Browsing by Subject "Education, Music."
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The acoustic interaction of voices in ensemble: An inquiry into the phenomenon of voice matching and the perception of unaltered vocal process.
(2002)For Group 2, acoustic placement alone provided the best alliance of acoustic analysis and auditor/singer preference, at a rate of 50% each for close and lateral spacing. Attention to acoustic placement alone was shown to ... -
Adult music programming in member schools of the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts.
(1998)Most schools used enrollment numbers as the primary means to determine success in programming. Other informal methods, such as discussions with faculty and participants, also were used by over three-fourths of the schools. ... -
An analysis of undergraduate sacred music curriculum content in colleges and universities accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music.
(2005)The purpose of this study was to analyze undergraduate sacred music curriculum content in colleges and universities accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music. The study was designed to answer the following ... -
The application of music history and music theory in keyboard study to facilitate the development of beginning stages of critical thinking.
(1997)Each weekly session was video-taped. Written observations by the researcher were organized under these headings: amount of dialogue between the researcher and student, the student's interest in the workbook activities, ... -
Applications of selected cooperative learning techniques to group piano instruction.
(2006)The educational concept of cooperative learning is not a new one. The instructional model has existed for centuries and has been thoroughly researched and developed as reflected in the professional literature. Yet this ... -
Asymmetrical rhythms for marimba.
(2003)The exploration of the potential of the marimba as a solo instrument in recent decades fostered the creation of an unprecedented volume of works written specifically for the instrument. Modern composers constantly challenge ... -
Barbara Andress: Her career and contributions to early childhood music education.
(1999)Barbara Andress is an internationally known music educator, author, artist, designer of early childhood materials and instruments, clinician, and organizational leader who has dedicated nearly 50 years of her life to music ... -
Baroque and classical interpretation for secondary school choral music conductors: A guide for performance.
(1998)Chapter One reviews published material that discusses seventeenth- and eighteenth-century repertoire appropriate for secondary school vocal ensembles. The chapter also defines categories of performance practice in literature ... -
Barriers, Challenges, and Supports for Latino/a/x Music Educators
(2023-05-12)Latino/a/x students are the largest minoritized group in the United States (Urrieta, Jr. & Ruiz Bybee, 2022), yet the Latino/a/x community remains underrepresented in music education when compared to their overall U. S. ... -
Career satisfaction and resilience among Oklahoma band directors.
(2006)The purpose of this study was to investigate the demographic, professional, social, and personal influences related to career satisfaction and teacher resilience among instrumental music educators, as determined by responses ... -
Case study examinations of independent piano instruction in India.
(1999)The purpose of the study was to examine the professional training and development of piano instructors in India through profiles of selected piano pedagogues in order to understand the unique conditions affecting them and ... -
Children's musical thinking skills and creative processes during a composition task.
(2003)These findings suggest that: (a) age and developmental factors had an impact on the students' compositions, (b) involvement with their families' musical and nonmusical activities was somewhat related to the scores students ... -
Class piano instruction in Junior Colleges Accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools /
(1984)A major division of the study of the class piano instructor was to gather data concerning specified teaching competencies and skills. The results of that portion of the study revealed that the respondents viewed most of ... -
Communicating emotion in piano performance: Nuances used in expert and intermediate-level performances.
(2004)The purpose of this study was to determine how specific basic emotions were communicated in expert and intermediate level piano performances through the use of musical nuances. Two intermediate and two expert pianists ... -
A comparative study of the musical characteristics of children as observed in the spontaneous chant of Native American and Anglo American children.
(2003)During the past fifty years, researchers and scholars have studied the musical development of young children, identifying not only the musical characteristics of young children, but also the developmental stages of their ... -
Competency-based music curricula in higher education.
(The University of Oklahoma., 1980)The research examined the impact of the Competency-Based Education movement upon music curricula within higher education in the United States through a two-step survey process and four on-campus visits. Three-hundred four ... -
Conducting musical shape.
(1999)What is "shape" in conducting music? Shape is that which creatively exposes and actualizes in performance the organization or lack thereof of all intrinsic elements within a given score. Conductors imaginatively bring shape ... -
Conducting pedagogy: Teaching through musicianship.
(2000)The purpose of this study is to examine the process of awakening the musician in young conductors, and to present strategies for teaching conducting through musicianship. A conducting curriculum is recommended that utilizes ...