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Resisting The "Sound Of Muzak": Alienating Effects In Conceptual Progressive Music, Bryan Michael Mcculley-Mendoza
Resisting The "Sound Of Muzak": Alienating Effects In Conceptual Progressive Music, Bryan Michael Mcculley-Mendoza
Theses Digitization Project
This study was to showed how popular music is used to create passive consumers driven by a need for instant gratification, rather than objective, active listeners. It then discusses how "conceptual progressive music", demonstrated my Porcupine Tree and Pink Floyd rebels against this mass culture nature.
Exploring The Essence Of Trust Through The Lived Experiences Of Jazz Educators, John Newell Canfield
Exploring The Essence Of Trust Through The Lived Experiences Of Jazz Educators, John Newell Canfield
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this phenomenological study is to contribute to the body of knowledge on trust, educational leadership, and jazz by exploring the lived experiences of jazz educators with regard to the phenomenon of trust in the educational environment.
Musical Linguistics: How Music And Artistic Creativity When Delivered As A Linguistic Practice, Help Students Master Academic Skills In English Language Arts, Cynthyny Ann Lebo
Musical Linguistics: How Music And Artistic Creativity When Delivered As A Linguistic Practice, Help Students Master Academic Skills In English Language Arts, Cynthyny Ann Lebo
Theses Digitization Project
This Masters project consists of two elements: 1) an integrated after-school program to improve student English language reading and academic outcomes for third graders' vocabulary development by incorporating music, artistic creativity and linguistics; 2) a pilot sample curriculum that demonstrates the approach for building student comprehension through musical theater and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) content experiences. Called "Water Buddy", this is an after-school program uses singing, dancing, writing, and play to build reading and vocabulary skills. The goal is to improve learner academic outcomes by mastering the elemental building blocks of words, letters, symbols by making memorable the …
Teachers Believe Singing Will Scaffold, Mediate, And Facilitate Oral Language Acqusition: Place Arts Back In The Curriculum, Alicia Rubio
Teachers Believe Singing Will Scaffold, Mediate, And Facilitate Oral Language Acqusition: Place Arts Back In The Curriculum, Alicia Rubio
Theses Digitization Project
The objective of this qualitative study was to explore if elementary school teachers who teach English Language Learners (ELLs) believe that singing used as an instructional tool would facilitate the development of oral English language acquisition.
The Effect Of Music Instruction On Math And Language Arts Scores In Elementary School, Mirastasha Ashley-Briann Thomas
The Effect Of Music Instruction On Math And Language Arts Scores In Elementary School, Mirastasha Ashley-Briann Thomas
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study is to determine if music and academic achievement are connected to form a more cohesive unit of learning. This project attempts to show how participation in a music program in school will not only help children explore new academic experiences but will also help in their academic achievment through improvement in test scores in mathematics and languages.
Frank Zappa And Mikhail Bakhtin: Rabelais's Carnival Made Contemporary, Sarah Hill Antinora
Frank Zappa And Mikhail Bakhtin: Rabelais's Carnival Made Contemporary, Sarah Hill Antinora
Theses Digitization Project
For this project, the author uses Bakhtin's theory of carnival to illuminate Zappa's sound and rhetoric. The author hopes that by using this theoretical lens allows audiences to understand Zappa's choices in subject matter. Those who can see his work as satire and understand the use of carnivalesque techniques in challenging authority see the genius in his work.
Images And Lyrics: Representations Of African American Women In Blues Lyrics Written By Black Women, Danette Marie Pugh-Patton
Images And Lyrics: Representations Of African American Women In Blues Lyrics Written By Black Women, Danette Marie Pugh-Patton
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this thesis is to examine to what extent representations of double jeopardy and the stereotypical images of African American females: Mammy, Matriarch, Sapphire, and Strong Black Woman emerge in the blues lyrics of Alberta Hunter, Gertrude "Ma" Rainy, Memphis Minnie, and Victoria Spivey, using the theoretical framework of Black feminist rhetorical critique. The findings in this research entail several meanings regarding the lives of African American women during the 1920s and 1930s. Representations of racism, sexism, and classism also appear in the theme of relationships with various subthemes. The focus of this study is to explore the …
Using Music Therapy And Visuals To Facilitate Language In Exceptional Preschoolers, Kimberly Joy Albert
Using Music Therapy And Visuals To Facilitate Language In Exceptional Preschoolers, Kimberly Joy Albert
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project is to explore the effectiveness of combining music and visual supports as a means of facilitating communication in exceptional preschoolers. The results indicate that music and visual supports have some merit for increasing verbal responses.
Using Popular Song Lyrics To Teach Character And Peace Education, Stacy Shayne Corbett
Using Popular Song Lyrics To Teach Character And Peace Education, Stacy Shayne Corbett
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project is to develop an integrative unit for peace education that is based on analyzing song lyrics and developing critical literacy.
