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Exploring Inequity Of Preparation In Elementary General Music Methods Among Undergraduate Music Education Students, David Destefano

Graduate Research Showcase

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Most instrumental music education students plan to teach secondary music (orchestra/band). In reality, some instrumental music education graduates end up teaching elementary general music (EGM). Because of traditional university programs that separate music education students into tracks based on instrumental or vocal specialization, instrumental music education students might not receive adequate training in elementary general music methods (EGMM). The purpose of this paper is to show the need for equity of EGM preparation for both vocal and instrumental music education students. In addition to reading current research on this topic, I collected data about undergraduate training in EGMM through a …

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Proactive Classroom Management In Elementary Music, Gregory Jacot

Graduate Research Showcase

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The elementary music classroom is a different environment than the normal elementary classroom, and requires careful attention to classroom management. Rather than only focusing on reactive classroom management, teachers should consider using proactive strategies to enhance their teaching and the classroom experience. Building positive relationships with students, both in and out of the classroom, will make them more receptive to corrective actions if necessary, and building strong relationships with parents and guardians can help address individual challenges that may arise. Designing lessons with thought towards student interest, visuals, pacing, teacher proximity and participation, and physiological needs of students will help …

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An Examination Of The Strategies And Limitations For Engaging Parents In Urban Music Programs, Cory Spencer Robinson

Graduate Research Showcase

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Urban music educators face unique challenges not encountered by their suburban and rural counterparts. A challenge that many urban music educators face is that of consistent and meaningful parent engagement. Urban music educators face issues engaging parents such as a lack of communication, cultural barriers and a lack of action that is ultimately out of the educator’s control. This can lead to low retention of students in the urban music program, difficulties managing negative student behavior, and overall poor program outcomes. Some possible solutions that may assist the urban music educator in engaging parents are engaging the community of the …

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Louise Farrenc: A Woman Composer's Voice Rising Out Of Obscurity, Allika Polowchak

All Zyzzogeton Presentations

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Louise Farrenc (1804-1875) was a prolific composer, performer, and teacher of art music in Romantic-era France. Widely regarded during her lifetime for her incredible natural talent and hard work, her compositions fell into obscurity after her death due to general disinterest in women’s contributions to art. As Louise Farrenc started to become more recognized in the later 20th century, efforts were focused on reviving her instrumental works, but little is known about her choral and vocal pieces to this day.

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“Jesus Freaks” Youth-Group Bands And The Power Of Christian Rock (1992–2000), Leah Payne

Faculty Publications - Portland Seminary

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“What will people think,” Toby McKeehan, Michael Tait, and Kevin Smith asked thousands of young evangelical fans in 1996, “when they hear that I’m a Jesus Freak?” This trio of young men “on fire for God,” who performed as DC Talk, were the biggest thing in CCM in the 1990s. Their 1995 album Jesus Freak portrayed conservative evangelical youths as rock-and- roll rebels. “Welcome to the Freak Show,” the Jesus Freak tour, filled stadiums, and their high-energy, slickly produced concerts were teaming with screaming devotees. Fans pointed up to the sky as the band sang, “Jesus is the way,” in …

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Creative Technologies: A Conversation With Roy Magnuson, Roy Magnuson, Maureen Russell

Faculty Publications - Music

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[In lieu of an abstract, the introduction is provided.] Today I am speaking with Roy Magnuson, Associate Professor Creative Technologies in the School of Music at Illinois State University (ISU). (see Figure 1) His music has been performed throughout the United States and Europe at venues such as the World Saxophone Congress, WASBE, CBDNA, the RED NOTE New Music Festival, and the Robb Composers’ Symposium. Magnuson is also the creator of the virtual reality composition software solsticeVR and the conducting software RibbonsVR. He is a member of ASCAP, and his music is recorded on Albany Records and NAXOS.

