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My Three Years In Prison: Teaching Music Behind Bars: An Autoethnography, Miranda Rowland

Music Faculty

This study investigated my experience as a facilitator of musical activities at a men’s correctional facility in New Jersey. Over a period of three years, I served as the director of the men’s chorus at Albert C. Wagner Youth Correctional Facility in Bordentown, New Jersey. This study focused on my planning, repertoire selection, and rehearsal processes. Data were collected using self-created lesson plans, personal reflections and journal entries, and individual feedback from members of the choir. The results indicated that in order for me to be an effective teacher, I had to work with my students rather than working in …