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Meeting the musician-teacher halfway: a Baradian perspective on identity research in music education Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Ryan Matthew Lewis
This theoretical paper explores how researching the identities of musician-teachers can be differently conceptualised through a critical posthuman lens. Wider calls to action demand an expanded pro...
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Stretching and cracking: becoming feminist posthumanist scholars in music education Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Mari Ystanes Fjeldstad, Synnøve Kvile, Runa Hestad Jenssen
How and why did three PhD fellows become feminist posthumanist scholars within the field of music education research? Drawing on Karen Barad’s theorising of phenomena, not pre-existing entities, as...
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OOO, Guerrilla metaphysics, and the allure of children’s musical play Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Alison Harmer
Inspired by Graham Harman’s philosophy of human access, and within the ‘flattening ontology’ of Object Oriented Ontology, Ring o’ Roses is speculated about as a finite object with ontological indep...
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Sound possibilities: listening for the new in early years music-making practices Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Ursula Crickmay
Posthumanism points towards a relational understanding of embodied processes of becoming musical in and with the world which readily combine with existing aspects of early years music practice. In ...
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Reverberations in music education: What does sound ‘do’ in our learning spaces ? Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2024-03-30 Carolyn Cooke
Bringing together literature from music education, posthumanism, sound studies and ethnomusicology, this article considers what sound ‘does’ in music education spaces. Within posthumanism, the role...
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Evaluating the quality of posthuman music education research: diffracting quality criteria through response-ability Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Mari Ystanes Fjeldstad
Although encompassing a variety of research approaches, qualitative research in music education shares the assumption that reality is socially constructed; it takes this construction to be based on...
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Challenging approaches to music curricula and literacy today Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Hilary McQueen, Esther Cavett
Published in Music Education Research (Vol. 26, No. 1, 2024)
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Ecosocial approach to music education Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Raisa Foster, Katja Sutela
Collective cultural transformation is needed to save the Earth from the growing effects of the human-caused environmental problems. Music education, too, can take part in preparing future generatio...
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Teaching and learning in music education – a meta-synthesis Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Karolina Fredriksson, Olle Zandén, Cecilia Wallerstedt
This article reports a meta-synthesis of 14 qualitative studies on how teachers can support students’ musical learning. The aim of the article is twofold: to (1) contribute to empirically grounded ...
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‘Imagine you’re in the Opera House … ’ Learning nonverbal communication for the concert stage Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Olivia Urbaniak, Helen F. Mitchell
Top performers create stage magic through their command of nonverbal communication. While students aspire to the highest levels of performance, they may be unprepared for the intricacies of profess...
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‘Lowering the bar’ or widening access? Reflections on key findings from a music literacy project commissioned by the Society for Music Analysis Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Hilary McQueen, Esther Cavett
In 2019 the Society for Music Analysis commissioned a report to find out if stakeholders in music education agreed that knowledge and/or skills in music literacy had declined for those applying to ...
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Music literacy and the instrumental teacher Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Mary Stakelum
In a report commissioned by the Society for Music Analysis to address a gap in music literacy, McQueen (2020) identified instrumental teachers as an important part of music education both within sc...
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Epilogue Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Esther Cavett, Hilary McQueen
Published in Music Education Research (Vol. 26, No. 1, 2024)
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Teaching music theory in UK higher education today: contexts and commentaries Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Tom Attah, Esther Cavett, Byron Dueck, Sue Miller, Lauren Redhead
This multi-authored article offers accounts of how programmes for teaching music theory within the Western-notated tradition were created in two UK higher education institutions. These accounts are...
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Introduction Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Mary Stakelum, Christopher Tarrant
Published in Music Education Research (Vol. 26, No. 1, 2024)
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The shifting sands of UK secondary music curricula: problematising relationships between aural training and music literacy Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Rebekah Donn, Bryden Stillie, Zack Moir
This article, which is intended as a contribution to wider conversations around music literacy, explores current conceptions of music literacy within the UK, using the area of aural skills training...
