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Four Ouachita Students Named Finalists In Regional Nats Competition, Chelsea Whelpley

Press Releases

Four Ouachita Baptist University students were named finalists at the 39th annual Southern Region National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) conference held recently at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg.

Ouachita To Present Fall Jazz Band Concert Nov. 24, Rachel Gaddis, Ouachita News Bureau

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Ouachita Baptist University's fall Jazz Band concert will be held Monday, Nov. 24, at 7:30 p.m. in Jones Performing Arts Center. The perforamce is free to the public and will also be webcast from www.obu.edu/band.

Music Education, Aesthetics, And The Measure Of Academic Achievement, Karl Madden, David Orenstein, Alexei Oulanov, Yelena Novitskaya, Ida Bazan, Thomas Ostrowski, Min Hyung Ahn

Publications and Research

Grades and test scores are the traditional measurement of academic achievement. Quantitative improvements on standardized scores in Math/Science/Language are highly-coveted outcomes for meeting accreditation standards required for institutional program funding. Music and the Fine Arts, difficult to assess by traditional academic achievement measurement, and often devalued as so-called “luxury” subjects, struggle for necessary funding. Showing measureable collateral value to other academic subjects—such as math—in order to justify music program funding is dubious. To objectify the purpose of music education in terms of its influence on other subjects is to overlook aesthetic value. The scholarly literature recognizes an historical tendency to …

Pianist Kevin Kenner Performs In Guest Concert Series, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

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Hailed as “one of the finest American pianists to come along in years” by the Chicago Tribune, Kenner has appeared around the world as a soloist with leading orchestras and as a recitalist in major halls. He has won the top prizes in the most prestigious competitions: Tchaikovsky International Competition, Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and the International Chopin Piano Competition, in which he served as a juror in 2010.

Jean-Michel Fonteneau Opens 2014-15 Guest Concert Series, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

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Fonteneau, professor of Cello at the Conservatory of Music, performied on stage with pianist June Choi Oh, Chair of Dominican’s Department of Music, Dance and Performing Arts. The program, which capped Family Weekend 2014 at Dominican, featured Beethoven's Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in F Major, Op. 5, No. 1; Grieg's Sonata for Cello and Piano F Minor, Op. 36 and Prokofiev's Sonata for Cello and Piano in C Major, Op. 119.

Arts Of War: Reconsidering Conflict Through Interdisciplinary Artistic Collaboration, John Macinnis

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

CORE 160: Introduction to the Arts is required as part of the core curriculum at Dordt College and is team taught every semester by four professors who each address a different art form: Music, Theatre, Film, and Visual Art. Semesters are divided in half, and students select two art forms for special attention. Additionally, all students meet in two mass sections in which the team of professors address topics spanning all the arts. These mass sections are an opportunity to demonstrate for students that interdisciplinary collaboration around a given topic often produces remarkable insight.

Last year, in recognition of the …

Dominican's 2014-15 Guest Concert Series Begins Oct. 12, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

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The 14th season of the Guest Concert Series begins on October 12 with Conservatory of Music cellist Jean-Michel Fonteneau.

Christian Music Experiences In The Faith Development Of Adolescents: A Phenomenological Study, Winnie White

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this qualitative, phenomenology study was to discover how Christian music experiences affect the faith development of adolescents. The lived experiences are the on-going process in which adolescents develop through the stages of faith and how Christian music fits into that process. The participants were adolescents who participated in a youth group with an active music experience on a weekly basis. I used the transcendental phenomenology model which included the epoche, phenomenological reduction, imaginative variation, and synthesis of texture and structure to collect, gather, and analyze the data. Data were collected from 11 adolescents utilizing observations, Fowler's Life …

Joanna Horton Wins Obu's Virginia Queen Piano Competition, Jessica Stewart, Ouachita News Bureau

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Joanna Horton, a sophomore piano performance major from Arkadelphia, Ark., won first place in Ouachita Baptist University's annual Virginia Queen Piano Competition on May 2.

Antonio T. De Nicolás: Poet Of Eternal Return, Christopher Key Chapple

Research Resources

This book includes essays in honor of Professor Antonio de Nicolas.

Student And Teacher Experiences With Informal Learning In A School Music Classroom: An Action Research Study, Mark C. Adams

Glenn Korff School of Music: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Creative Work, and Performance

Despite the ubiquitous nature of music in the lives of adolescents, school music education rarely offers experiences with the informal music making practices that are used by their favorite vernacular artists. This action research study implemented informal learning practices into the formal learning environment of my current teaching position in a rural Midwestern community, to understand more about student experiences and the educator’s role in such a classroom. The qualitative research approach used in this study borrowed from grounded theory techniques. Data collection included twenty-five total interviews with nine first-year beginning instrumentalists. Interviews were conducted in three waves, where the …

Aspects Of The High School Music Program And Their Relationship With The College Marching Band Experience, Glen J. Ullman

Honors Scholar Theses

A quality musical ensemble requires the director to be attentive to the needs and abilities of its members. This study examined various aspects of students’ musical and academic preparation in relation to their current experience with music in college. With more insight about the backgrounds of college musicians, and the way those backgrounds relate to their experiences in performing ensembles, music directors will be better able to tailor instruction to the needs of their musicians. For this study, a survey was distributed to members of the University of Connecticut Marching Band about their demographics, education, past musical experiences, and current …

Ouachita Students Share Passion For Music With Ahdc Residents, Taylor Tomlinson, Ouachita News Bureau

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As a residential program for special needs individuals, the Arkadelphia Human Development Center (AHDC) seeks to care for its residents while preparing them for an independent life within the community. With a desire to serve, the Ouachita Baptist University Student chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (SNATS) is using their passion for music to provide these residents with a fun and educational outlet to develop new skills.

