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The implementation of technology into the curricula of selected independent piano studios.
(2006)
Of the 225 returned surveys, 76 independent piano teachers with 12 or more students reported using one or more forms of technology in their curricula: 47 used computers in their teaching, 47 used keyboard technology, 44 ...
The International Music Camp: Model band camp from an historical perspective.
(2000)
INTERNATIONAL MUSIC CAMP "success" was defined in terms of consistent or increasing enrollment, staff and student retention, protean, qualified artist/teachers and staff, motivated students, North Dakota and Manitoba student ...
Leisure piano lessons: A case study of lifelong learning.
(2001)
The importance of the social and emotional benefits of leisure piano study, whether in a private or group setting, should not be underplayed. While all of the participants in this study experienced age-related difficulties ...
To journey into creativity.
(2005)
Every year, in schools across America, children walk past framed statements asserting that one of the primary missions of their school is to foster creativity in its students. School districts, in addition to stating their ...
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 ...
An investigation of the relationship between wind and percussion scoring in selected twentieth-century wind ensemble literature: Interpretive options for the conductor.
(2000)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between wind and percussion scoring in selected twentieth-century wind ensemble literature and to offer interpretive possibilities for conductors. The influence ...
Teaching choral repertoire through score study and performance practice.
(2002)
The purpose of this study is to propose an alternative approach to teaching an undergraduate choral literature course that embraces a diversity of learning styles in helping students arrive at a meaningful, personalized, ...
Teaching at the foundation: Role development and identification among elementary general music teachers.
(2002)
When analyzed for frequencies of responses, the questionnaires revealed most of the respondents decided upon music education as a career either during high school or university. Their personal musical experiences were very ...
Teachers' perception and expectation of students: Influences on teaching and student success in the applied piano lesson.
(2005)
These perceptions and the resulting expectations had a direct impact on the teacher's behavior in the lesson. Fifty-three general teaching strategies as well as 36 student-specific teaching strategies were identified. The ...
Katinka Daniel: Her life and her contributions to Kodaly pedagogy in the United States.
(2003)
Katinka Scipiades Daniel (b. 1913) was raised and educated in Hungary. She graduated from the Franz Liszt Music Academy with degrees in piano performance and music education and earned the Absolutorium in art history ...