ERIC Number: EJ538426
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-1069-7446
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Teaching Orchestra on a Year-Round Schedule. Orchestra.
Day, Susan H.
Teaching Music, v4 n1 p33-35 Aug 1996
Recalls the problems encountered and the solutions offered when a school district put 1100 middle school students on a year-round schedule. Discovered an enormous benefit in class size reduction accompanied by daunting challenges involving scheduling and logistics. Includes a chart illustrating the rotational schedule of the orchestra. (MJP)
Descriptors: Applied Music, Class Size, Educational Administration, Educational Environment, Extended School Year, Flexible Scheduling, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools, Music Activities, Music Education, Music Techniques, Orchestras, Scheduling, School Schedules, Teacher Student Ratio, Teaching (Occupation), Year Round Schools
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Note: Music Educators National Conference, 1806 Robert Fulton Drive, Reston, VA 20191-4348.
