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Johnson, Christopher M. – Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 1999
Analyzes 15 performances of "Bach's Suite Number 3 for Violoncello solo, Bourree Number 1" and determines what patterns of rhythmic variation (rubato) were used by soloists. Indicates that the soloists demonstrated four identifiable and similar trends in the performances. (CMK)
Descriptors: Applied Music, Data Analysis, Educational Trends, Higher Education

Harrison, Lois N. – Music Educators Journal, 1976
Describes an individualized music reading program for middle school teachers. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Individualized Programs, Learning Activities, Music Activities

Mills, Janet – Educational Studies, 1991
Discusses the subjectivity, reliability, and musical validity of both holistic and segmented assessment of musical performance. Summarizes an experiment investigating the extent to which holistic assessment can be accounted for by means of a segmented grading system. Concludes that, although a single grade provides limited information about…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2005
This article presents an interview with Erica Roach, a former Montessori student and a musician, who shares her story about how her Montessori experiences shaped her life. Roach grew up in San Francisco and attended two different Montessori schools: Big City Montessori, for kindergarten, and San Francisco Montessori School (now called The San…
Descriptors: Montessori Schools, Musical Instruments, African American Students, Bilingualism
Mills, Janet – Psychology of Music, 2006
We focus on the music students at a conservatoire (A) that only trains performers and composers (performers/composers); a conservatoire (B) that also trains classroom teachers (education students); and a university (C) with only education students. We used a questionnaire to compare the experience and beliefs as instrumental teachers of the…
Descriptors: Music Education, Beliefs, Student Experience, Questionnaires

Mito, Hiromichi – Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 1997
Explores whether the tsumari phenomenon appears in the performance of keyboard instruments and maintains that tsumari will be severe among subjects with little music training. Finds that tsumari was seen most conspicuously in this beginner group. Concludes that the structural arrangement of the music plays an important role in the tsumari…
Descriptors: Children, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Norton, Andrea; Winner, Ellen; Cronin, Karl; Overy, Katie; Lee, Dennis J.; Schlaug, Gottfried – Brain and Cognition, 2005
Adult musician's brains show structural enlargements, but it is not known whether these are inborn or a consequence of long-term training. In addition, music training in childhood has been shown to have positive effects on visual-spatial and verbal outcomes. However, it is not known whether pre-existing advantages in these skills are found in…
Descriptors: Phonemic Awareness, Musicians, Musical Instruments, Pattern Recognition

Hewitt, Michael P.; Smith, Bret P. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2004
The purpose of this investigation was to examine the influence of teaching-career level and primary instrument on music teachers' assessment of music performance. The main and interaction effects of three career-level conditions (in-service teachers, upper-division undergraduate students, and lower-division undergraduate students) were examined,…
Descriptors: Music, Music Teachers, Music Education, Undergraduate Students
Bennett, Dawn; Stanberg, Andrea – International Journal of Music Education, 2006
Previous research with classical instrumental musicians has highlighted the intrinsic benefits of teaching in addition to the perhaps more obvious benefits of securing a regular income. Yet, despite the presence of educational activities in the portfolio of most musicians, teaching remains on the periphery of many music performance programmes in…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Music Education, Musicians, Career Development
DeCarbo, Nicholas; And Others – Research Perspectives in Music Education: A Journal of the Florida Music Educators Association, 1990
This study focuses on responses from a questionnaire surveying the personal, educational, and musical backgrounds of the all-state instrumentalists participating in the Florida Music Educators Association In-Service Concert. Subjects were 882 students in the nine instrumental ensembles surveyed. There were three groups for middle/junior high level…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bands (Music), High Schools, Intermediate Grades

Turner, Joy – Montessori Life, 1996
Frank Leto, a professional musician and a Montessori teacher, discusses his professional music career, family, the arts in Montessori education, the lifestyle of a professional musician, writing children's songs, and percussion instruments. Provides advice for teachers of music. (SD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instrumentation and Orchestration, Montessori Method, Music
Meyer, John – International Journal of Music Education, 2004
Frank Callaway, the fourth Honorary President of ISME, was a New Zealander who contributed greatly to raising the profile of music education in both that country and Australia. His essentially democratic view of music education was moulded by his teaching experience at King Edward Technical College in Dunedin. At the University of Western…
Descriptors: Music Education, Musicians, Music Activities, Foreign Countries
New York State Education Dept., Albany, Bureau of Music Education. – 1969
The three approaches of Carl Orff, Zoltan Kodaly, and Shinichi Suzuki to early childhood education can be successfully fused to provide a foundation for a total music curriculum from the nursery to secondary school. Basically, Orff suggests that rhythmic patterns should be experienced in children's natural language as they improvise melodies and…
Descriptors: Applied Music, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Language Rhythm
Austin, James R.; Berg, Margaret Haefner – Psychology of Music, 2006
The purpose of this study was to describe the practice motivation and regulation of sixth-grade instrumentalists (11-12 years of age). A sample of 224 US band and orchestra students, representing 85 elementary schools, completed a 36-item practice inventory and produced two narratives depicting a typical practice session and a practice episode…
Descriptors: Music Education, Student Motivation, Elementary School Students, Musicians
Ridgewood Public Schools, NJ. – 1968
To enhance school children's understanding of and appreciation for the performing arts, an ESEA Title III project presented live performances by professional brass, woodwind, and string ensembles to children of the 275 public and parochial elementary schools of Bergen County, New Jersey. As part of the program, children read a book especially…
Descriptors: Bands (Music), Concerts, Cultural Enrichment, Elementary Education