Ouachita To Host Annual Virginia Queen Piano Competition May 2, Jessica Stewart, Ouachita News Bureau

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Ouachit Baptist University's Division of Music will host the annual Virginia Queen Piano Competition Friday, May 2, at 3:30 p.m. in McBeth Recital Hall in Mabee Fine Arts Center. The competition performances are free and open to the public.

Emma Patterson, Evan Rogers To Present Senior Recitals March 21, Taylor Tomlinson, Ouachita News Bureau

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Ouachita Baptist University's Division of Music will host Emma Patterson and Evan Rogers in their senior recitals on Friday, March 21, at 11 a.m. in Mabee Fine Arts Center's McBeth Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

Martin, Sasser To Present Senior Voice Recital At Ouachita March 14, Jessica Stewart, Ouachita News Bureau

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Ouachita Baptist University's Division of Music will host Meredith Martin and Carli Sasser in their senior voice recital Friday, March 14. The recital will be held in Mabee Fine Arts Center's McBeth Recital Hall at 11 a.m. and is free and open to the public.

Ouachita Symphonic Band Concert Set For March 13, Molly Bowman, Ouachita News Bureau

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Ouachita Baptist University's Symphonic Band will perform in concert on Thursday, March 13, 7:30 p.m. in Jones Performing Arts Center. The concert is free of charge and open to the public.

Caitlin Secrest Wins Ouachita's 16th Annual Shambarger Competition, Bethany Peevy, Ouachita News Bureau

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Caitlin Secrest, a senior vocal performance major from Arkadelphia, Ark., was awarded first place in Ouachita Baptist University's 16th annual Mary Shambarger Competition for Singers on Feb. 25.

Cypress String Quartet Returns To Dominican, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

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Known internationally and nationally for its elegant performances, the Cypress String Quartet featured Cecily Ward and Tom Stone on violin; Ethan Filner on viola; and cellist Jennifer Kloetzel. They were joined on stage at Dominican by guest cellist Jean-Michel Fonteneau of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

The Nuremberg Music-Ecological Approach: Why Are Some Musicians Internationally Successful And Others Not?, Albert Ziegler, Sabrina Straber, Wolfgang Pfeiffer, Catherine M. Wormald

Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)

Success in music depends on a number of crucial factors with musical talent figuring prominently in gifted research. However, in the Nuremberg Music-Ecological Approach presented in this paper a different view is taken. Instead of talents and factors, the concept of available resources in an individual´s actiotope (Ziegler, 2005) is put in the center of our analysis. Educational Capital refers to exogenous resources and comprises five different forms of resources: Economic Educational Capital, Cultural Educational Capital, Social Educational Capital, Infrastructural Educational Capital and Didactic Educational Capital. Learning Capital refers to endogenous resources and also comprises five different forms of resources: …

"A Band On Every Corner": Using Historical Gis To Describe Changes In The Sydney And Melbourne Live Music Scenes, Sarah Taylor, Colin Arrowsmith, Nicole T. Cook

Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)

This paper demonstrates the use of historical Geographic Information Systems (historical GIS) to investigate live music in Sydney and Melbourne. It describes the creation of a tailored historical geodatabase built from samples of gig listings (comprising dates, locations, and performer names), and how this historical geodatabase offers insight into the changing dynamics of performers and venue locations. The major findings from the analyses using the developed historical geodatabase are that neither city showed a decline in live music performance or performer numbers, but Melbourne increased at a greater rate than Sydney. Further, the spatial concentration within Melbourne has been far …

A Multimodal Analysis Of The Environment Beat In A Music Video, Carmen Daniela Maier, Judith Leah Cross

Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)

The global impact of demanding environmental concerns is visible in almost all contexts of contemporary communication and across geographical borders. An increasing range of multimodal texts surface continuously in various media in order to facilitate public understanding of irreversible environmental changes, to educate future generations in ecoliteracy, to promote green or disclose greenwashed corporate images and practices, or to entertain and facilitate appropriate actions as well as responses. Simultaneously, research in environmental communication tries to keep up with this rapid pace by examining environment-focused multimodal texts from the context of journalism (Doyle, 2011; Lester & Cottle, 2009), education (Maier, 2010; …

Using Music To Teach Latin American (And World) History, Daisy V. Domínguez

Publications and Research

This article encourages teachers to use music as a pedagogical tool and discusses songs that may be used to teach Latin American history.

An Exploration Of Teaching Music To Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Samantha D. Jimenez

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

The purpose of this grounded-theory qualitative study was to explore how music teachers successfully work with students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Many individuals with ASD are impacted daily by social and communication difficulties, sensory sensitivities, executive functioning challenges, and restricted or rigid behaviors. Current research, literature, media, and ASD and music circles support that music is a powerful medium for individuals with ASD. Benefits of music for individuals with ASD include therapeutic advantages, various improvements in skills, social opportunities, emergence of gifts and talents, and emotional outlets. Regular exposure to learning music in the U.S. is typically through music …