Part of a section, "Concerts on Campus: Should Students Be Involved?

This booklet includes a number of Chinese songs (with English translations) designed for use with a tape recording produced by the Ethnic Resource Center for the Pacific, Educational Foundations, University of Hawaii. A pronunciation key and a listing of cassette recordings of Chinese instrumental music are provided. (EB)

THE AUDITORY PERCEPTION OF MUSICAL SOUNDS BY A SAMPLE OF 600 CHILDREN IN THE FIRST 6 GRADES WAS STUDIED. THREE TESTS WERE CONSTRUCTED FOR THIS STUDY. THEIR CONTENT WAS BASED UPON AN EXTENSIVE ANALYSIS OF TONAL AND RHYTHMIC CONFIGURATIONS FOUND IN THE SONGS CHILDREN SING. THE 45-ITEM AND ONE OF THE 20-ITEM TESTS WERE DESIGNED TO COLLECT DATA…

DISSATISFACTION WITH THE PROSCENIUM ARCH THEATRE, THE NEED FOR ECONOMY IN PUBLICLY-FINANCED STRUCTURES, AND THE ADVANTAGES OF INTIMATE THEATRE, HAVE LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPACE STAGE, WHICH PROJECTS INTO THE AUDITORIUM AND IS SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES BY SEATING. THE SPACE STAGE CONCEPT IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE TO PROVIDE A PERFORMING ARTS…

This catalog provides over 5,000 titles of music currently in print, together with indications of the composers, publishers, and degrees of difficulty. Sections include listings of ensembles for like woodwinds, mixed woodwinds, like brass, mixed brass, percussion, and miscellaneous instrumentation. (RA)

Songs designed for use with the University of Hawaii curriculum, "Music for Preschool," are presented alphabetically with the recommended level for introduction of each song included after its title. Instructions for using the songs in the preschool program are found in the curriculum manual. There are specific suggestions for using the songs in…

Presented are the results of a survey sent to special needs educators in two Florida counties on the use of music in curricular development for mentally handicapped students and provided are suggestions on how to integrate music into the general education process. (JYC)

Presents guidelines for planning musical experiences for young children. Describes research and learning experiences related to listening, hearing, singing, and movement skills. (BD)

Discusses an economic and morphological analysis of the field of contemporary music creation in order to define the three major problems which face governments and local authorities which intervene to support a fairly large number of bodies concerned with the production and/or performance of music and which are unable to finance themselves.…

Four musical encounters that will really work with your kids. These experimental approaches use junkyard finds to create Bottlephones and Pot Chimes, and suggest some unusual forms of musical notation. (Editor)