Purpose of the study was to design, implement, and evaluate an experimental series of sequentially structured lessons in listening to selected contemporary art music, and to discover the effect of a fourteen-week program on the musical preferences of seventh-grade students who participated. (Author)

Believes that the school should introduce the child to new sounds and sound sources and suggests various methods to activate a child's sense of structure and design so that he becomes aware of his ability to express himself in sound. (RB)

The job of college music programs is not only to teach the classics but also to teach and encourage appreciation of the relative merits of all forms and periods of music, and to teach methods of evaluating musical quality. (MSE)

Describes the activities of the 1981 Wingspread Conference on Music in General Studies. The conference discussed and made recommendations for the improvement of introductory music survey and appreciation courses for college non-music majors. (AM)

Describes the Orff-Schulwerk approach for teaching music to children. The objective is to awaken aesthetic responsiveness. Learning activities are designed to highten sensory awareness, provide genuine aesthetic experiences, promote musical skill development, and stimulate conceptual learning and improvisation. (AM)

Using Bob Dylan's three somewhat different versions of "It Ain't Me, Babe," the author investigates the variables of Dylan's performances and how they alter the meanings of his songs, and suggests that the more we know about popular song the more we will understand the songs we subsequently encounter. (KC)

Presents a variety of approaches to help students develop understanding and positive attitudes toward the complexities of electronic sounds. (Part of a theme issue on aspects of contemporary music.) (Author/SJL)

The author reviews the problems of providing a comprehensive music literature program to general music students and suggests objectives and activities for such a program at the elementary and secondary grade levels. (SJL)

An outgrowth of a school for immigrants' children, the Philadelphia Settlement Music School offers music education to children of all races and classes, with the primary aim of teaching children to enjoy and understand music throughout their lives. (SK)

Children have an innate ability to like and produce music, and elementary teachers have a responsibility for developing this aptitude. (MB)

Examines the place of liturgical music in Catholicism. Discusses the importance of music in worship, of music education in Catholic schools, and of efforts to include music in the curriculum. Suggests that expert guidance in evaluating liturgical music is required to assist those who may lack music literacy. (13 citations) (AJL)