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Margulis Revisited: Once More On Program Notes And Audience Enjoyment, Jocelyn Abrahamzon
Margulis Revisited: Once More On Program Notes And Audience Enjoyment, Jocelyn Abrahamzon
Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019
In a 2010 study, Elizabeth Margulis finds that audience members enjoy classical music less when they read information about the piece before they hear it. Her result is surprising because conventional wisdom suggests that such pre-concert information would add to an audience members’ enjoyment of a concert. To gain further perspective, I decided to conduct a similar study on JMU’s campus that differed from Margulis’ in many ways. For example, participants attended a live concert rather than listening to excerpts of music through headphones. I created a survey that asked participants questions about their experience at a concert they attended …
Pieces Of Us: Songwriting Our Stories In Harrisonburg, Va, Davina Miaw
Pieces Of Us: Songwriting Our Stories In Harrisonburg, Va, Davina Miaw
Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019
Storytelling is a way in which humans communicate their lives as narratives and understand the world around them. Storytelling through composing music allows students not only a means of personal expression, but also enhanced literacy skills, social skills, and understandings of basic musical concepts (e.g., Barrett & Stauffer, 2012; Kaschub & Smith, 2009). This thesis contains a digital storybook of fifth grade students’ original songs that documents their processes of turning ideas into final products and examines their thoughts and words about songwriting and identity development. It also shares autoethnographic reflections on ways in which my identity as a musician …