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The English Madrigal School, Wayne Delbert Hunziker

Graduate Student Research Papers

Many present day directors and performers show little stylistic understanding of original madrigalian literature. This music, with its Renaissance character, requires specific knowledge for correct performance. In view of this, a study of this nature seemed of value.

Financing The Band Program In The Class "C" High Schools In The State Of Washington, Donald L. Goodale

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this problem was to investigate the various methods and possibilities of financing the band program in the class "C" schools of the State of Washington.

A Study Of The Teaching Of Voice In High School Choral Groups, John Malcolm Mitchell

Graduate Student Research Papers

It is the purpose of this study (1) to explain the various factors which comprise the act of singing; and (2) to present various concepts concerning the teaching of singing to choral groups.

A Comparative Investigation Of Grading Systems In High School Bands, Lawrence C. Belz

Graduate Student Research Papers

It was the purpose of this study to (1) ascertain the major types of grading systems being used in high school band classes, (2) to explore the strong and weak points of these systems, and (3) to determine which system of grading provides the most satisfactory means of evaluating and reporting the individual band member's activities in the high school band.

Report Of A Graduate Recital, Earl B. Swenson

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

The art of successful teaching has long been studied by young people entering the profession and by educators who desire to improve their teaching.

Graduate Recital, Fredrick L. Doctor

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Preceding the performance of each recital work, the following comments were made by the writer concerning the composers and the music.

Graduate Recital, Roger W. Wangerin

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

In the teaching of woodwind instruments, the inherent differences of these instruments with regard to tone production, pitch characteristics and technical problems, make it imperative for the instructor to have an intimate knowledge of these factors. Through actual demonstration by the teacher, the student is made closely aware of the multiple difficulties involved in woodwind instrument performance. It was the writer's purpose in the recital to demonstrate the characteristic tone quality and basic technical facility on each of the major woodwind instruments in addition to some of the standard repertoire for these instruments.

New Mexico Musician Vol 9 No 3 (May 1962)

New Mexico Musician

Phi Beta Mu Installed 1

NMMTA Student Affiliate 1

National Marching Band Festival 1

Editorials 2-3

Around the Horn 5

NMMEA Minutes 5

The Violin Bow by Richard Fischer 11

Orchestra Division 13

ASTA 13

String Festival at UNM 13

Piano Workshop at UNM 14

Piano Workshop at ENMU 14

The Piano Page 15

MTNA In Grants 15

Festival Material by Augusta Spratt 17

Elementary Principals Meet on Music 17

Choral Division 19

Festival Suggestions by James Thornton 19

NMSU Fine Arts Festival 19

NSOA Convention 19

Band Division 21

NBA Member of MENU 21

An Award System for Band …

Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1962-1963, Sherwood Music School

Academic Catalogs

The 1962-1963 Annual Academic Catalog for Sherwood Music School, featuring information about the School, images of student and campus life, department descriptions, biographical information about and images of faculty, course and program descriptions, information about student services, and tuition information.

New Mexico Musician Vol 9 No 2 (January 1962)

New Mexico Musician

All-State Clinicians 1

Editorials 2-3

Around the Horn 5

NMMEA Minutes of Meetings 5, 7, 9, 11

New Buildings for UNM 8

Certification for Private Music Teachers 8

KNME Television 8

Report from All-State Audition Team 11

NMMEA All-State Audition Report , 13

Orchestra Division 15

Roswell Symphony Orchestra 15

Albuquerque Jr Youth Symphony 15

Highlands Music Building 16

NMSU’s Fine Arts Center 17

18th Annual All-State Music Clinic 16-17

News from NW District NMMEA 19

To Perform For All-State 19

Northeast District 19

Now Hear This 20

The Problem of the Out-of-Tune Singer 21

Elementary School Music Panel 21 …

Ua68/9/1 The Western Newsician, Vol. Viii, No. I, Wku Music

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by and about the WKU Music department. Includes faculty, student and music group news.