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Knowledge and social justice in English school music education: reflections on the report ‘Questioning the gap in music literacy’ (McQueen 2020) Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Gary Spruce
This article explores some of the intersections and relationships between ‘knowledge' and ‘social justice' particularly as manifest in the context of English school music education. It takes as its...
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Review of music literacy strand of the Oxford Music Analysis Conference (July 2023), Society for Music Analysis Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Rebekah Donn, Daniel Elphick
This review provides a summary and discussion of the ‘Music Literacy’ strand (day 1) of the Society for Music Analysis's OxMAC conference (University of Oxford, July 2023). The review highlights ho...
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Digital music and critical music literacy Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Paul Louth
The Society of Music Analysis report indicated that digital music often sits uncomfortably within a curriculum where the main focus is on the non-digital. This article takes as its starting point a...
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Please mind the gap: reflecting on gender inequality in music higher education, one year on from Slow Train Coming Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Elizabeth H. MacGregor
Published in Music Education Research (Vol. 26, No. 1, 2024)
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Blurred lines and queered spaces: an examination of teachers’ visions of multi-styles curricula Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 George Nicholson, Matthew Rotjan
Multi-styles string education includes musical practices from close to 30 identified styles. Adding the multi-styles approach into curriculum may not be easy: Pedagogies may be different from those...
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Exploring the perspectives of Asian American parents on their musically talented children in instrumental education Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2023-12-17 Katy Ieong Cheng Ho Weatherly, Vivian Fang Liu
This qualitative study employed Gagné Integrative Model of Talent Development as a conceptual framework to explore the perspectives of nine Asian American parents on their musically talented childr...
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Australia’s hidden musicians: education and training in rural and regional areas Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Paul Watt, Ben Green, Andrea Baker, Andy Bennett, Paul Long
This article examines the fortunes of music education programs in rural and regional Australia. It argues that the two key national reports on music education across the nation undertaken in 2005 a...
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Intercultural dialogue and the mobilisation of aural skills Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2023-12-09 Alex Chilvers, Lu Liu
A model for incorporating diverse musical content into the core conservatory aural skills curriculum is presented. We position the contemporary conservatory as a solid institution providing Western...
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Thinking ahead: the use of mental training in young violinists’ skill development Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Fiona Mary Vilnite, Mara Marnauza
Mental training has been employed successfully by experienced musicians, but rarely explored with younger learners. Considering its benefits, however, including the use and development of predictiv...
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Teacher habitus as/at the nexus of practice: Musical Futures and Irish primary schools Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Edmond Gubbins
Musical Futures approaches, with their roots in informal learning, have been the subject of much research internationally, with studies showing their significant impact on music education policy an...
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The identity reconciliation of five elementary students across their landscapes of musical practice Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Melissa A. Goetschius, Tawnya D. Smith
Elementary-aged students likely participate in an in-school Community of Musical Practice (CoMP) in addition to CoMPs outside of school. Therefore, knowing a student’s entire Landscape of Musical P...
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Moral economies in the community of Norwegian folk music practices Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 John Vinge, Sigrid Røyseng, Heidi Stavrum
This article investigates the moral outlooks and obligations that are intertwined in the teaching and learning processes of the traditional folk music community in Norway and how moral aspects affe...
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A demographic profile of high school music courses in New York Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 David Knapp, Matthew Clauhs, Bryan Powell
Previous scholarship has provided a broad overview of demographic trends in secondary school music enrolment across the United States. However, there exists a gap in the literature in how students ...
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Through the lens of Bourdieu: an integral literature review on bringing gender neutrality to the musical instrument selection process Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Sori Kim
Gender stereotypes in musical instrument selection have been studied for over 40 years. However, little research has been conducted on the importance of reducing the impact of factors that affect t...
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Teachers’ perspectives on music education in Croatian music schools Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Vesna Svalina, Zrinka Šimunović
Croatian music education is implemented within the national education system. In this research, we focused on secondary education, or, more precisely, on teachers who work in Specialised music scho...
