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Thompson, James W. | The effects of conducting-gesture instruction on high school string orchestra students' recognition of and playing response to common musical conducting emblems | The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of conducting-gesture instruction on high school string orchestra students' recognition of and playing response to common musical conducting emblems. Musical conducting emblems were defined as nonverbal movements or gestures used by conductors... | Conducting-gestures; Conducting instruction; High school music; Nonverbal communication; Orchestra students; Performance response; Music; Music education | 2012-08 |
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Larsen, Vance E. | The influence of formal music instruction on the construction of musical identities of conservatory jazz students | Scholarship in musical identity has been tied to psychological and sociological theories of identity construction. Recent scholarship has used social identity theory as a means to explore the relationship of music to identity. Scholars have advocated for phenomenological inquiry in order to gain an ... | Identity; Jazz | 2014-08 |
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Ballinger, Danielle Marie | Student attitudes toward the use of learning centers in the elementary general music classroom | This study investigated the attitudes of elementary-school students toward the use of learning centers as a tool of instruction in the elementary general music classroom. Participants (N=24) were members of two third-grade classes in a small K-12 independent school in Colorado. Participants experie... | Centers; Differentiation; Elementary; General; Learning; Music | 2011-12 |
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Worthen, Cherilyn Renee | The choir school of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir: history and curriculum 1999-2013 | The distinctiveness of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir (MTC) as a unique American choral ensemble is revealed in a persistent paradox that both underscores its history and sets it apart from other choral organizations. By virtue of its widely distributed television broadcasts, recording projects, and to... | Choir; Choir school; Choir training; Choral music; Choral pedagogy; Mormon tabernacle choir | 2014-12 |
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Hurtado, Jared Paul | Study of Hispanic and non-Hispanic white music teachers' influence | The purpose of this study was to report: (a) the enrollment of Hispanic and non-Hispanic White music students under the direction of Hispanic and non-Hispanic White music teachers (N=\3), (b) any practically significant differences between the enrollment of Hispanic and non-Hispanic White music st... | Music teachers, United States, Influence; Music students, Hispanic American; musicians, Education | 2008-08 |
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Madsen, Allen Andrew | Hollywood film music in the secondary performing ensemble: Utah music educators' attitudes and teaching practices | The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of Hollywood film music on the secondary instrumental music educator in Utah. Ensemble directors must take many factors into account before selecting the pieces they will perform with their students each year. One genre of music that is increasin... | Motion picture music | 2010 |
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Bickmore, Isaac Lamont | Functions of popular music in the lives of adolescents | This study determines that a specified group of adolescents' favorite songs fulfill Frith's functions of popular music; (a) to create a type of self-definition; (b) to provide a way of managing the relationship between one's private and public emotional lives; (c) to shape popular memory, organiz... | Music and youth; Group identity | 2010-02-10 |
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