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Introducing Contemporary Music: A Method For Young Bands, Farrell Dean Madsen Jr.
Introducing Contemporary Music: A Method For Young Bands, Farrell Dean Madsen Jr.
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The introduction of contemporary music to elementary and junior high school students in performance classes is hindered by a shortage of such music playable by young students. For example, in Contemporary Music for the Schools (Music Educators National Conference, 1966) which is the major source of contemporary music for school bands, 85 band pieces are listed, but only five are designated as suitable for junior high school bands, and only two are designated as suitable for elementary school bands.
In this project, five original band pieces (Bodo, Whispers and Shouts, Malcolm, Fission and Fusion, Newton's …