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Bennett Reimer And Mej: A 58-Year Partnership, Patrick K. Freer

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This article focuses on the contributions made by composer Bennett Reimer to the "Music Educators Journal." It mentions the articles written by Reimer which were published in the June-July 1956 issue, the number of articles published by Reimer in the journal and Reimer's contribution to music education.

Mej At 100: A Journal For “All Interested In Public School Music.”, Patrick K. Freer

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“101 Years And Counting: Mej Inspires New European Journals.”, Patrick K. Freer

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“Years Of Progress” -- Music Educators Journal From 1964 To 1989 (Volumes 51-75), Patrick K. Freer

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Whom Does It Concern? A Reflection On Issues Relating To Quality, Accountability, And Relevance In Music Education's Journals, Patrick K. Freer

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This essay examines components of the critique process used for American music education journals. Issues of criticism and critique are explored from three perspectives: those who oversee, those who contribute to, and those who constitute the audiences for these journals. This analysis concerns both implicit and explicit aspects of critique as they relate to peer review, journal rankings, the rise of digital academic journals, and tenure decisions. These are individually and collectively examined for indicators of quality, accountability, and relevance.

Mej Covers From The First 100 Years: Designing To Unite A Profession, Patrick K. Freer

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The Self-Perceptions Of Young Men As Choral Singers In Singaporean Secondary Schools, Patrick K. Freer

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The persistence of young men in choral singing activity has been widely studied in North America, with emerging parallel research in Europe (Freer, 2013; Harrison & Welch, 2012). There has been little such research in Asia. This study, of twelve young men enrolled in Singapore’s pre-university schools, collected both written narratives and drawn imagery to explore participants’ musical identities, perceptions of choral singing, and reasons for continued or discontinued participation in choral music. The report details the analytical methods used for understanding the visual imagery (Kress & van Leeuwen, 2006). Four a priori hypotheses were developed based on relevant, existing …

Five From The Folder: Mixed Choir, Deanna Joseph

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Nineteenth-Century Performance Practice: Reassessing Tradition And Revitalizing Interpretation, Deanna Joseph

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Although research into historical performance practice has enjoyed a vast revival over a 50-year period, most of this research has focused on the Baroque era, with little attention paid to the practices of the 19th century. Joseph presents an overview of research into 19th-century performance practices, including orchestral placement, rubato, tempo changes, portamento and vibrato. She shares her experiments in applying these performance practices into contemporary performances.

Religious Music In Public Schools—Mixed Messages From Mej, Patrick K. Freer

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Perspectives Of European Boys About Their Voice Change And School Choral Singing: Developing The Possible Selves Of Adolescent Male Singers, Patrick K. Freer

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This article reports analysis of interviews with 85 boys from England, Greece, Ireland and Spain about the voice change, school singing and choral music instruction. Consistent, former, and self-described non-singers were included. Data suggest consistency with much of the existing narrative literature about the experience of voice change. Unique topics included a sense of identity loss during voice change. Issues related to gender and sexuality-based bullying were explored. Boys offered numerous recommendations for teachers, including that teachers focus on vocal technique specific to male changing voices. Boys’ comments suggested a pattern of identity development consistent with the Possible Selves construct. …

Profane Commandments For The Sacred Process: Rehearsing, Deanna Joseph

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Review Of Music In The Nineteenth Century, By Walter Frisch, Marie Sumner Lott

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Reviews of:

Music in the Nineteenth Century, Walter Frisch. (Western Music in Context, vol. 5). New York: W. W. Norton, 2013. ISBN: 978-0-393-92919-5.

Anthology for Music in the Nineteenth Century, Walter Frisch. (Western Music in Context: A Norton History) New York: W. W. Norton, 2013. ISBN: 978-0-393920-178.

Domesticity In Brahms’S String Sextets, Opp. 18 And 36, Marie Sumner Lott

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How Jazz Musicians Improvise: The Central Role Of Auditory And Motor Patterns, Martin Norgaard

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It is well known that jazz improvisations include repeated rhythmic and melodic patterns. What is less understood is how those patterns come to be. One theory posits that entire motor patterns are stored in procedural memory and inserted into an ongoing improvisation. An alternative view is that improvisers use procedures based on the rules of tonal jazz to create an improvised output. This output may contain patterns but these patterns are accidental and not stored in procedural memory for later use. The current study used a novel computer-based technique to analyze a large corpus of 48 improvised solos by the …