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Demographics And Motivation Of Adult Group Piano Students, Brenda Wristen
Demographics And Motivation Of Adult Group Piano Students, Brenda Wristen
Glenn Korff School of Music: Faculty Publications
Adults are continuing to pursue a greater quantity and variety of educational opportunities. As evidenced by this study, adults typically have compelling goals from the outset of piano study and maintain clear expectations regarding in¬struction. They found the group environment helpful, underscoring findings from aforementioned studies regarding the success of choir, band, and other group musical activities for adults. More research concerning the social motivation of group music participation is warranted. Further investigation into what factors motivate adults to seek out and continue to pursue music study would help teachers better address the needs and concerns of adult learners. Likewise, …
Cognition And Motor Execution In Piano Sight-Reading: A Review Of Literature, Brenda Wristen
Cognition And Motor Execution In Piano Sight-Reading: A Review Of Literature, Brenda Wristen
Glenn Korff School of Music: Faculty Publications
Sight-reading is an integral part of the musical experience for all musicians. Pianists, in particular, often find themselves confronted with situations that necessitate adequate sightreading skills. The widespread need for sight-reading at the piano may be due to pianists’ widespread participation in collaborative music making. The size of the piano literature also contributes to this need, in that the repertoire is so voluminous that no one player can be familiar with all of the solo and collaborative pieces written for piano, nor do recordings of every piece in the literature exist. This is particularly the case with the pedagogical literature. …
Christian Creativity In A Post-Christian Ethos, Quentin Faulkner
Christian Creativity In A Post-Christian Ethos, Quentin Faulkner
Glenn Korff School of Music: Faculty Publications
The ideas I want to explore in this essay begin with the experience of some works of art that have recently been created for St. Mark’s-on-the-Campus Episcopal Church in Lincoln, Nebraska, the church of which I’m a member. All of the art you will experience has been created by active and faithful members of this church. Let me hasten to say that although I’ve been involved in various ways in fostering this art, I’m in no way responsible for it. That responsibility lies primarily with an insightful priest, Father Donald Hanway, who has vigorously championed the cause of the arts …