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Responses of elementary students and their teachers to a world music preference survey
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
perspectives and concerns towards including world music in the curriculum, including lack of time. Their students' levels of interest and tolerance for the world music examples presented surprised them. Results of this study may be used to reassure teachers...
Real time video mentoring : investigating synchronous video technology as a mentoring tool for new music teachers in rural school districts
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
and video recordings of online sessions. Analysis of coded RVM interactions revealed that discussions related to seven of twelve challenges faced by new teachers were present in the interactions of the participant pairs. The time spent on the specific issues...
Development of curriculum materials to teach American children about the culture of Taiwan through Taiwanese children's songs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
A multicultural approach to music teaching has become increasingly important in music education. Due to a lack of materials about Taiwanese songs in the United States, I designed music curriculum materials for American teachers to implement...
Current music practices and teachers' needs for teaching music in public preschools of South Korea
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The present study aimed to investigate the current music practices and teachers' needs for teaching music in public preschools of South Korea. The data were obtained from the public preschools in South Korea, and 66.7% (n = 606) of the total sample...
Before the singing : the journey of an artistic director
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
the participant's life history inform her vision for the organization? 2) What characterizes the participant's views of teacher leadership and creative work as artistic director? 3) What characterizes the participant's views of learning and teaching...
Criteria identified by selected Missouri high school choral directors for placement of concert repertoire in concert order
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
, and (c) teaching goals related to intended student learning outcomes from the concert experience....
Preschool piano methods and developmentally appropriate practice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
) and developmental characteristics of children as identified in related research findings. The literature reviewed encompassed a historical overview, goals and designs of preschool piano method books, age-related developmental, musical, and learning characteristics...
Reaching digital native music majors : pedagogy for undergraduate group piano in the 21st century
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
This dissertation comprises three projects that were designed to contribute to our understanding of today's digital native music majors and their needs within the group piano curriculum. The first investigation is a review of literature pertaining...
Relationships between siblings engaged in music study : an exploratory investigation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
of the music teaching and modeling for the younger sibling, and the younger sibling requested information often from the older sibling. All siblings maintained a positive attitude towards one another with regards to rivalry in music study. The results indicated...
Beautiful choral tone quality rehearsal techniques of a director
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
quality. These areas are posture, breath control, tone quality or resonance factors, vowels, and vocal freedom. This study also found that Matt developed a strategic plan and process in teaching these skills. The data further revealed that his philosophy...
The effects of listening conditions, error types, and ensemble textures on the error detection skills of undergraduate instrumental music education majors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This study was designed with three main purposes; to compare (a) the effects of two listening conditions on error detection accuracy, (b) error detection responses for rhythm errors and note errors, and (c) the influences ...
A theoretical model of piano sightplaying components
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
The goal of this study is to provide a theoretical model regarding sightplaying phenomena based upon investigation, analysis, and synthesis from a large amount of research findings, observation results, theoretical ideas, teaching methods...
Characteristics of the high school varsity mixed show choir
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
and theatre. Data indicated the considerable amounts of time and money expended on this ensemble. The results showed that the directors taught proper vocal technique and that the students were learning about the basics of singing even while being exposed...
Secondary music educators' curiosity dimensions and perceptions of curiosity in the classroom
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
This descriptive study used a survey to examine the curiosity dimensions of secondary music educators (SMEs) and their perceptions of curiosity and creativity in student learning. Participants responded to a curiosity measure, the Five Dimensions...
Vocal agility in the male adolescent changing voice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
This study was designed to investigate agility in adolescent changing voice males. Participants (N = 58), 11.5 to 15.9 years old, were from six Midwestern schools. The boys had varied experience in school and/or community ...
The development of a valid and reliable instrument to grade the difficulty of vocal solo repertoire
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1996)
voice teachers, regardless of their level of experience in teaching in private voice studios. The instrument also was examined for its ability to discriminate among songs by categorizing repertoire into different difficulty levels. Seven criteria were...
Youtube as an early childhood music education resource parental attitudes, beliefs, usages, and experiences
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
-child YouTube music experiences. Results indicated that parents accessed YouTube regularly, maintained positive attitudes towards YouTube, and considered YouTube to be an effective resource for children's overall learning and music skills. Data suggested...
The effect of piano accompaniment type and harmonic context on the tuning performance of college-level choral musicians
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
This study was designed to evaluate the effect of piano accompaniment style on the intonation performance of college-level choral musicians. It was hypothesized that using a piano accompaniment comprised solely of referential ...
Antigone in Ferguson : the experience of seven members of the democratic chorus in a social justice musical production
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to investigate the experiences of seven of the auditioned chorus members in the five-week run of Antigone in Ferguson at the Off-Broadway theater, Harlem Stage in Harlem, New ...
Transcending the technical : an examination of spirituality in choral music making for selected public
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
The purpose of this phenomenology was to contribute to the examination of the role of spirituality in choral music making for public school choral conductors in the United States. Since the year 2000, the topic of spirituality ...