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Dennis P. Giotta; Nathan B. Kruse – Contributions to Music Education, 2022
The purpose of this instrumental case study was to chronicle high school students' creative experiences in a songwriting course. Ten students in Grades 10-12 composed original songs, learned to accompany themselves on keyboard and 'ukulele, and performed their songs in class and at a coffee shop. Data sources consisted of classroom observations,…
Descriptors: High School Students, Creative Activities, Singing, Writing (Composition)
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Zabanal, John Rine A. – String Research Journal, 2022
The purpose of this study was to examine participating orchestras and performed repertoire at the American String Teachers Association's (ASTA) National Orchestra Festival from 2004 through 2020. Participating orchestras (N = 309) primarily consisted of string orchestras and high school-level orchestras with a majority originating from the…
Descriptors: Music Activities, Music Teachers, Music Education, Professional Associations
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Bylica, Kelly; Rathgeber, Jesse – Music Educators Journal, 2023
Feedback plays an essential role in music education, helping individuals learn to consider creative works from multiple perspectives. In this article, we explore the Critical Response Process, a four-step process for engaging with artistic works in progress. Founded on the principle that both artists and responders play active roles in feedback,…
Descriptors: Music Education, Feedback (Response), Teaching Methods, Dialogs (Language)
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Wendzich, Tessandra; Andrews, Bernard W. – International Journal of Music Education, 2022
Making Music: Composing "with" Young Musicians was a multi-year, multi-site research project partnered with the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board and the Canadian Music Centre to commission composers to collaborate with teachers and students to write educational music. On-site observations undertaken by the co-author and examined…
Descriptors: Music Education, Musical Composition, Feedback (Response), Program Descriptions
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Jordan, Robert C. – Music Educators Journal, 2022
This article presents a field-tested approach for integrating music arranging into middle and high school music ensembles. This project-based unit of study builds on scholarship in informal music learning and social constructivism. Reflections from former high school students who participated in the project help illuminate these connections. The…
Descriptors: Music Education, Middle School Students, High School Students, Student Attitudes
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De Los Ríos, Cati V.; Seltzer, Kate; Molina, Arturo – Applied Linguistics, 2021
Changing demography in the Southwest USA has shifted the racial compositions of many neighborhoods that were once predominantly African American to majority Latinx immigrant communities (Orfield and Frankenberg 2014). Today, it's common for these two youth communities to learn side-by-side in urban and suburban classrooms where they are often…
Descriptors: Racial Composition, Geographic Regions, African American Students, Hispanic American Students