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Digital didactic resources and music: mapping the last decade of research Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2023-08-29 Tania Caamaño Liñares, Jesús Rodríguez Rodríguez, Montserrat Castro Rodríguez, Diana Marín Suelves
ABSTRACT The main purpose of this paper was to carry out an analysis of the scientific production in the last decade on the creation and use of materials in the field of music related to digital technology. For this purpose, a bibliometric study was carried out on 773 articles available in Scopus, and a content analysis was done on 252 open access articles. Conceptual clarifications of concepts in
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Cognitive processing of rhythm in primary education: encounters between teaching practice and scientific evidence Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2023-08-22 José Álamos-Gómez, Jesús Tejada, Felipe Farías
ABSTRACT This paper explores how Chilean teachers approach fundamental aspects of rhythm, verifying their consistency with cognitive processing theory and findings. 203 music teachers completed a validated questionnaire with closed and open items regarding how they approach pulse, tempo, meter and rhythmic patterns during rhythm production and perception activities. The results show that, in general
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Problematising the potentials of music programs to address Australia’s youth justice policy problems Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2023-08-10 Alexis Anja Kallio
ABSTRACT Reflecting an international shift from punitive to more rehabilitative responses to youth offending, many Australian youth justice systems are undergoing significant revision and reform. The urgency of these changes are intensified by longstanding inequities pertaining to the gross overrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth and documented violations of human rights within
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Centring perspectives of disabled children in music education research Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2023-08-09 Olivia Swedberg Yinger, Martina Vasil, Alaina Sheridan
ABSTRACT There is a need for music education research that uplifts and affirms disabled children by exploring their perceptions of participation in musical experiences in music classrooms. The purpose of this position paper is to a) define what it means to centre perspectives of disabled children, b) provide a rationale for centring perspectives of disabled children in music education research, c)
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The subject ‘music’ from inside versus outside the music teaching profession: a comparative case study on the views of music and non-music primary education teachers in Spain Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2023-08-05 Daniel Mateos-Moreno, Paloma Bravo-Fuentes
ABSTRACT Music as a subject in compulsory education is thought to have both a low reputation and a globally declining relevance. However, research findings have been contradictory in exploring the beliefs of teachers on the subject and have mainly targeted the Anglo-Saxon context. With the present study, we aim to shed light on how teachers understand this subject by adopting an approach that is novel
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YouTube comments on violin instruction videos: an analysis of comments in Turkish Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2023-08-05 Ozan Gulum
ABSTRACT This research examines the comments on violin instruction videos on YouTube in the context of practice challenges encountered by learners while playing the violin and solutions provided by instructors to these challenges. 205 comments related to the research context were included in the analysis among a total of 4934 comments from 398 violin instruction videos in Turkish and they were examined
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Music education research special issue: posthuman perspectives for music education Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2023-06-18
Published in Music Education Research (Vol. 25, No. 3, 2023)
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Whiteness, interpellation, and embodied technique in western classical vocal pedagogy Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2023-06-13 Sophie Fetokaki
ABSTRACT Criticism of the foundational whiteness of western classical music's socio-cultural heritage remains relatively rare, and the field continues to export a prestigious self-image of cultural and technical superiority. Building on Ben Spatz’ epistemology of practice, I argue that the foundational whiteness of western classical music is principally and most tenaciously embodied within its training
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Gestural migration as a pedagogical tool in violin learning: a case study Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2023-06-13 Roberto Alonso Trillo
ABSTRACT This article explores the potential of gestural migrations as a novel approach to violin pedagogy, allowing us to trace enlightening parallelisms between the learning of musical performative gestures and the gestural dimension of cinema as a time-shaped/shaping artistic discipline. As a case study, I take the first movement of Claude Debussy's Violin Sonata L. 140, composed in 1917, following
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Bringing a ‘What’s the problem represented to be?’ approach to music education: a national plan for music education 2022 Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2023-06-11 Carol Bacchi
