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Creating Better Musicians Through Musicality: A Guide To Building An Instructional Unit, Shelby Leo
Creating Better Musicians Through Musicality: A Guide To Building An Instructional Unit, Shelby Leo
Theses
This project provides an in depth focus on how to strengthen an ensemble's approach to musicality through lesson plans, assessments, and activities. The primary focus group of this project is high school aged performance based classes including band and choir. The aim of the project is to provide a music educator with a detailed curriculum to teach musicality that is adjustable to any size ensemble and any score. Furthermore, this project is not a study but instead an explanation to the approach of developing the curriculum unit. The project consists of a four unit curriculum with two to three lessons …
Beginning Band: Cognitive Development Based Instruction, Kayla Price
Beginning Band: Cognitive Development Based Instruction, Kayla Price
Theses
This project focuses on how to facilitate a more efficient beginning band experience for students based on the average state of cognitive development for their age group. The primary focus is presenting an alternative to immediately starting students in a traditional band method book when they first begin band classes. The aim of the project is to study the cognitive development of the average sixth grader to best determine what instructional approach would best suit their processing abilities before introducing the band method book. Furthermore, the study exposes the fallacies of the traditional band method book system and suggests and …