A Harmonic Analysis Of A Selected List Of Junior High School Band Music, Arlan Roberds

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Of The High School Music Program To The Post-High School Musical Activities Of Selected Graduates Of Decorah High School, Decorah, Iowa, Classes Of 1940, 1945 And 1950, Elton Dresselhaus

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

An investment of time, money, or energy is frequently followed by an evaluation of the nature and worth of the project in terms of the results obtained. This study deals with the field of music education which represents a large scale investment on the part of the American public, an investment of time, money, and energy. It is appropriate on occasion, therefore, to consider the high school music program with regard to the value it has for the student and the community in which it is located. What are the values involved and how effective is the high school music …

J. S. Bach's Use Of Vocal Ornamentation, John A. Melrose

Graduate Student Research Papers

In view of some misconceptions concerning the reading of these ornamental symbols, a study of how to interpret them accurately seems of value. Stenographic signs of later periods are superficially similar to Baroque ornaments and are frequently used mistakenly in performing music of the Baroque. Bach's embellishments should obviously be treated according to Baroque practice.

New Mexico Musician Vol 9 No 1 (October 1961)

New Mexico Musician

Stookey Accepts Oklahoma Position 1

Dean of Fine Arts For UNM 1

Mr. Stovall Comments 1

Editorials 2-3

Around The Horn 5

NMMEA Board of Directors Meeting 5

Orchestra Division 11

NMMTA 13

New Music Faculty at ENMU 14

NMMTA State Convention 14

MENC National Convention 14

NMMEA State Convention 15

From C. M. Stookey 15

MENC Student Chapters 16

Band Division 17

Elementary Music Division 19

NMMEA Financial Report 20

Choral Division 21

NMMEA Official Handbook 23-26

Dr. Glowacki Comments on NMSU 26

George Robert to Accompany Lawrence Winters 26

New Faculty at St. Joseph 27

Student to Tanglewood …

Monteverdi: Characteristics Of His Operatic Style, Mallory C. Mcmanus

Graduate Student Research Papers

With this emphasis on textual understanding, opera, as introduced by a group or amateur composers called the Florentine Camerata, was born. These composers wrote in a recitative style for the solo voice. Being amateurs, however, they did not possess the professional musicianship to amplify the textual implications. Therefore, Monteverdi, the trained musician, established many musical innovations still in effect.

A Style Analysis: Bach's Brandenburg Concerto, No. 2 In F Major, Charles Raymond Wallgren

Graduate Student Research Papers

This paper is primarily concerned with one example of Johann Sebastian Bach's instrumental style--the "Brandenburg Concerto No. 2." The style of this work was influenced by the musical resources known to Bach, compositional techniques, and the capabilities of the instruments in the baroque period. The manner in which Bach used these resources and the integrity of what he had to say are evidences of his individual genius.

An Analysis Of The Thematic Structure Of Chopin's Polonaise-Fantaisie, Opus 61, Thomas Walter Bull

Graduate Student Research Papers

The analysis of the Polonaise-Fantaisie was undertaken to ascertain, insofar as can be done through the analysis of one work, whether or not Frederic Chopin's music is loosely structured and unpolyphonic as some of his critics have maintained.

A Study Of The Adolescent Boy's Changing Voice, Harold Robert Estby

Graduate Student Research Papers

It was the purpose of this study (1) to arrive at an understanding of the vocal mechanism and how it changes during the changing voice period, (2) to discover what preparation can be made for the changing voice period, and (3) to find information on the changing voice period that would lead to an understanding ot how the changing voice develops and how it should be cared for and trained.

A Study Of The Elementary Instrumental Curriculum Of The Clover Park School District, Wilber D. Elliott

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to compare the present elementary instrumental program with programs of other school districts in order to change the Clover Park program where necessary in order to maintain an effective elementary instrumental curriculum as part of the overall music program.

An Extention Of Musical Concepts In The Junior High General Music Program, George M. Ice

Graduate Student Research Papers

This paper intended to show how an extension of theoretical concepts of musical learning may contribute to an effective, unified, general music program in the junior high school.

Puccini's Treatment Of Verismo, Janet M. Ice

Graduate Student Research Papers

The employment of verismo, or realism, in opera did not begin with Puccini; however, his treatment developed the concept to its fullest. Inasmuch as Puccini was one of the foremost composers of his time, a study of his treatment of verismo seems valuable.

