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The purpose of this study was to investigate high school music teachers' perceived influence of student enrollment in accelerated learning programs on student enrollment, participation, and attitude in band and choir. Participants (N =...
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of music therapy on parents' and pediatric patients' perception of the nurse. Both patient (N=40) and parent (N=40) groups were given a post-test after music therapy intervention to...
The purpose of this study was to examine whether or not there was a difference between felt emotion and perceived emotion upon viewing posed facial expressions of four basic emotions matched and mismatched, with a priori music...
This dissertation is a study of the Deaf hip hop movement in the United States. It examines the trajectories of major figures in the development of this movement who have been brought together by way of their expression of music from a...
These case studies examined the effect of music reinforced nonnutritive sucking on term infants receiving intravenous lines. Intravenous lines are a common invasive procedure that hospitalized infants endure. Subjects were between the...
This study is a replication and extension of Madsen's (1999) study, The Effect of Accurate/Inaccurate Teacher Instruction, High/Low Teacher Delivery, and On/Off-Task Student Behavior on Musicians' Evaluation of Teacher Effectiveness. The...
This study will focus on the effects of live music therapy, on adults, in the emergency room for pain and/or anxiety management and to ascertain benefits for emergency room management and quality of care. Clinical guidelines for...
Current research shows the numerous benefits of music therapy techniques within hospice settings. However, there is little research to show us how often these techniques are differentiated or employed within hospice settings. The purpose...
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of music therapy on the process of terminal extubation. Subjects were selected from patients who had previously undergone removal from mechanical ventilation and had died under the...
The skills and knowledge required to consistently produce choral ensembles that perform at the highest artistic levels indicate the conductor's acquisition and application of a set of standards or values. These values encompass an...
John M. Cooksey's contributions to the choral music profession, both as an educator and a conductor, were documented using the following research questions: (1) What individuals, events, and experiences led Cooksey to pursue a career in...
Sing with Me: A Survey to Guide Development of an In-Home Developmental Curriculum for Premature Infants Post-Discharge from a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
According to 2017 CDC statistics (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), 1 in 10 infants in the United States are born prematurely. Preterm infants may demonstrate a delay in reaching developmental milestones due to extended...
Adolescent emotions are constantly changing as new life experiences and freedoms begin to emerge from daily life activity. This study investigated the emotional attribution patterns of adolescents using a concise emotional inventory. The...
Strong social skills are vital for successful functioning in life. Social skills enable individuals to interact appropriately with others and impact (a) academic success, (b) peer and family relationships, (c) employment and (d) extra...
Survey of Current Attitudes Regarding a Three Part Orchestral Conducting Pedagogy Model and an Adaptation of Behavioral Principles for the Orchestral Conductor
The purpose of this dissertation is two-fold: to explore currently held attitudes regarding three aspects of conducting pedagogy and to adapt behavioral principles currently in use by music educators for the orchestral conductor. To such...
ABSTRACT For pianists considering teaching as a career, progress has been made in the preparation of piano teachers in American colleges and universities beginning in the early twentieth century. These developments impacted the education...
The purpose of this study was to analyze the existing quantitative research evaluating the effect of sound stimuli on neurologic rehabilitation of upper and lower limbs. Seventeen studies were used in two separate analyses. The first one...
Most mothers would agree that music is a tool they use to calm their baby. Many mothers even use music prenatally for bonding as well as relaxation. The purpose of this study was to discover if having had at least four years of music...
This thesis explores the phenomenon of synesthesia through recent psychological research and the writings of Olivier Messiaen. Synesthesia is a "union of the senses" by which a stimulus in one sensory mode elicits a response in another....
The Effects of a Media-Based versus Live Song Lyric Analysis Life Review on Levels of Therapeutic Exploration, On-Task and Participation of Individuals with Dementia
Dementia is a chronic disease that is considered to be one of the world's fastest growing problems. Estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) indicate that approximately 35.6 million people worldwide lived with dementia in 2011....
The purpose of this study was to better understand how local veterans use music in their daily lives and attempt to comprehend their interests in music therapy services. Data was analyzed for 45 participants, 36 non-student veterans and...
The purpose of this study was to explore continuous and summative ratings of listener enjoyment across a variety of genres and to examine the roles of musical training and familiarity. A secondary purpose of the research was to explore...
In this thesis, I explore musical experiences of people with Williams Syndrome (WS) to examine how music not only shapes personal identity and worldview, but can also serve as a path to citizenship for these individuals. WS has...
