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A Policy and Procedures Manual for the Operation of the Red Door Children's Center: A Case Study
(1985)
The purpose of this project was to develop an all inclusive manual that could be used for the operation of the Red Door Children's Center, an existing child care facility at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Lee's Summit, ...
Pedagogy Related to the Boy's Changing Voice
(1960-06)
It was the original purpose of this paper to show how the sound and common sense practices of education could be adapted to maintaining the boy's singing voice and interest in music through the period of adolescence. However, in view of a recent...
Motivation: A Key to Establishing a Secondary School Vocal Music Program
(1981-07)
One of the main concerns of any choir director is how
to secure and maintain a high level of motivation from choir
members. It does not matter if the director is a seasoned
veteran or a rookie, if he teaches in a rural ...
Music and Movement in Shaker Worship
(1989-05)
It is impossible to learn of Shaker music and dance without learning of the Shakers themselves. With some 20,000 tunes and hymns to their credit, the study of Shaker music can be an endless one. This project involves the ...
Cavallini, Busoni, and the Clarinet
(1979-05)
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) wrote two compositions
for the clarinet, the Concertino in B flat, Op.48 of 1919
and the "Elegy" for clarinet and piano of 1921. It is not
generally known that Busoni's father, Ferdinando, ...
Class Voice Teachers: Are Specialized Background and Preparation Necessary?
(1983)
The
hypothesis of this paper is that specialized background and preparation
are necessary for a class voice teacher. In order to test this
hypothesis, the following sub-hypotheses were devised to find out
how and in ...
Engraving Trends in Music Publication
(1973)
The purpose of this paper is to present current trends in music engraving as determined by the results of a survey conducted among music publishers in the United States. For the purpose of this study, the term "music ...
The Sources of Hymn Tunes Based on J. S. Bach Found in the Christian Science Hymnal
(1965)
The writer's objectives in this study are two: (1) to correct errors in the "Hymnal Notes" regarding hymn tunes drawn from the works of J. S. Bach and used in the "Christian Science Hymnal;" (2) to give fuller information on works by Bach utilizing...
The German Orchestra System: An Account of the German Orchestra in its Culture, with Comparisons to the American Symphony Orchestra
(1985-05-22)
This paper attempts to give a firm understanding of the German orchestra system, including what kind of orchestras exist in
Germany; what kind of music they play; how they are organized; where money to support them comes ...
A Survey of the Experiences and Attitudes of Seventy-Five Young Male Singers During Early Adolescence and Suggested Methods for Dealing with Problems of the Adolescent Male Singer in a Choral Situation
(1982)
The adolescent period is a developmental stage that
does not favor any particular individual or group of people.
It is a stage in which every human being experiences change
in growth, specifically in the following areas: ...
A Fugitive Essence: The Public Radio Legacy of Alec Wilder
(1994-12)
Two central goals have motivated the scholarship contained
in this paper. The first of these is to provide an
account of an obscure series of radio programs produced for
public broadcast in the nineteen-seventies (a ...