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Lucas Lörch; Erkki Huovinen – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2025
The aspiring composer's development is commonly described using the metaphor of finding one's own composer voice. A central goal for teaching composition in higher music education is to guide students toward finding such a voice--toward personal expression and creativity. In order to shed light on the teaching strategies associated with this goal,…
Descriptors: Music Education, Musical Composition, Musicians, Teaching Methods
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Haley J. Nutt – Journal of Historical Research in Music Education, 2024
In 1950, percussionist and pedagogue Paul Price established an accredited collegiate percussion ensemble course at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the first of its kind in the country. In this article, I argue that Price's accreditation of the genre, coupled with his many other entrepreneurial initiatives, was made possible by the…
Descriptors: Educational History, Higher Education, Musical Instruments, Accreditation (Institutions)
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MacInnis, John; Peters, Mark – International Journal of Christianity & Education, 2022
This article presents the composer Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) as an historical educator in the context of the Charles Eliot Norton Lectures on Poetry at Harvard University (1939-1940), published as "The Poetics of Music in the Form of Six Lessons." As music professors at North American institutions of Christian Higher Education, the…
Descriptors: Musicians, Musical Composition, Music Education, Poetry
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Demirci, Sirin Akbulut; Nergiz, Eda – African Educational Research Journal, 2020
The curriculum used in amateur and professional piano education is shaped according to the physical and mental state of the students. Easy access to piano literature that can be used in case of one hand and/or one arm disability is important in terms of contributing to the students and piano instructors. For this reason, it is aimed to determine…
Descriptors: Music Education, Musical Instruments, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
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Jennings, Kyesha; Petchauer, Emery – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2017
Leveraging the aesthetic turn in hip-hop scholarship, this article examines how some of the goal-directed and compositional techniques of DJs can be used to redesign and remix African American literature courses. Specifically, we focus on drops and blends, two moves evident among DJs and turntablists in hip-hop culture. Anchoring our analysis to…
Descriptors: African American Literature, Music, Musicians, Aesthetics
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Bradley, Deborah; Goble, J. Scott – Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 2020
What can be done to re-orient a field of education like music, when far too many teachers teach the way they were taught using traditional procedures that stupefy and deaden students to the subject matter, rather than working creatively to invigorate and empower them to become thoughtfully engaged, independent music makers? The essays in this…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music Teachers, Teaching Methods, Creative Teaching
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Lupton, Mandy; Bruce, Christine – British Journal of Music Education, 2010
This paper explores models of teaching and learning music composition in higher education. It analyses the pedagogical approaches apparent in the literature on teaching and learning composition in schools and universities, and introduces a teaching model as: learning from the masters; mastery of techniques; exploring ideas; and developing voice.…
Descriptors: Musical Composition, Higher Education, Music Education, Teaching Methods
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Mateos-Moreno, Daniel – Music Education Research, 2011
Our aim is to identify the challenges of teaching music composition to today's students of composition at a tertiary or professional level. We undertake this by two different approaches: on one level, by establishing a context through reviewing literature on the teaching practices of three renowned teachers from the twentieth century; on a second…
Descriptors: Music, Teaching Methods, Musical Composition, Foreign Countries
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Schwartz, Elliott – Philosophy of Music Education Review, 2011
This essay explores the role of music composition within the curriculum of a typical small liberal arts college and the faculty composer's role(s) in facilitating the study of composition. The relationship between composition and campus performance is discussed, particularly in light of the increased emphasis on performance in formerly all-male…
Descriptors: Music, Liberal Arts, Teaching Methods, Colleges
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Marcel, Linda A. – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2007
The paper considers the innovations and impacts of technology on the fine arts. It explores the effect of technology on how music is taught, studied, performed and created. There is a brief historical account of the recent advances in personal computers, MIDI, synthesizers and music software. The standard of technology competency, set by the…
Descriptors: Music, Music Education, Higher Education, Influence of Technology
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Campbell, Patricia Shehan – Music Educators Journal, 1991
Discusses the importance of teaching improvisation. Defines improvisation as the spontaneous generation of melody and rhythm without specific preparation or premeditation. Answers reasons for not teaching improvisation. Suggests training the ear, providing models, allowing for imitation, developing performance facility, guaranteeing success, and…
Descriptors: Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Improvisation
DeLoughry, Thomas J. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
Computers and synthesizers are being used to create new sounds that cannot be played on traditional instruments. Computers and instructional software are also helping to teach students to compose music, to analyze scores, to read music, and to do ear training drills. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Computer Software, Computers, Higher Education
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Fellman, Philip Vos – Journal of Aesthetic Education, 1980
The author attempts to briefly review the current state of music education; relate this situation to theoretical elements of the musical experience; describe the educational strategies required to deal with the complexity of musical experience; and suggest a possible pedagogical and theoretical orientation to the problems of professional music…
Descriptors: Applied Music, Educational Philosophy, Educational Theories, Higher Education
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Farber, Anne – Music Educators Journal, 1991
Offers ideas for teaching musicians to be improvisors. Suggests that structure, organization, and continuity are problems that can be solved by learning to improvise. Recommends exercises in building phrases to help students acquire a sense of the developing whole. Concludes that improvisation can be taught by showing students how to teach…
Descriptors: Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Improvisation
Herrold, Rebecca – 1971
A guide for teaching the essential musical elements of opera to undergraduate students is provided. The course centers around "The Marriage of Figaro" by Mozart. It is presented in four sections. In section I, students investigate type casting of opera singers in terms of the ranges of their voices. Students learn to differentiate coloratura,…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Higher Education, Learning Activities, Music Education
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