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Promoting Self-Regulated Learning And Intrinsic Motivation In The Middle School Choral Classroom Through E-Portfolio Assessment: A Qualitative Instrumental Case Study, Melissa Legge Mauck

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this qualitative instrumental case study was to examine the perceptions and experiences of middle school students who exhibit self-regulated learning and intrinsic motivation as they utilize e-Portfolio assessment in chorus. The theoretical framework for this study was Deci and Ryan’s self-determination theory, which defines intrinsic and extrinsic sources of motivation with three psychological needs being met: competence, relatedness, and autonomy. Students who were engaged in various levels of a middle school choral program were selected as participants using purposeful sampling. Data were collected through field notes generated during individual interviews, observations, and focus group discussions with selected …

An Analysis Of In-Service Choral Music Educators’ Methods Of Classroom Management, Brooke Ann Ward

Music Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to discuss topics of classroom management as it relates to the experience and training of pre-service music educators. Topics reviewed in the discussion include issues of mentorship, pre-service teacher training, experiential learning, student teaching experiences, conducting knowledge, and confidence in pre-service music educators. This research project was granted an IRB exemption by the Old Dominion University College of Arts and Letters.

The participants in the research survey were choral music educators who had accumulated one through 40 years of teaching experience. The participants were graduates of a music education degree program, or a music …

Middle School Choir Class Advocacy, Kara Vombrack

Graduate Research Showcase

This research is based on a survey given to surrounding middle school choir teachers regarding if their choir is a class or not in their district. The study looks into the benefits of having choir during the day and as a graded class. The study also analyzes school schedules and how they affect choir during the day. Choral advocacy is addressed and suggestions are given for how to grow a program that isn’t a class; which is the current problem at my school. This study also addresses how choir directors can gain more choral advocacy in their district and increase …

Recruitment And Retention In The Choral Classroom, Brianna Riley

Graduate Research Showcase

One of the distinguishing elements of a successful, flourishing music program is the number of students enrolled in a performing ensemble. This literature review examines sources that provide answers to a simple question: How can teachers use strategies to improve recruitment and retention in a music program? Music teachers have always worked to improve enrollment and retention of students in their classes, but as we move forward in a world affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, traditional ways of recruiting may not always be successful. Considerations of current trends include lack of foundational relationships between programs and adherence to traditional, unsuccessful …

Teach Your Choir To Read Music, Bryan Cody Rante

Masters Theses

Teaching chorus presents many challenges to directors and one of the main challenges that directors face is teaching their students how to read music. Many students rely on rote teaching or aural repetition to learn music, and this can prevent students from becoming proficient musicians. Bryan Rante researched different ways to assess the choral group and simultaneously teach them how to read music proficiently. The curriculum used for this research was Andy Beck’s Sing at First Sight: Foundations in Choral Singing Level 1 & 2 to help students learn how to sight-sing and become confident in reading music. The curriculum …

String Quartet No. 1 "Lanterns", Austin A. Franklin

LSU Master's Theses

String Quartet No. 1 “Lanterns” was inspired by a poem written by the American poet, novelist,

and short story writer Stephen Crane entitled “Each Small Gleam was a Voice”. In my

interpretation, this poem creates a world in which sight and sound are intrinsically linked,

connected by our inability to perceive either independently from the other. Throughout the

poem, Crane continuously creates a world in which sounds are only capable of being described

through the use of color. One line in particular, “Little songs of carmine, violet, green, gold.”, is

repeated several times throughout the poem. In “Lanterns” each of …

A Conductor's Guide To Amass By Jocelyn Hagen, Matthew J. Myers

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Contemporary American composer Jocelyn Hagen grew up in Valley City, North Dakota, where she found an early love for singing, playing instruments, and composing. After completing degrees at St. Olaf College and the University of Minnesota, Hagen began a career as a full-time composer. Her appointment as Composer-in-Residence for The Singers led to her first major multimovement work, amass (2011).