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of auditory distraction on working memory by using verbal recall with a sentence repetition test of 22 sentences. Participants were randomly assigned to one of four groups: the...
The purpose of the study was to explore the music therapy knowledge among college music students in Taiwan. This study chose three groups of students. Group A (n = 50) included Junior and Senior music students who had taken or were...
The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of recorded lullabies on infants undergoing phototherapy. Infants undergo phototherapy to treat hyperbilirubinemia, more commonly known as neonatal jaundice. This study was a pre-test...
The purpose of this research was to highlight the issues student veterans face when transitioning from active military service, a deployment culture, and an armed forces lifestyle to civilian life, becoming a student-veteran, and an...
The purpose of this research was to investigate the time usage skills of undergraduate students in college marching band. Specifically, this study investigated and compared the time usage of collegiate marching band members, music majors...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a six-week music curriculum focused on pre-reading and writing skills among three- to five-year-old children in an inclusive day care setting. Music and language have much in...
The purpose of this study was to explore gesture’s role in the perception of technique and expressivity in vocal music performance by both performers and evaluators. Specific questions addressed were: 1) Does the use of spontaneous co...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the existence of stigma related to mental health illnesses among music therapy students at a large southeastern public university. A survey of nineteen stigma-related questions was designed...
During the past 60 years, jazz music has slowly become recognized as a genre worthy of study in high school music programs throughout the United States. Only a few researchers have analyzed large samples of jazz-related instruction in...
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be defined as group of complex disorders of brain development that includes difficulties with social interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication, and repetitive behaviors (Autism Speaks, n.d.). It...
The purpose of this study was to examine the literature being performed by Florida middle school, junior/senior high school, and high school jazz bands at Florida Bandmasters Association (FBA) District Jazz Band Music Performance...
Classroom instructional styles are a frequently discussed issue in education. Calls by professional organizations have encouraged teachers to take a more learner-centered approach to classroom structure. Research has shown that there are...
The study investigated the effects of background music on reading comprehension skills of college students. Seventy-one participants read a health related article in one of three conditions: silence, music with lyrics, and music without...
This study examined the reasons choral directors take their ensembles to competitions. Choral directors (N=183) in ten states were surveyed to determine the reasons they and their students participate in competitions; the importance of...
Children undergoing medical procedures frequently experience severe distress, which may be ameliorated through procedural support music therapy. Parent and nurse behaviors have been noted to influence child behaviors during medical...
The purpose of this study was to obtain recent data on the status of therapies provided to the residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Florida. The researcher specifically sought to determine how many nursing homes...
Mindfulness techniques have been used in the field of psychology to decrease anxiety and depressive symptoms in clients since the late 1970s, and previous research has reported the effectiveness of these interventions (Khoury et al., ...
Fifty-one undergraduate music majors were asked to choose one of four models for thirteen music and non-music occupations. The models consisted of a Black female, a White female, a Black male, and a White male. The results found that the...
The pairing of children's songs with games, dances, and visually representational motions is an important part of the elementary general music classroom and is used especially frequently with the youngest age group (which I am defining...
Rehearsals of four outstanding choral conductors were examined to isolate techniques used and time spent in developing choral tone. Participants included four collegiate choral conductors who have been identified as experts in the field...
The purpose of this study was to run a pilot test of a prototype device meant to investigate the effects of contingent music volume change on gait performance. The researcher aimed to answer two primary questions in regards to this study...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this dissertation is to provide an analysis of specific choral compositions by English composer Tarik O'Regan. The selected works share two common traits: (1) they are scored for SATB chorus (2) their subject...
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Choruses—the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus (ASOC) and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus (ASOCC)—have become exemplars for the performance of choral-orchestral repertoire. Exhibiting the...
Alcohol and other drug use is understood to be one of the most stigmatized activities in the world (Room, et al., 2001). Substance use disorder (SUD) stigma has been shown to impact self-identity and self-esteem, present a psychological...
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of lullaby music versus rain sounds on the percent of children who fell asleep during the first 20 minutes of naptime. Fifty-one children (N=51) between the ages of two and five, ...
The differences in workout efficiency and perceived energy exertion between preferred and non-preferred music were examined through self-report. Minimal differences were shown between the types of music used; however, significant...
The purpose of this study was to measure the effects of music therapy on the appropriate social interactions of elementary aged children with peers who have special needs. Ten subjects from an inclusion kindergarten classroom were placed...
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