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The Pesta Paduan Suara Gerejawi (PESPARAWI), an Indonesian Christian choral festival or its predecessor the Pesta Paduan Suara Gerejani (PESPARANI), has become a nationwide celebratory event in Indonesia and has helped Indonesian...
The purpose of this study is to investigate stressors among soon-to-be graduating instrumental, vocal, and theatre performance majors. Seventy-two possible performance stressors were compiled into 8 categories: Creative, Intellectual, ...
The purpose of this study was to explore how use of a web application that makes use of Spotify APIs may be utilized by music therapists to inform clinical decisions. Spotify Charts was used to identify weekly top-streamed songs on...
The purpose of this study was to investigate where pre-service and in-service music educators perceive they will learn/did learn marching, music acquisition, design, logistical, and teaching skills for marching band. This study also...
The vocal jazz ensemble singing movement that began at Mt. Hood Community College (Gresham, Oregon) in 1967 reached the public schools of the Boise Valley, in Southwestern Idaho sometime in the early 1970’s. The first generation of vocal...
The overall purpose of this study is to establish the baseline for a new line of research into the effective relationship between traditional jazz musicians and swing dancers in current social dancing environments. The study is a mixed...
The purpose of this collective case study was to explore the socio-cultural reproduction experiences of selected women college band conductors. A survey was administered in order to identify key influencers in the college band field. The...
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 the present study was to explore the use of tactile finger placement markers (FPMs) for beginning string players. Of particular interest was finding a tool or strategy that would reduce the number of muscle memory errors...
Music therapy is unique due to the integration of music and therapeutic interactions to achieve functional outcomes among clients. The purpose of this study was to investigate if singing with accurate vocal style in a music therapy...
Neurologic Music Therapy is a type of music therapy based in neuroscience research and is utilized in neurorehabilitation settings. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of music therapy services on Functional...
The purpose of this study was to understand the effects of both instrumentation and lyrical content on the perceived genre of popular music. Participants for this study (N= 58) were undergraduate and graduate students from a large, ...
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 investigate the use of songs in Spanish by music therapists according to song suggestions within music therapy Facebook groups. A content analysis of 84 posts and 487 comments from two music therapy...
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...
The Effects of a Single Music-Assisted Mindfulness Relaxation (MAMR) and Psychoeducation Session with Electronic Resource on Wellbeing of Informal Caregivers
Various health conditions, and/or aging can result in the need for care assistance. The number of Americans who need care assistance has grown over the past several decades, with the amount expected to increase as the number of...
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), or autism, refers to a group of neurological disorders. At the most recent estimate, the Center for Disease Control estimated that 1 child in 68 has an autism diagnosis. Though research has shown music to...
The purpose of this collective case study was to examine the different musical, social, and pedagogical factors that affected how piano repertoire is selected and programmed for the undergraduate degree recital. Additionally, this study...
Those in the helping professions, such as therapy and education, actively strive to become aware of their bias, human behavior, and personal limitations. They also attempt to understand the worldview of their diverse clients and learning...
While there is an immense amount of research on music therapy in early childhood settings as well as published music therapy curricula for early childhood, there is little to no research on the effects of novel and familiar music therapy...
A pianist's post-college life is richly diverse and multi-faceted due to the wide array of possible career options. During one’s professional life, a pianist could be called upon to perform as soloist, chamber musician, duo partner, ...
Individuation is the tendency to treat targets according to their unique traits and characteristics and not their categorical memberships such as race, gender, age, etc. An individual’s musical identity can be considered a unique trait...
Repertoire is the foundation of any music class. Many directors use as series of filters in place to sort repertoire through a list of material and philosophical criteria. Most directors look for guidance by experts, including state...
Parents' Perceptions of a Music Therapy Mobile Application Designed to Promote Calmer Behavior State and Improve Sleep Routine in Young Children: A Pilot Study
The purpose of this study was to conduct a pilot study to evaluate parents’ perceptions of a music therapy mobile application aimed to promote calmer behavioral state and to improve sleep routine in children under the age of six....
During the past two decades, the United States has witnessed a constant growth in academic research about group piano at the collegiate level of education. This topic has been the focus of attention in piano pedagogy journals and...
Quantitative and Qualitative Research of Music Therapy Interventions with Adult Mental Health Populations: A Descriptive Analysis to Guide Future Research and Clinical Practice
As the need for psychosocial interventions in mental healthcare in the United States continues to be a relevant issue, music therapists can provide music interventions to address a variety of mental health objectives. The American Music...
Despite repeated calls for diversification throughout history, American music education has largely remained unchanged since the early 1800s. Previous research has supported the inclusion of non-traditional music courses in the secondary...
The purpose of this study was to determine whether parents and guardians understand the specific benefits of a music-based early intervention program for their child's development, when given data documented through observational methods...
Health care facilities are seeking opportunities to expand patient and family centered care and meet patient clinical goals at minimal additional costs. The Affordable Care Act has put an emphasis on positive patient experience by...
The music curriculum in higher education is very strenuous, and the added physical and mental stress of personal practice, ensemble rehearsals, and performances often leads to performance anxiety and a variety of performance-related...
The purpose of this dissertation is to provide a conductor's analysis of a specific set of repertoire by African-American composer Lena McLin. The selected works share three common traits: (1) they are all scored for mixed chorus; (2)...
The primary purposes of this study were (1) to determine the effect of three encoding conditions (singing, playing, studying silently) on participants’ music memorization accuracy, and (2) to examine potential differences between choral, ...
Families are the building blocks of society and the first system that children are a part of. Varying in both structure and function, families serve to develop their members and create a collective identity. When the family system...
The purpose of this review was to examine and integrate the current available information on Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation (RAS) and gait performance of individuals with neurological disorders, to support music therapists' clinical...
The purpose of this study was to analyze music theory requirements in music therapy curricula across the United States. Since the 1950s, there have been calls for change in the music therapy curriculum, with scholars citing its fullness...
The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences of black women band directors at the secondary and collegiate levels. The goal was to understand their experiences that shaped them as educators and contributors to the...
The diverse Hispanic/Latino population is the fastest-growing minority in the United States. This community faces specific barriers and multiple inequalities when seeking medical health care in the U.S. Moreover, there are particular...
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