An innovative program for teaching music in urban areas is presented. (CK)

Discusses how Holst's composition can be used in high school band classes. Background information on the composer and his work is included. The themes of each movement in the Suite are analyzed for problems they might pose for student musicians. (AM)

Describes the musical history of Chicago, which culminated in the creation of the Chicago Symphony and the construction of Orchestra Hall. Theodore Thomas spent 30 years introducing Chicagoans to symphonic music. He founded the Chicago Symphony and, in 1904, led the first concert in Orchestra Hall. (CS)

The positive features of nonperformance programs such as general music and music appreciation should be communicated often and effectively to the community. There are many effective publicity media appropriate for nonperformance programs. (AM)

Notes that music education is a vital part of the education of all children at Bonita Elementary School in Crows Landing, California. Discusses how the school staff works together to create a new awareness amongst the students and in the community that will heighten awareness, expand knowledge, and create feelings of appreciation for many types of…

Discusses different ideas of what people would like to see in the area of articles about music in student newspapers. Describes one band director's description of music as people working together with the same agenda toward the same goals. (SC)

Interviews an elementary school teacher who leads a poetry writing workshop in which he uses classical music to help foster creative thinking and writing. Argues that students are more excited about the music and the writing than they would otherwise be about either. (SR)

Suggests students can be led to listen to the sounds of poetry as they would listen to a score of music, discovering and re-discovering relationships between sound, rhythmic accents, sections, movements, and ideas. (NH)

Aesthetic doctrine hypothesizes a for-its-own-sake, "disinterested" autonomy of music from life and assumes, then, that "good" music exists only to be contemplated, and that proper "appreciation" depends on informed "understanding." This distantiation of music from life creates a gap between aesthetes who have (unfortunately) sacralized classical…

In this article, the author shares his experience at the first rehearsal of the All City High School band of New York where he was placed as first chair clarinet, when he was a junior in high school in Brooklyn. Playing the clarinet solo, under the instruction of the band director, has made him reflect and deal once more with feeling. Here, the…

Article turned to advanced managerial concepts as a way of unraveling some of the seemingly insoluble problems that remain associated with the arts. (Author/RK)

The primary objective of the high school music literature course is simply stated: the course was directed toward the enhancement of students' understanding of the literature of music. It attempted to accomplish this through a set of specific objectives -- development of skills, abilities or knowledges which are all qualified by the term…

For southern migrants to northern cities, country music themes reflect the twin images of rural purity and urban corruption. By providing a powerfully consoling myth, this type of music provides a symbolic link with the name the migrants left behind. (Author/DE)

Investigates the effects of age on musical preferences. Provides a brief review of the literature on this topic. Hypothesizes that the inverted-U curve will form the most general description of changes that occur with age in music preference. (RKM)