumpet and trombone,  Prokofiev’s  Romeo and Juliet , a 1995 clarinet quartet by Met Opera clarinetist Sean Osborn, and Ligeti’s  Six Bagatelles , a quirky wind quintet version of his  Musica ricercata .  SIN PHONY  is a chamber piece, technically an octet, for clarinets, saxes, and horns. My advisor, Dr. Dmitri Tymoczko, has been indispensable to the process, guiding me all fall semester in writing short chamber music sketches, which became the basis of the material that makes up my thesis. The process was so smooth and, at points, genuinely fun, and it was a great challenge as a composer to blend disparate thematic material from sketches written completely separately into cohesive, compelling music that had cohesion and let my compositional voice shine through.

Tanaka Dunbar Ngwara

Thesis: Paivapo ’76: A New Musical 

Tanaka:  My thesis was an original musical entitled Paivapo ’76 and set in Domboshava Zimbabwe in 1976, during the Zimbabwean Liberation War. The show deals with the conflict between traditional practice/spirituality and Christianity, and explores themes of community, first love and grief. I received the Alex Adam ’07 Award to conduct research for this project over the summer and since the musical also served as independent work for my theater and music theater certificates, I was able to premiere the piece on May 3rd, 4th and 5th in the Wallace Theater in the Lewis Center Complex. 

Thesis: Flung Into Space: A Collection of Songs

Nina:   My thesis is a collection of six songs titled  Flung Into Space . It consists of three story heavy songs about my life, along with an electronic counterpart for each which explores the same topic from a new perspective. 

Rupert Peacock

Thesis: John Farrant’s “O Lord Allmighty (ca. 1570):  The English Anthem at Ely Cathedral With Critical Edition

Rupert:  My thesis is a critical edition and history surrounding a piece of unpublished English choral music. The piece is called “O Lord Almighty” by John Farrant. I went to the library at Cambridge University and looked through manuscripts from Ely cathedral, which is about 10 minutes from where I live in the UK. I found lots of great and famous choral works, but stumbled across this piece by Farrant almost by accident. Professor Wendy Heller taught me everything I needed to know to get this done. She’s an expert in critical editions and this kind of research. I couldn’t have done it without her.

Molly Trueman

Thesis: Angels & Aliens: The Making of an Album

Molly:  For my thesis, I wrote and recorded my debut full-length album entitled  Angels & Aliens . Based around acoustic guitar and vocals, the album has an alternative indie-folk feel. This is a milestone I’ve been working towards for a few years now, so I’m incredibly grateful that this album ended up being my thesis.

Gabriela Veciana

Thesis: Breaking the Sound Barrier: Investigating Latine Racial Bias Through Reggaetón Music

Gabriela:  For my thesis, I researched colorism within Latine communities through reggaetón music. I knew I was interested in looking at identity and Latin music, but it wasn’t until I heard my advisor, Lisa Margulis, present her work in music cognition that I saw a potential connection with psychology fields. 

If you were to describe your thesis in one word, what would it be?

Jared :  Darksided (hehe)

Tanaka:  Fusion

Nina:  Honest

Rupert:  Difficult!

Molly:  Extraterrestrial

Gabriela:  Interdisciplinary!

What advice would you give to future seniors on creating a successful thesis?

Jared:  Don’t be afraid that your thesis isn’t going to materialize in time, instead, always try to remember just why you chose this amazing department, and to remember your likely lifelong personal devotion to music. There’s a lot to love about being able to share your art as the capstone of your work at Princeton. 

Tanaka:  If you can, use the thesis as an opportunity to work on something that you’ve always wanted to do, but never had the time to do! It’s amazing to have the excuse of a thesis project to give you the drive and space to complete it. 

Nina:  Try to start without judgement. The hardest part of writing my thesis was my own expectations of what my thesis should look like. 

Rupert:  It has to be something you care about and/or are passionate about. It got to the point where I was actually looking forward to the next steps in my thesis and enjoyed working on it. That was crucial for motivation!

Molly:  In terms of creating a thesis, my biggest piece of advice is to find a topic that you’re truly passionate about. Don’t settle for something you don’t care about.

Gabriela:  You don’t always have to have a topic and then find an advisor, you can start by finding an advisor you are interested in working with and craft your topic from there.

What are your plans after graduation?

Jared:  Still figuring it out, though I’m certain I want music to be a core component of my everyday life. I am trying to move to Philadelphia and get involved with their variety of music scenes, from DIY punk basement shows to chamber orchestras to early music groups. I also want to continue composing and am eager to hone my craft even further wherever I go. 

Tanaka:  I’m going to attend the Royal Academy of Music for Music Theater vocal performance! I’m very excited to be in a new city, and get to do another music degree in a conservatory.

Nina:  I’m moving to Nashville, TN and pursuing a career as a performing musician. I’ll also be releasing music soon as a part of the band Upwhirl, as well as later this year releasing my thesis. 

Rupert:  I am going to split my time between singing and construction!

Molly:  After graduation, I’m going to McGill University to study in the Sound Recording program.

Gabriela:  I hope to work in theater administration in New York!

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Music Major Kasey Shao Named 2024 Gilmore Young Artist

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The Department of Music congratulates Kasey Shao (Class of 2025), a Music Major who is pursuing Minors in Piano Performance and Engineering Biology, who was one of two students named 2024 Gilmore Young Artists. We caught up with Kasey this summer following the official announcement to discuss how she found out she’d been selected, what she has planned for her 2024 Gilmore recitals and piano commission, and what’s on the docket for her final two years at Princeton.