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More Than Just Her Black Bottom: An Exploration And Analysis Of The Legacy Of Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Zachary Brundidge

CSU Tower Day

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The blues is a rich musical tradition based in the music styling of African Americans in the Deep South circa 1860. With origins in spirituals, work songs, and field hollers, the blues offers a glimpse into the lives and struggles of African Americans. One of the earliest pioneers in the blues was Columbus native, Gertrude "Ma" Rainey. Known as the "Mother of Blues", Ma Rainey left an indelible mark on audiences she performed for and musicians she worked with. However, when she passed away in her hometown of Columbus, Georgia, a local newspaper obituary listed her occupation as a "housekeeper," …

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‘No Coward Soul Is Mine’: A Critical Edition Of Select Works By Ina Boyle (1889–1967) - Volume Ii, Emma C. O'Keeffe

Dissertations

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The primary aim of this project is to produce an authoritative critical edition of five works by Ina Boyle composed between 1913 and 1958, through the medium of digitally typeset scores, these include: Elegy (1913) for cello solo and orchestra, Psalm (1927) for cello solo and orchestra, the Virgilian Suite (1930–31), a ballet suite for dancers and orchestra, Lament for Bion (1944–45) for tenor solo and string quartet, and Three Ancient Irish Poems (1958) for soprano solo, viola and harp.

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No Coward Soul Is Mine’: A Critical Edition Of Select Works By Ina Boyle (1889 - 1967) - Volume I, Emma C. O'Keeffe

Dissertations

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The primary aim of this project is to produce an authoritative critical edition of five works by Ina Boyle composed between 1913 and 1958, through the medium of digitally typeset scores, these include: Elegy (1913) for cello solo and orchestra, Psalm (1927) for cello solo and orchestra, the Virgilian Suite (1930–31), a ballet suite for dancers and orchestra, Lament for Bion (1944–45) for tenor solo and string quartet, and Three Ancient Irish Poems (1958) for soprano solo, viola and harp.

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Reviews Of A New Approach To Sight Singing, 7th Edition By Sol Berkowitz; Gabriel Fontrier; Leo Kraft; Perry Goldstein; And Edward Smaldone And Progressive Sight Singing, 4th Edition By Carol Krueger, Karin Buer

Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy

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No abstract provided.

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Review Of Improvising Fugue: A Method For Keyboard Artists By John J. Mortensen, Bryan Espinosa

Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy

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No abstract provided.

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The Hip Hop Collective, Veronica Bjorkman

Dissertations of Practice

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ABSTRACT

THE HIP HOP COLLECTIVE

Veronica Bjorkman, Ed.D.

Department of Counseling and Higher Education

Northern Illinois University, 2024

Gudrun Nyunt, Director

This qualitative case study, guided by Gloria Ladson-Billings’s culturally relevant pedagogy, examined the pedagogical approaches in a Hip Hop music course called the Hip Hop Collective, at a large Midwestern predominantly white public institution. Data was collected via interviews and focus groups with 13 university students, one university faculty member, and two community members along with in-class and out-of-class observations. Three primary themes emerged from the research: (a) the Hip Hop Collective course fostered students’ collaboration skills and their …

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Purpose Makes Practice: Testing The Efficacy Of A Proposed Framework For Teaching Self-Regulation Skills In The Violin Lesson, Hannah Kabrick

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

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Development of self-regulatory (SR) skills in musicians is crucial for the self- examination necessary for successful practice. Teaching methods that facilitate SR skills can help musicians become independent in the practice room. The first aim of this study was to design a framework for teaching that includes a five-step thinking-action sequence that will allow participants to evaluate their own playing during practice and equips them to enact necessary changes to their technique to bring their playing closer to a more proficient result. The second aim of this study was to use microanalysis with a cross-case comparative design to test the …

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The Chicago Blues, Luke J. Sunderland

[Archive] Belmont University Research Symposium (BURS)

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In my presentation, I will explain how financial institutions and racial segregation influenced the development of Chicago Blues. Songs by Muddy Waters and Eddie Boyd will be used as examples to show the hidden transcript in songwriting. The concept of hidden transcript is the idea that phrases in song lyrics might contain a different meaning for an average listener, but in reality, it holds a subtext that would be evident to those for whom the song was originally written. For example, Eddie Boyd writes a song that seems to be talking about a failing relationship between a man and a …

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Got To Give It Up: Why United States Courts Should Stop Hearing Music Copyright Infringement Cases And Allow Experts To Determine "Substantial Similarity", Alexander J. Loverich Bernard

Duquesne Law Review

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Mark Twain wrote in 1903, "[w]henever a copyright law is to be made or altered, then the idiots assemble."¹ The expansion of copyright protection has made copyright law the most important legal regulation in the field of entertainment law.² As a result of stricter regulation through judicial verdicts, music copyright disputes have left inequitable resolutions for artists of all backgrounds.³ This Article suggests a twofold, alternative approach to litigation in resolving music copyright infringement disputes: (1) the use of Expert Determination (ED) through the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to evaluate "substantial similarity" at the trial level, …

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Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Music Therapy Services, Joy Allen, Brian Jantz

Music and Health Research Briefs

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Music therapy in neonatal intensive care is based on over 25 years of music therapy research and clinical practice as well as cumulative knowledge of premature and newborn infant development and human responsiveness to music.

