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Profiles of career-aged keyboard students: Attitudes, preferences, and demographics.
(2006)
This study sought to determine profiles for career-aged adult keyboard students (30-55 years) based on motivation. Perspectives concerning student attitudes and opinions regarding teacher qualities and traits, preferred ...
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 ...
The art of tenor/bass trombone doubling: An examination of the performance philosophies and practices of three selected trombonists.
(2002)
In conclusion, each of the participants interviewed had his own unique and individual approach to the art of tenor/bass trombone doubling. Responses to the questionnaire ranged from almost complete agreement with all three ...
Marienne Uszler's contributions to piano pedagogy.
(2003)
Uszler's work as editor and author for national journals and magazines, including The Piano Quarterly, American Music Teacher, and Piano & Keyboard, is highlighted. Her journal articles are organized and studied by topic, ...
Original music for wind band in the latter half of the 1950s: A historical perspective.
(2007)
Abstract not available.
Michael Head's light opera, "Key Money": A musical dramaturgy.
(2002)
The analytical chapter consists of a determination of the dramatic values of the libretto and a full musical analysis, with particular emphasis on how the composer has articulated and defined these values and the dramatic ...
The effects of computer-assisted keyboard technology and MIDI accompaniments on group piano students' performance accuracy and attitudes.
(2007)
Recommendations from the results include using CAI such as the Guide Mode to help group piano students improve in pitch accuracy during the early stages of learning new repertoire. After students feel comfortable with the ...
Seymour Barab's "Songs of Perfect Propriety, Volumes I and II": The relationship between Barab's music and words by Dorothy Parker.
(2000)
With Songs of Perfect Propriety, Seymour Barab has offered singers, especially female ones, a chance to express themselves more personally through his music and the words of Dorothy Parker, an opportunity not often given ...
An annotated catalog of published marimba concertos in the United States from 1940--2000.
(2004)
The purpose of this study was to document the development of the marimba concerto from 1940--2000. This work provides an annotated list of marimba concertos published during that time period and notes trends in each of ...
A comparison of related performance practices of late Renaissance Italian madrigals and twentieth century choral jazz ballads.
(2006)
Primary sources that inform the performance practices of the jazz ballad, including recordings of solo artists, are presented. Recommendations are made for choral jazz ballad performance practice. Recorded examples and ...