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Utilizing The Theory Of Planned Behavior And Self-Efficacy Theory To Investigate The Retention Of Band Students In A Rural School District, Jerry Junior Robinson

Doctor of Education Dissertations

Recruitment and retention play a significant role in the success of high school band programs. The purpose of this study was to examine what impacted post high school graduates’ and focus group participants' final decisions about participating in their high school band program. It utilized Ajzen’s (1991) Theory of Planned Behavior and Bandura’s (1977) Self-Efficacy Theory. The participants were asked to answer and discuss questions based on their mastery experiences, vicarious experiences, social/verbal experiences, physiological experiences, self-perception, and other influential factors to determine their future participation. The study was purposefully conducted at two different schools in two different geographical locations …

Music Composition - Beginning Of The End, Jarin Watkins

Department of Music Student Projects

Movements

I. Beginning of the End - Overture

II. In Sacred Trust

III. Capture

IV. Conversion

V. IV

VI. Deployment

VII. Contact

VIII. Mercy

Ii B Music Presentation 2: An Examination Of The Relationships Between Music Education And Graduation Rate In Title I Schools In North Carolina, Madeline Bame

Life of the Scholar Multidisciplinary Conference

The goal of this research is to determine whether or not a relationship exists between music education enrollment and graduation rate for Title I and low-income North Carolina high schools. The study took place through a review of related literature, as well as through an active study of qualifying North Carolina educators.

Ii B Music Presentation 1: Hildegard Von Bingen: Transcending A Woman’S Status In Medieval Europe, Sydney Hardin

Life of the Scholar Multidisciplinary Conference

Hildegard von Bingen was a distinctive woman during the High Middle Ages. Her visions from God as well as her passion and love for the church provided her opportunities for theological writing, various avenues of research, and music that would surpass many of her contemporaries.

A Case Study Of The Integration Of Smartmusic Into Three Middle School Band Classrooms Found In Upstate South Carolina, Carla Fowler Tucker

Education Dissertations and Projects

Technology is at the forefront of education as teachers expand their instructional strategies to incorporate technology in the hope of educating students to be 21st century learners. As more and more districts encourage educators to use technology in all classrooms, teachers search to find programs that will help their students in their particular subjects. The band classroom is not immune to this push in education; therefore, we find band directors searching for a tool to use in their band rooms.

This study looked at a web-based music program designed for performance-based groups. The purpose of the study was to examine …

Recent Publications: An Annual Bibliography For The Journal Of The American Musical Instrument Society, Pamela Dennis

Dover Library Faculty Professional Development Activities

No abstract provided.

Introduction And Acknowledgements, Pamela Dennis

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

No abstract provided.

Sunrise At Roanoke, Roger Lowe

Original Compositions

Music for flute and harp

This piece was inspired by the beautiful sunrises over Albemarle sound at Roanoke Island off the coast of North Carolina. This music, in the timeless style of the Impressionist composers makes a wonderful concert or recital piece. If no harp is available, the accompaniment may be played on the piano.

Purchase the full score on SheetMusicPlus.

Symphony No.1, Roger Lowe

Original Compositions

Unpublished, Premiered April 29, 2013 in Dover Theater, Gardner-Webb University

Symphony in four movements available on YouTube:

Mvt. I

Mvt. II

Mvt. III

Mvt. IV

Instrumentation: 3231, 4331, Euphonium, 5 perc plus timp, glock, xyl, piano, harp, strings

Additional Instruments, 4^th mvt. only: alto flute, drum set, electric guitar, electric bass.

Volume 75, Number 05 (May-June 1957), Guy Mccoy

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Josef Hofmann, 1876-1957

Igor Stravinsky, Approaching his 75th Birthday, is Truly a Colossus of Modern Music

Music in the High School Gym

Good Vocal Habits (interview with Renata Tebaldi)

What Power Professional Criticism

Thalberg's Erard: A Discovery

An Intriguing Account of the Various Operational Details Requiring Careful Attention . . . Behind the Opera Curtain

Books on American Music: A Selected Bibliography

Music in the Schools

Choral Potential From the Baroque Era

Music to Link Mankind: The Story of the Formation of an Important Body Having to Do with International Relations

