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Martinez, Jonathan; Persellin, Diane – Texas Music Education Research, 2017
Sixth-grade band, orchestra, and choir directors face a complex challenge when starting their new ensembles in the fall. Sixth-grade students are diverse; some come from strong music programs with adequate resources and others from weaker music programs with fewer resources. In addition, student populations are often ethnically and…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Music Education, Musical Instruments, Middle School Students
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Petty, Colleen; Henry, Michele L. – Texas Music Education Research, 2014
The ultimate goal for many choral directors is to develop independent musicians within the ensemble. The ability to sing a series of pitches and rhythms at first sight is widely understood to be a fundamental building block of independent musicianship. Yet sight-reading is not simply a holistic skill. There are separate components of…
Descriptors: Singing, Music Education, Acoustics, Music Reading