The purpose of this case study was to examine and describe the life experiences that influenced one music teacher's career choice to teach music in an urban school. The primary research question is: What experiences influenced the participant to pursue urban music education as a career? Calling upon research into urban music education and career…

Background and Aim: Guangdong Province in February 2018 the province-wide launch of the Guangdong "new teacher training" construction implementation programs, used to improve the rural music, physical education, and art teacher structure imbalance of the status quo. This research aim was to avoid the risks of the cultivation of…

The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to explore the perceptions of secondary-school band teachers as they moved to virtual formats with their students. The study was designed to fill a gap in the literature, as little research has been done on the subject of distance learning and music. As teachers reflect on their pandemic-closed schools,…

The author, an assistant professor of arts education at the University of South Florida, Tampa, considered the observations made by a high school student on his feelings for music. (RK)

Solo performance is a common experience for children learning to play an instrument, yet the research literature on these experiences is limited, with a focus on older children and adolescents. The purpose of this study was to examine younger children's feelings about performance over the course of a year of study. Forty-one children were…

The purpose of this study is to analyze how the music educational program of El Sistema Sweden is advertised and legitimized through moving images. The films are a major part of the information on the Swedish national website of El Sistema and are supposed to contribute to the picture that the organization and its founders wish to market. The use…

Little is currently known about the possible benefits of using networked technology to enhance ensemble performance. This study explored whether the introduction of specially devised technology -- networked tablets using traditional music notation -- to a primary school orchestra would enhance the experience of ensemble music. Particular emphasis…

Millennials are more likely to identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ) than students from previous generations, signaling new levels of diversity in society. The purpose of this research-to-resource article is to provide music teachers with empathic models of teaching that encourage critical reflection and foster…

The purpose of this study was to explore several Midwestern middle and high school music educators' perceptions of student-centered teaching approaches, including their perceived suitability for regular use in their ensembles, and the factors thought to influence that suitability. Each case was analyzed individually but only the emergent themes…

There is perhaps no image more maternal and musical than that of a young mother cradling a child to her breast as she softly sings a sweet lullaby. Yet the way that a mother experiences, relates to and renders meaningful the social and musical moment of singing to her children remains silent and hidden in popular and academic discourse. In this…

The purpose of this study was to determine what routine aspects of ensemble participation, if any, activated New Horizons members' feelings of belonging. Members of two New Horizons ensembles responded to an anonymous-online questionnaire in which they indicated the degree with which they agreed with statements that linked specific aspects of…

This study aimed to analyze emotional intelligence and mental resistance levels of the national cross country skiing running athletes according to education level and different variables in Turkey in terms of different variables. In the research, general survey model which is one of the survey models was used. Population of the research, i.e.…

Just as at the International Symposium in Philosophy of Music Education IV (PME-IV) in Birmingham, Kingsley Price has demonstrated his acute logical prowess and his alluring wit. Then as now he was addressing the question of how music can seem to have feelings, how it is that we attribute merriment, joy, sorrow, sadness, and the like to passages…

When schools in Arkansas and most of the country shut their physical doors and moved to remote instruction in March 2020, Rachel Evans, Christian Goering, and Seth French planned to engage in a multifaceted experience that bridged personal narrative writing, songwriting, and podcasting. Undaunted by the shutdown, they offered Evans' ninth-grade…

Previous sport research has demonstrated that athletes of higher levels employ imagery more than low-level athletes. Because there is currently little research on imagery's application in singers, the purpose of the present study was to investigate whether this finding is reflected in low-level and high-level singers. A study-specific…