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Music For All? A Comparison Of Florida Middle School Music Enrollment In Traditional, For-Profit, And Nonprofit Charter Schools, Melissa Salek Apr 2021

Music For All? A Comparison Of Florida Middle School Music Enrollment In Traditional, For-Profit, And Nonprofit Charter Schools, Melissa Salek

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The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) lists music as part of a “well-rounded education,” yet several studies have shown that charter school students have less access to music than traditional schools. The purpose of this study is to explore if this trend extends to Florida charter middle school students. Of particular interest is whether the for-profit or nonprofit status of charter management organizations and school characteristics impact music course enrollment. The researcher created a database using publicly available school data and accountability reports for the 2019-20 school year. Results find a significant difference between charter and …


Importance Of Technology For Music Students During Covid-19, Alejandro Ledesma, Joseph Hamlet Apr 2021

Importance Of Technology For Music Students During Covid-19, Alejandro Ledesma, Joseph Hamlet

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Honorable Mention Winner

As the world approached the Summer of 2020, many would-be taken back at the reality of an undermined virus, Covid-19. This virus has single-handedly impacted the entire world including travel, the economy, and education. For many musicians, especially classical musicians, summer is essential for gaining performance, teaching, working, or internship experience specific to one’s career aspirations. Summer music festivals allow students to make tremendous progress on their instruments as they can focus solely on their art. Summer music festivals are also important for making important connections with potential teachers for graduate school study. This is possible through …


New Compositions For Percussion Duo, Andrea Venet Mar 2017

New Compositions For Percussion Duo, Andrea Venet

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The submitted videos are a representation of recent performances and world premieres of commissions by Dr. Andrea Venet’s percussion duo, Escape Ten. Escape Ten is an ensemble in residence at the UNF School of Music with Dr. Annie Stevens (Virginia Tech). The first video is of a new composition, 2300 Degrees, by Ivan Trevino. Trevino held a musical residence at the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, NY and was greatly affected by observing glass blower Lino Tagliapietra work. Ivan states “In order to recreate the feelings I felt while watching Lino work, I decided to create a piece with …