Volume 75, Number 04 (April 1957), Guy Mccoy

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Folk Music and Art Music

Playing with Orchestra (interview with Alec Templeton)

Community Solves its Music Crisis: The Inspiring Story of The Bronx Symphony

Orchestra Genius Lies in the Individual

Miniature Opera from Salzburg

Kostelanetz on Conducting, Conductors and Batons

Drama in Song: A Discussion of the Importance of Clear Enunciation on the Part of Singers

A Glimpse of the Inner Workings of One of the Largest Summer Music Camps is Gained from These Day to Day Entries . . . From the Music Camp Office

Henry Cowell—Musician and Citizen, Part 3

Richard Rodgers on Current Trends in Popular Music

Volume 75, Number 03 (March 1957), Guy Mccoy

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Hail and Farewell to The Grand Old Man of Music Confusion

Confounded: An Objective Explanation of Some Frequently Perplexing Musical Terms

Singing Must be Natural (interview with Victoria de los Angeles)

Music's Part in Social Integration

Mariachis of Mexico

Henry Cowell—Musician and Citizen, Part 2

Music in the Schools High School Symphony Orchestra . . . How It Is Made

New Studio

Volume 75, Number 02 (February 1957), Guy Mccoy

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

International Aspect of Folk Music

Candlelight Concerts in Colonial Williamsburg

Don't Shy Away From Adult Beginners

Singing on Television (interview with Lois Hunt) Impressions of Musical Education in the United States

Henry Cowell—Musician and Citizen Shape Notes, New England Music and White Spirituals, Part 2

We Can Co-operate

Staccatos for the Sightless New Vistas in Music Programming for Radio

Volume 75, Number 01 (January 1957), Guy Mccoy

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Philadelphia's Academy of Music . . . One Hundredth Anniversary

Story of Roy Harris—American Composers, Part 2

Some Impressions of Music Education in Japan

Louis Moreau Gottschalk—First American Concert-Pianist

Shape Notes, New England Music and White Spirituals

Approach to Chopin's Etudes (interview with Ruth Slenczynska)

Music in the Schools

Madrigal Group is Fun Composer, Conductor, Comedian . . . That's Jackie Gleason

American School Music: An Assessment

Volume 74, Number 10 (December 1956), Guy Mccoy

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Obituary - Guy Maier (1890-1956)

Béla Bartók and Hungarian Folk Music

Story of Roy Harris—American Composer

Cradle of Music: A Brief Visit to One of the Most Interesting of Old-World Music Publishing Houses

Some Basic Issues in Music Education

Operas of Hugo Weisgall

Volume 74, Number 09 (November 1956), Guy Mccoy

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Carl Orff's Musical Theatre

World Ballad of Bady Doe

Responsibility of Music Education to Music—A Reply

Opera for all America: Chandler Cowles, General Manager of NBC Opera Company, Outlines His Ideas Concerning the Project

Volume 74, Number 08 (October 1956), Guy Mccoy

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Folk Music in Civilization

In Memorium - Mrs. Eduard MacDowell (1857-1956)

Wallingford Riegger—Composer and Pedagog

Loring Club

Bach of High Fidelity (interview with Robert D. Darrell)

Glenn Gould, A Début and a Personality

Volume 74, Number 07 (September 1956), Guy Mccoy

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Music in Focus

Responsibility of Music Education to Music

Music in the American Wilderness

Picture Painted in Sound: Alden B. Dow Creates a New Art Visualizing Music

Pianist's Page

Waltz and Brahms' Opus 39

Volume 74, Number 06 (July-August 1956), Guy Mccoy

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Music in Focus

Daylight and Darkness: Robert Schumann and the Years after Leipzig

Lieder Singer (interview with Irmgard Seefried)

Charles E. Ives, Part Two

Robert Schumann: Across the Years

Volume 74, Number 05 (May-June 1956), Guy Mccoy

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Charles E. Ives . . . A Composer With Something to Say

Music, Music Everywhere: A Resume of the Most Important Festivals that Take Place this Summer in European Music Learning to Learn Bach (interview with Rosalyn Tureck)

Diction in Singing, Part 2

Volume 74, Number 04 (April 1956), Guy Mccoy

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Fiftieth Anniversary of the Music Educators National Conference

In Memorium: Edwin Franko Goldman (1878-1956)

Personal Memories of Cortot as Artist and Teacher

Diction in Singing

National Interscholastic Music Activities Commission

MTNA in Action Music in Focus National Federation of Music Clubs . . . America's Most Far-Flung Musical Organization

Phi Mu Alpha (Professional Music Fraternity) . . . What it is and What it Does

National Association of Teachers of Singing

Story of Sigma Alpha Iota

Stepping Stones to West Point (interview with John A. Davis, Jr.)