Graduate Recital, Alma C. Cook

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

The writer, after conferring with his graduate committee, selected a lecture-recital project in partial fulfillment of the requirements for his Master of Science degree in Music Education. As a junior high school instrumental teacher and specialist on the low brass instruments, he was advised by his committee chairman, Professor Max F. Dalby, to also utilize some of his junior high school students on the recital. It was suggested that he play various instruments with them, as well as appropriate solos on his major instruments: euphonium, tenor trombone, and tuba. To show the writer's versatility, it was also suggested that a …

Research On Repertoire Used In Vocal Recital, Drew Van Wagoner

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

The selections in the recital given by the candidate can be divided into four sections. The first four songs can claim as their origin in time the early Italian school of the Baroque period. The two selections following these represent the oratorio. The aria by Haydn properly comes from the Class-ical era. The aria from Mendelssohn's oratorio is from the Romantic period, but it is referred to as Classicist-Romanticist, due to different elements of style and technique used by the composer.1 The third part of the recital is composed of art songs, taken from the German Lieder group, the first …

Graduate Wind Instrument Recital, Harold W. Boyce

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Since the end of World War II most teacher-training institutions have reinforced and expanded requirements for graduation in instrumental music education; but the problem still remains of determining the actual training needs of the instrumental music educator and the manner in which these needs can best be fulfilled in the relatively brief period of time available for educating the teacher . It is the responsibility of the music departments of the teacher-training institutions to determine the most practical and efficient courses and projects which will better equip students in instrumental music education for teaching general music classes, performing on their …

New Mexico Musician Vol 8 No 3 (May 1961)

New Mexico Musician

Prosperity, by Blaise Montandon, SWMTNA President 1

Carl Cramer Honored 1

Stein to Boston U 1

Editorials 2-3

Certified Private Music Teachers 3

Around the Horn 5 NMMEA Minutes 5, 7

Financial Report for All-State Music Clinic 9

NMMTA State Convention 10

New Head for State 10

Workshop by Schoenfeld 10

Guy Swanson Leaves New Mexico 11

NMMEA State Convention 11

Orchestra Division 13

Dale Kempter To ENMU 13

Band Division 15

National Band Association 15

Choral Division 17

UNM Fine Arts Festival 17

Santa Fe Opera 19

Graduate Percussion Recital And A History And Development Of Percussion Instruments And Percussion Music, Ned S. Mortensen

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

In today1s public school band the percussion section is often neglected. Some band directors consider the percussion section a place to deposit outcasts. Even though a full, accurate and well-trained percussion section adds polish to a band, few band directors admit its importance. Percussion instruments are seldom recognized as effective solo and ensemble instruments even though both solo and ensemble work can help the percussionist become an accomplished musician.

In this paper, it is proposed to examine the history and development of percussion instruments and percussion music and to thus establish the importance or the percussion section in the public …

Improving Elementary School Singing, P. Annette Hansen

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

The problem of helping children to make continual progress in their singing ability has been of particular interest to me because of the experiences I have had in teaching music to third, fifth, and sixth graders. In most cases the children had had few teachers who were trained or experienced in teaching music. In one district there wasn't even a music supervisor to whom teachers could go for help if they felt they needed it.

The problems on which I have done research to write this paper are the ones which have been the most common in my experience. I …

A Descriptive Summary Of Various Band Booster Groups In Southeastern Idaho And A Study Of Their Benefits To The Schools, Melborne Roberts

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Within the last 30 years the music departments in the schools of the Southeastern Idaho areas have grown tremendously. With the mushrooming of the band programs within these music departments many problems appear. They arise primarily from inadequate funds.

In order for the band systems in this area to function properly, the problem of finances must be met by some means other than entirely through the funds allocated by local school boards.

Local boards of education frequently do not have sufficient funds to meet such needs as transportation for band tours and trips to the district and state festivals. Large …

New Mexico Musician Vol 8 No 2 (January 1961)

New Mexico Musician

SWMENC 1

Editorials 2-3

All State Clinicians 5-6

Around The Horn 7

NMMEA Minutes 7

Orchestra Division 13

College Division 15

UNM Fine Arts Center 16-17

Band Division 19

Choral Division 21

Elementary Division 23

MENC Student Chapters 24-25

New Mexico Music Teachers Association 27

NMMTA Minutes 29