Though Hagen planned to write a traditional setting of the Catholic Mass, she struggled to accept the text of the “Credo” as the only path to salvation. Thus, she substituted spiritual poems from a variety of faith traditions to create …

Gender And Singing In The American Classroom, Amanda Franklin

Honors Program Theses

This thesis was written to uncover the history of gender and choral singing, draw connections between gender and music, analyze current student perspectives regarding singing in the American classroom, and offer suggestions for educators in present-day chorus classes. This thesis is most relevant for music educators who seek a more-gender balanced program, but the implications of this research can be applied to gender in education as a whole.

Learning To Sing, Nicholas Tierney

Senior Honors Projects

Singing alone in the car was okay because no one was there to listen. I wanted to see if I could learn to sing, and do it successfully, with a group of people. By joining URI’s University Chorus this semester, I hoped to learn techniques for successful choral singing. Through a guided self-analysis I set out to chronicle my journey from the first rehearsal to the final concerts.

For me, the three most important questions I wanted to answer when staging my research--a blend of an academic analysis and my personal and qualitative data--were: Why do people sing? Why do …

There Was An Old Farmer | 21-20203, James Q. Mulholland

James Q. Mulholland

There Was An Old FarmerAppalachian Folk Song Part Number: 21-20203 Previous Part Number: HL-203 Price: $1.90 Voicing: SSA Arranged By: James Q. Mulholland

Seasons Of Life - Brass Quintet | 20-96761, James Q. Mulholland

James Q. Mulholland

Seasons Of Life
Brass Score/Parts

Part Number:
20-96761

Price:
$30.00

Music By:
James Q. Mulholland

2tpt;hn;tbn;tba

Measure Me, Sky | 21-20202, James Q. Mulholland

James Q. Mulholland

Measure Me, Sky Part Number: 21-20202 Previous Part Number: HL-202 Price: $1.95 Voicing: SSA Lyrics By: Leonora Speyer (1872-1956) Music By: James Q. Mulholland with opt. Orchestra Featured at: 2014 WiACDA Refresh Reading Session

God Bless You | 20-96710, James Q. Mulholland

James Q. Mulholland

God Bless YouFrom "Three Anonymous Blessings" Part Number: 20-96710 Price: $1.90 Voicing: SA Music By: James Q. Mulholland with optional orchestra

Will You Teach Your Children What We Have Taught Our Children | 20-96625, James Q. Mulholland

James Q. Mulholland

Will You Teach Your Children What We Have Taught Our Children(Song of the Earth) Part Number: 20-96625 Price: $1.95 Voicing: SATB Lyrics By: Ted Perry/Chief Seattle Music By: James Q. Mulholland

Will You Teach Your Children What We Have Taught Our Children | 20-96630, James Q. Mulholland

James Q. Mulholland

Will You Teach Your Children What We Have Taught Our Children(Song of the Earth) Part Number: 20-96630 Price: $1.90 Voicing: SA Lyrics By: Ted Perry/Chief Seattle Music By: James Q. Mulholland

Wi' A Hundred Pipers - Sa | 21-20224, James Q. Mulholland

James Q. Mulholland

Wi' A Hundred Pipersfrom "Set of Three Scottish Songs" Part Number: 21-20224 Price: $1.85 Voicing: SA Lyrics By: Lady Nairne Music By: James Q. Mulholland with opt. Brass Quintet

Carol To Beauty Treble & Satb | 21-20900, James Q. Mulholland

James Q. Mulholland

Carol To Beauty Part Number: 21-20900 Previous Part Number: HL-900 Price: $1.95 Voicing: Treble & SATB Lyrics By: Steuart Wilson Arranged By: James Q. Mulholland with opt. Brass Quintet