ABSTRACT This article introduces an analytic strategy or thinking tool called the ‘What’s the Problem Represented to be?’ (WPR) approach and suggests its usefulness for reflecting on important debates in music education. First developed as a mode of policy analysis, WPR has since been adopted in many fields and topic areas. The WPR approach consists of seven forms of questioning and analysis that target
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Preparing conservatoire students for the music education workforce: institutional and industrial perspectives on instrumental teacher education in England Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2023-06-08 Luan Shaw
ABSTRACT A skilled music education workforce is essential to ensure longevity of music-making for future generations of young learners and access to high-quality instrumental music tuition remains crucial for school-aged pupils. Yet, Higher Education providers, including conservatoires, are not held accountable for providing high-quality pedagogical training to ensure that music graduates are best
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Examining gender bias in student evaluations of music teacher educators Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Beatrice B. Olesko, Matthew Clauhs
ABSTRACT Through a randomised controlled experimental design, the purpose of this study was to determine whether the gender of a music teacher educator influenced student perceptions of professional and interpersonal teaching skills. Participants (N = 146) completed a student evaluation questionnaire after viewing five-minute teaching videos of a professor leading a lecture and mentoring a student
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Perceived influences of a music teacher education programme on preservice music educators’ occupational identity development Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2023-05-29 Daniel J. Albert
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine preservice music educators’ perceptions of how the culture of a music teacher education programme and its embedded communities of practice influenced their occupational identity development. Research questions were (a) What specific cultural influences and communities of practice, if any, did the participants describe as particularly influential in
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The development and characteristics of Korean children’s invented notation for musical representation Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2023-05-26 Youngmeen Suh, Yujin Jang
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the development and characteristics of invented notation for musical representation. A total of 168 young children aged 3, 4 and 5 years participated in this study. The children listened to rhythm and melody, which represented music, to reveal their use of invented notation. The Korean children used various types of invented notation involving figures
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Understanding virtual rehearsal participation through self-determination theory Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2023-05-10 Matthew L. Williams, Amanda L. Schlegel, Ann Harrington, Jennifer A. Bugos
ABSTRACT The motivation to participate in ensemble rehearsals may be influenced by the rehearsal environment. With the emergence of the virtual rehearsal environment, there is a need to gain a better understanding of how online rehearsals affect participation decisions. The purpose of this study was to determine the applicability of one theory of motivation, Self-Determination Theory, to older adults’
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Globalization, nationalism, and music education in the twenty-first century in Greater China Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2023-05-09 Ying Xie
Published in Music Education Research (Vol. 25, No. 3, 2023)
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Who takes part in participation? Challenges to empowering student voice in music teacher education Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2023-05-08 Bendik Fredriksen, Silje Valde Onsrud, Hanne Rinholm, Judy Lewis
ABSTRACT In this study, we employ a participatory action research framework to investigate how preservice music teachers can take part in developing their own education. The main focus is on how two music teacher educators at two institutions in Norway work to create a space for student voice and participation. The study’s data are analysed and presented through a combination of self-study methodology
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Education and the reggaetón genre: does reggaetón socialize in traditional masculine stereotypes? Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2023-03-31 Enrique-Javier Díez-Gutiérrez, Eva Palomo-Cermeño, Benjamín Mallo-Rodríguez
ABSTRACT Reggaetón music is very popular among young people of school-age. Thus, we intend to examine the values of equality transmitted in the lyrics of this music genre. Using critical discourse analysis and assisted by the Maxqda software package we analysed the lyrics of 65 of the most popular reggaetón songs of 2020. Results suggest that reggaetón reprises certain traditional masculine stereotypes
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Peer tutoring as a tool for developing the intonation of violin and viola students in elementary music education Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2023-03-24 Andrea Fernández-Barros, David Duran, Laia Viladot
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to investigate the potential and limitations of peer tutoring in the development of the intonation of violin and viola students in elementary music education. Researchers have found that peer tutoring is a highly beneficial learning strategy. Peer tutoring is defined as the pairing of learners in an asymmetric relationship, who learn by teaching and start with a common