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Barbara (And Kenneth), Lauren Laws, John C. Leavitt

Books

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No abstract provided.

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Music As A Time Capsule: Connecting Personal And Cultural History Through Music, Lekha Pattim

ENGS 15.11: Design and Education

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In this lesson titled "Music as a Time Capsule: Connecting Personal and Cultural History Through Music," students will explore how music can act as a powerful tool for storytelling, preserving personal and cultural moments in history. By analyzing song lyrics and their contexts, students will understand how music reflects both individual identities and broader societal experiences. The lesson encourages students to engage deeply with music’s emotional and historical significance and challenges them to create their own “musical time capsules” to connect their personal milestones with cultural events. The goal is to bridge personal and shared histories through the universal medium …

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การแสดงเดี่ยวขับร้องระดับมหาบัณฑิตโดยโซปราโนชาย ภาณุ ภัสสร์ บุนนาค, ภาณุ ภัสสร์ บุนนาค

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

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วิทยานิพนธ์ฉบับนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาการขับร้องของนักร้องโซปราโนชาย โดยเน้นการวิเคราะห์เปรียบเทียบเทคนิคการขับร้องของนักร้องชายและหญิงในช่วงเสียงเดียวกัน และประยุกต์ใช้เทคนิคของนักร้องโซปราโนเพื่อพัฒนาศักยภาพของนักร้องชายเสียงโซปราโน การวิจัยประกอบด้วยการศึกษาข้อมูลจากแหล่งวรรณกรรม คัดเลือกบทเพลงที่เหมาะสม วิเคราะห์เทคนิคการขับร้อง ตลอดจนฝึกซ้อมและแสดงเดี่ยวขับร้องในระดับมหาบัณฑิต รายการบทเพลงครอบคลุมผลงานทางวรรณกรรมจากยุคบาโรกจนถึงยุคโรแมนติก อาทิ งานของ เฮนเดล บาค โมสาร์ท ปุชชินี และ ชูเบิร์ต ผลการศึกษาชี้ให้เห็นว่านักร้องชายสามารถนำเทคนิคบางประการของนักร้องหญิงมาปรับใช้ได้อย่างมีประสิทธิภาพ โดยเฉพาะการควบคุมลมหายใจ การวางเสียง และการใช้เสียงศีรษะ ซึ่งส่งผลต่อคุณภาพของเสียงและการถ่ายทอดอารมณ์อย่างมีประสิทธิภาพ นอกจากนี้ ยังเสนอแนะแบบฝึกหัดเฉพาะทางที่เหมาะสมกับนักร้องชายเสียงโซปราโนเพื่อใช้ในการพัฒนาทักษะการขับร้องในระดับสูง

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A Remotely Delivered, Personalized Music Therapy Pilot Intervention For Lonely Older Adults During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Nichola R. Haddad M.D., Twisha Bhardwaj B.A., Benjamin S. Zide M.St., Hema Kher M.D., Jessica M. Lipschitz Ph.D., Maria A. Hernandez M.D., Suzanne B. Hanser Ed.D., Nancy Donovan M.D.

Faculty Works

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Introduction

This study investigated a remotely delivered, therapist-facilitated, personalized music listening intervention for community-dwelling older adults experiencing loneliness during the Covid-19 pandemic. We assessed its feasibility and individuals' experiences of social connection and emotional well-being during the intervention.

Methods

Ten cognitively unimpaired older adults who endorsed loneliness completed eight weekly sessions with a board-certified music therapist via Zoom. Participants were guided in developing two online personalized music playlists and were asked to listen to playlists for at least one hour daily. Feasibility metrics were attendance, accessibility, and compliance rates. Post-study interview responses were analyzed using a rapid qualitative methodology. Exploratory …

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