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Approaches To Teaching Music Reading To Piano Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Rachel Elizabeth Davis

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of the study was to collect information about teaching music reading to piano students with Autism Spectrum Disorder and to determine best teaching practices that may be implemented into existing curricula. The study involved interviewing six professionals who are nationally recognized for successfully teaching piano to students with ASD and analyzing the interviews to learn their procedures for teaching music reading to this population.

The interviews contain information concerning the backgrounds of the individuals being interviewed, the demographic backgrounds of students being taught, and the pedagogical process, instructional materials and technology used for teaching music reading in lessons. …

In Her Own Hands: How Girls And Women Used The Piano To Chart Their Futures, Expand Women's Roles, And Shape Music In America, 1880–1920, Sarah F. Litvin

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

American girls and women used the parlor piano to reshape their lives between 1880 and 1920, the years when the instrument reached the height of its commercial and cultural popularity. Newspapers, memoirs, biographies, women’s magazines, personal papers, and trade publications show that female pianists engaged in public-facing piano play and work in pursuit of artistic expression, economic gain, self-actualization, social mobility, and social change. These motivations drove many to use their piano skills to play beyond the parlor, by studying in conservatory, working as classical and popular music performers and composers, founding and teaching at schools, working as department store …

Junior Recital: Program Notes, Sophia Heitkamp

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

The following program notes provide a brief historical background and harmonic analysis of the pieces performed at my Junior Recital. These pieces include several solo piano pieces, a piano duet, and a saxophone/piano duet.

A Performance Guide To Jake Heggie's From 'The Book Of Nightmares', Kristen Bauer Marchiafava

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The document will examine the four songs of the cycle, From ‘The Book of Nightmares,’ in detail and give suggestions for stylistic interpretation and performance. The written document contains four chapters: Chapter One provides biographical information and a stylistic overview of the composer Jake Heggie. Chapter Two contains biographical information and a stylistic overview for the poet Galway Kinnell. Chapter Three will provide information about the premiere and recording of From ‘The Book of Nightmares,’ as well as biographical information about soprano Lisa Delan, for whom the song cycle was written, and reviews of her recording “The Hours Begin to …

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

• Kappa Phi Kappa Taps Pledges In Assembly
• Keefer Makes Proposals On 'Rat' Standards
• Rats At GC Are Now Freshman As Rat Day Comes To End At Last
• Play Russian Roulette and Win a Sport Car
• Students Hang Keefer In Effigy
• Local Teachers Attend Council
• Tryouts for Cheerleaders Monday
• Hyde and Seek
• On Rat Day
• An Honor System??
• Editor Praises GTC
• Editor's Desk
• Rebels and Redskins Clash In Football Finale
• Hugh's Who In Sports
• Inquiring Reporter
• Upset-Minded Teams Prove Trouble To Local Contest Enthusiasts
• Campus Column
• Discussions for Organization Of Student Dance Class Held
• Tigers, Bobcats, First Place Tie
• Lions Defeat …

Volume 66, Number 06 (June 1948), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Eternal Chopin

Orchestra As a Municipal Asset (interview with Harl McDonald)

Nest of the Nightingales: An Exquisite Musical Fairy Story

How Can I Become a Pianist? (interview with Artur Rubinstein)

Romeo and Juliet of the Mountains: How Music and Drama Ended the Notorius Hatfield and McCoy Feud

Natural—or Impossible! (interview with Cloe Elmo)

Concert Hall in Your Home

Approach to Elementary String Class Teaching

Pride of the Navy

Shifting—Sliding—Change of Position

Wednesday Afternoon With the Cecilians

Basis for Piano Technique

Volume 09, Number 07 (July 1891), Theodore Presser

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Diversity of Taste

Professional Versus Amateur Music Teachers: Or Low Tuition Fees and How to Raise Them

Piano-Forte Teaching

Life-Rests

Elegant Design For a Piano Cover

Minnie Hauk's Music Lesson

Education of Pianists

Careless Beginners

Committing Music to Memory

Paying the Price

Melody and Pedantry

Expression and Its Conditions

Music as a Bread Winner for Girls

Man Created Music

Volume 04, Number 03 (March 1886), Theodore Presser

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Etudes or Pieces

Thalbergian Method

Some Hints Concerning Piano Teaching

American Versus Foreign Fingering

Fingering of the Scales

Simplicity of Technic

Open Letter to the Piano-Forte Student

Technic Again

Retrospective and Prospective

Our Girls as Piano Players

Printing Music for Children

What to Teach