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Strategies for Improving Rehearsal Technique: Using Research Findings to Promote Better Rehearsals
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Silvey, Brian A. – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2014
Music education researchers and conducting pedagogues have identified numerous behaviors that contribute to increased verbal and nonverbal teaching effectiveness of conductors on the podium. This article is a review of literature concerning several conductor behaviors that may (a) increase the effectiveness of rehearsals, (b) enhance the…
Descriptors: Music Activities, Music Education, Drills (Practice), Musicians
Effects of Conductor Expressivity on Secondary School Band Members' Performance and Attitudes toward Conducting
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Silvey, Brian A.; Koerner, Bryan D. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2016
We investigated the effects of expressive and unexpressive conducting on secondary school band members' and experts' audio evaluations of band performance expressivity. A conductor, who demonstrated either expressive or unexpressive conducting techniques, led both an eighth-grade and a high school band in four separate "run-throughs" of…
Descriptors: Music, Singing, Music Education, Musicians
The Effects of Band Labels on Evaluators' Judgments of Musical Performance
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Silvey, Brian A. – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2009
This study investigates the effects of band labels on evaluators' judgments of musical performance. High school concert band members (n = 72), wind ensemble members ( n = 77), and band directors (n = 8) were randomly assigned to a band label or no label group. Only the band label group was given evaluation forms that specified the group playing…
Descriptors: Music Education, Evaluators, Music Activities, Musical Instruments