Measure Me, Sky | 21-20101, James Q. Mulholland

James Q. Mulholland

Measure Me, Sky Part Number: 21-20101 Previous Part Number: HL-101 Price: $1.90 Voicing: SATB Lyrics By: Leonora Speyer (1872-1956) Music By: James Q Mulholland with opt. Orchestra Featured at: 2014 WiACDA Refresh Reading Session

Seasons Of Life - Sa | 20-96760, James Q. Mulholland

James Q. Mulholland

Seasons Of Life Part Number: 20-96760 Price: $1.90 Voicing: SA Music By: James Q. Mulholland with optional Brass Quintet

No Other Gifts | 21-20401, James Q. Mulholland

James Q. Mulholland

No Other Gifts Part Number: 21-20401 Previous Part Number: HL-401 Price: $1.90 Voicing: SAB Music By: James Q. Mulholland

Sunshine And Music | 20-96730, James Q. Mulholland

James Q. Mulholland

Sunshine And Music
from "Three Anonymous Blessings"

Part Number:
20-96730

Price:
$1.85

Voicing:
SA

Music By:
James Q. Mulholland with optional orchestra

Needs Of The World, The - Orchestra Parts | 20-96721, James Q. Mulholland

James Q. Mulholland

The Needs of The WorldOrchestra Score/Parts Part Number: 20-96721 Previous Part Number: HL-263 Price: $45.00 Music By: James Q. Mulholland pic;2fl;2ob;2cl;bcl;bn;4hn;3tpt;3tbn;tba;timp;perc;vln1;vln2;vla;vlc;cb

God Bless You - Orchestra Parts | 20-96711, James Q. Mulholland

James Q. Mulholland

God Bless YouOrchestra Score/Parts Part Number: 20-96711 Price: $45.00 Music By: James Q. Mulholland pic;2fl;2ob;2cl;bcl;bn;4hn;3tpt;3tbn;tba;timp;perc;vln1;vln2;vla;vlc;cb

Reeds Of Innocence | 21-20201, James Q. Mulholland

James Q. Mulholland

Reeds of Innocence Part Number: 21-20201 Previous Part Number: HL-201 Price: $1.90 Voicing: SSA Lyrics By: William Blake (1757-1827) Music By: James Q. Mulholland with Oboe (part included)

Giving | 20-96740, James Q. Mulholland

James Q. Mulholland

Giving Part Number: 20-96740 Price: $1.95 Voicing: Treble & SATB Music By: James Q. Mulholland

Needs Of The World, The | 20-96720, James Q. Mulholland

James Q. Mulholland

The Needs of The WorldFrom "Three Anonymous Blessings" Part Number: 20-96720 Price: $1.95 Voicing: SA Music By: James Q. Mulholland with optional orchestra

Sunshine And Music - Orchestra Parts | 20-96731, James Q. Mulholland

James Q. Mulholland

Sunshine And MusicOrchestra Score/Parts Part Number: 20-96731 Price: $45.00 Music By: James Q. Mulholland pic;2fl;2ob;2cl;bcl;bn;4hn;3tpt;3tbn;tba;timp;perc;vln1;vln2;vla;vlc;cb

Carol To Beauty | 21-20900, James Q. Mulholland

James Q. Mulholland

Carol To Beauty, Treble and SATB

Part Number:
21-20900

Previous Part Number:
HL-900

Price:
$1.95

Voicing
Treble & SATB

Lyrics By:
Steuart Wilson

Arranged By:
James Q. Mulholland

with opt. Brass Quintet

Joy | 21-20237, James Q. Mulholland

James Q. Mulholland

Joy Part Number: 21-20237 Previous Part Number: HL-237 Price: $1.90 Voicing: SSA Lyrics By: Sara Teasdale Music By: James Q. Mulholland

Carol To Beauty Satb | 21-20108, James Q. Mulholland

James Q. Mulholland

Carol To Beauty Part Number: 21-20108 Previous Part Number: HL-108 Price: $1.90 Voicing: SATB Lyrics By: Steuart Wilson Arranged By: James Q. Mulholland with opt. Brass Quintet