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Recognising intra-actions of music and pupil Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2023-03-24 Synnøve Kvile, Catharina Christophersen
ABSTRACT Music is deeply entangled with human activity and can play various roles in our lives, also in the lives of children. A large part of children’s day-to-day life in Norway takes place within a school context. However, research on children’s musical lives within a primary school context is scarce, and there is little knowledge of how pupils engage and interact with music throughout their school
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Alternative seating practices: pedagogy of the back of the orchestra Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2023-03-21 Tammy S. Yi
ABSTRACT This three-year study aimed to investigate students’ experiences with alternative seating practices (ASP) in a public-school string orchestra program. Whereas education scholarship has long demonstrated that democratic classroom seating arrangements play a crucial role in the learning process, typical orchestra classrooms maintain a hierarchical seating format assigned to students on a competitive
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What happens in school music in Norway? Findings from a national survey of music teachers Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2023-03-15 Live Weider Ellefsen, Sidsel Karlsen, Siw Graabræk Nielsen
ABSTRACT This article reports on a survey of Norwegian compulsory school music teachers, in which 293 teachers from 239 schools participated. In addition to providing demographic information, the teachers were asked what kinds of music their students listened to, sang, played, and created during lessons, and what activities this music was part of. We explore this material with respect to which forms
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Using architecture to understand music: an interdisciplinary active learning pilot project Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2023-03-01 Andrea Malvano
ABSTRACT Few university students in Italy today possess the necessary skills to read a musical score. Consequently, alternative strategies are needed in order to visualize – and hence to memorise – music. This is the main reason underpinning the pilot laboratory of musical architecture, which was launched in 2019 as university workshop thanks to the collaboration of Matteo Pericoli. The educational
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Music teacher perceptions of modern band and Little Kids Rock: a qualitative study of programme outcomes Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2023-02-24 David H. Knapp, Bryan Powell, Gareth Dylan Smith
ABSTRACT Music education in the United States is typified by students in large ensembles, like band and orchestra, learning to perform pieces of Western art music. One organisation working to expand curricular offerings within the field is Little Kids Rock (LKR), which has invested millions of dollars training music teachers and providing instrument resources for popular music pedagogy. Though this
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The place of master theses in music performance education in Sweden: subjects, purposes, justifications Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2023-01-19 Nadia Moberg
ABSTRACT While writing is undeniably an essential part of higher education, in music education, musical performance skills form the core of assessing students’ results. However, higher music education is experiencing growing demands on research activities parallel to heightened requirements on music performance students’ abilities to formulate themselves around their main field of study. This paper
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Becoming a ‘Trans Synth Queen’: YouTube, electronic music composition, and coming out Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2022-11-11 Christopher Cayari
ABSTRACT Educators can develop musical learning experiences that help trans students explore, develop, and celebrate their genders and identities through music. This case study explored how a well-established YouTube musician, Amie Waters, used social media platforms and her music to express herself as she came out as a trans non-binary femme person to her audiences online. Amie found trans resources
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Sound teaching: a research-informed approach to inspiring confidence, skill, and enjoyment in music performance Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2022-11-11 Richard Powell
Published in Music Education Research (Vol. 25, No. 1, 2023)
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No justice, no peace: an arts-based project with a college choir Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2022-11-08 André de Quadros, Frank Abrahams
ABSTRACT This study examined the changes in perception toward systemic racism of twenty-six first-year students at a mid-sized university in central New Jersey. All were members of the first-year choir and, with their conductor, participated in a three-week workshop called ‘No Justice, No Peace.’ The goal was to examine social justice issues and systemic racism in society and to produce multimedia
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Introducing multi-sited focused ethnography for researching one-to-one (singing voice) pedagogy in higher education Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2022-11-02 Dale Cox, Melissa Forbes
ABSTRACT One-to-one lessons based on the master-apprentice model are recognised in research and practice as an indispensable foundation for the training of professional musicians including singers. Given its primary importance to musician training, it is essential that researchers of this pedagogical model adopt methodologies and methods well-suited to illuminating the unique nature of one-to-one pedagogy