A Cultural Studies Analysis Of The Christian Women Vocalists Movement From The 1980'S To 2000: Influences, Stars And Lyrical Meaning Making, Mary Elizabeth Akers
A Cultural Studies Analysis Of The Christian Women Vocalists Movement From The 1980'S To 2000: Influences, Stars And Lyrical Meaning Making, Mary Elizabeth Akers
Theses Digitization Project
This study examines popular female Christian vocalists of the 1970s and 1980s, their images and their contemporary Christian music (CCM) lyrics. This literature illustrates how music becomes popular, and also how it becomes a powerful source of communication, which prompts popular culture and society to buy into its style and lyrics. The implications of this study illustrates the importance of image and lyrics and how certain female CCM vocalists had greater influences, impact and had the ability to make changes within their female audiences towards Christianity.
The Connectors Of Two Worlds: Chano Pozo, Dizzy Gillespie, And The Continuity Of Myth Through Afro-Cuban Jazz, Dwight Paul Sweeney
The Connectors Of Two Worlds: Chano Pozo, Dizzy Gillespie, And The Continuity Of Myth Through Afro-Cuban Jazz, Dwight Paul Sweeney
Theses Digitization Project
Explains how Afro-Cuban culture influenced African-American jazzmen and led to the formation of Afro-Cuban or Latin jazz in 1947 by Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo. Explores the musical connections between the physical plane of Cuba and the United States, and the esoteric spiritual world of the orishas and myths coming to life in sacred and secular music forms.
The Working Hour: A Rhetorical Analysis Of The Lyrics Of Tears For Fears, Jennifer Anne Gross-Mejía
The Working Hour: A Rhetorical Analysis Of The Lyrics Of Tears For Fears, Jennifer Anne Gross-Mejía
Theses Digitization Project
Childhood friends Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal founded the band Tears for Fears, and were the two primary members from 1982-1990. Their songs describe the struggle of coping with childhood abuse. This thesis analyzes the rhetorical aspects of their lyrics, emphasizing how the words of their songs express the fundamental human response to abuse, and the painful process of recovery. It explores how the songwriters use the psychological theories of Arthur Janov and Carl Jung to scaffold their experience of working through emotional trauma; and how they combine those theories with astrological symbolism to explore the idea of destiny. This …
Music As A Tool To Strengthen Reading Skills, Michele Lynn Lenertz
Music As A Tool To Strengthen Reading Skills, Michele Lynn Lenertz
Theses Digitization Project
This project focused on the rate of growth in reading skills of two first grade classrooms. The goal of this project was to improve the reading skills of below grade level students through musical activities.
Music Handbook For Primary Grade Teachers, Risa Maree Fiorillo
Music Handbook For Primary Grade Teachers, Risa Maree Fiorillo
Theses Digitization Project
Academic research in the area of music and learning has proven that there is both a deficiency and need for classroom music education commencing at the primary grade levels. The research has shown that by incorporating music education into the academic curriculum the arts can be more effectively taught and other academic subject areas can gain from the diverse teaching strategies the arts bring to education. There are two goals of this project. One is to demonstrate to teachers what primary grade level students should be learning in music. A second goal of this project is to design a music …
The Importance Of Music In The Elementary Curriculum: How It Can Be Integrated To Meet Content Standards, Lovina-Marie Sawyer Bundy
The Importance Of Music In The Elementary Curriculum: How It Can Be Integrated To Meet Content Standards, Lovina-Marie Sawyer Bundy
Theses Digitization Project
This project will provide classroom teachers with examples of how music can be taught on a daily basis through the integration of disciplines. After completing an extensive review of literature, the writer evaluated teaching standards of both music and curriculum subject areas found similar learning goals and designed a series of twelve lesson plans that integrated these standards.
Integrating Music Into The Second Grade Curriculum, Rebecca Dunn Mefford
Integrating Music Into The Second Grade Curriculum, Rebecca Dunn Mefford
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Mozart, Beethoven, And Tschaikovsky: Their Rich Heritage Of Music, Rebecca Georgiades
Mozart, Beethoven, And Tschaikovsky: Their Rich Heritage Of Music, Rebecca Georgiades
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Muslib: A Proposed Database For The Management Of A Music Library, Gary St. Germain
Muslib: A Proposed Database For The Management Of A Music Library, Gary St. Germain
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
A Gift Of Music, Marjorie I. Kertz
Effects Of Dichotic Listening On Aerobic Performance, Frank Zane
Effects Of Dichotic Listening On Aerobic Performance, Frank Zane
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
An Integrated Approach To Music And The Language Arts For The Sixth Grade, Theresa A. Dees
An Integrated Approach To Music And The Language Arts For The Sixth Grade, Theresa A. Dees
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.