Volume 74, Number 03 (March 1956), Guy Mccoy

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

They Make Music Wherever They Go

Southpaw Solo Flight

Preparing a Career in Opera (interview with Joseph Rosenstock)

Porgy and Bess in Moscow

Boys Like to Sing!

Through Their Music They Build Democracy

Volume 74, Number 02 (February 1956), Guy Mccoy

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Inside the Paris Opéra

Music in Focus

Georges Enesco, As I Knew Him

People's Music School in Sweden

Timeless Turntable: A Most Interesting Review of the Development in the Recording Field Since the Coming of the LP Era

Volume 74, Number 01 (January 1956), Guy Mccoy

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

What Was Mozart's Playing Like?

Creative Contrast in Mozart Mozart Bicentennial: A Partial Listing of Programs Honoring This Event For the Coming Year

Caring for the Voice (interview with Cesare Siepi)

Tape Recorder in the Music Room: Suggestions for the Use of Recording Equipment in the Educational Field

In the Steps of Mozart: A Brief Look at the Master's Life and Times as They Affected His Creative Output

Bartók, the Teacher—As I Knew Him

Volume 73, Number 12 (December 1955), Guy Mccoy

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

I Heard the Bells

Christmas Concerts at Grand Central

It Shouldn't be a Battle (interview with Otto Harbach)

Soviet Russia's Top Pianist Makes Sensational Début in America

To Cosima—With Love

Great Church Rebuilds Its Organ

Orchestra in the Daily Life of Your School

Music Postage Bill Passes Senate

Volume 73, Number 11 (November 1955), Guy Mccoy

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Vienna State Opera Re-opens

More Than Teaching (interview with Lotte Lehmann)

Musical Tour Through Europe Boris Goldovsky's New

Deal in Opera Trends in Piano Playing (interview with Benno Moiseiwitsch)

Volume 73, Number 10 (October 1955), Guy Mccoy

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Folk Music in Civilization

In Memorium - Mrs. Eduard MacDowell (1857-1956)

Wallingford Riegger—Composer and Pedagog

Loring Club

Bach of High Fidelity (interview with Robert D. Darrell)

Glenn Gould, A Début and a Personality

Volume 73, Number 09 (September 1955), Guy Mccoy

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

The Messrs R and H

Utah's Singing Ambassadors of Good Will

Carl Sandburg, the Musician

Eugène d'Albert Reveals How Liszt Prepared for Scales

Music vs. Guns

Orchestra Member's Check List

Highly Significant Step (editorial)

Requirements for an Artistic Career (interview with Joseph Szigeti)

Contemporary Music—An Essential Part of the School Music Program

Volume 73, Number 08 (August 1955), Guy Mccoy

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Golden Age Grandee

Playing Piano Duets Can Be Fascinating

California Women's Symphony Orchestra: The Intriguing Story of the Orchestra That is at Present Considered the Oldest in the United States

Acoustics and the Organist

World's Largest Piano Class

Making of Music, Part 2

Values in Ballet Study (interview with Mia Stavenska)

Why Minor Signatures?

Volume 73, Number 07 (July 1955), Guy Mccoy

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Toward Greater Piano Pleasures (interview with Alec Templeton)

Appreciation Through Participation

Making of Music

What Do You Want from Piano Lessons?

Rewards of a Successful Musical Career (interview with Richard Crooks)

Story of the National Ballet of Canada On the Threshold:The Emergence of the Symphonic Band

Success Lies in Service (interview with Gregor Piatigorsky)

Pianist's Page

Outstanding Compositions of the Year: Some of the Best Educational Publications of 1955