The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of transitional elements on listeners' aesthetic responses. Participants (N = 81) viewed an excerpt of a choral performance while manipulating a Continuous Response Digital Interface to record their aesthetic responses. Participants in one group viewed the original choral performance, which…

This paper looks at how a Finnish music trio and its audience managed to reconcile locality and globality during a Christmas concert streamed through Facebook Live amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. It does so as this pandemic forced the numerous and hugely popular Christmas concerts in Finland that are usually held in churches and other venues to move…

In public education the main emphasis is on conveying lexical knowledge instead of making students love music, play music together and do creative musical exercises. Teaching music has become too theoretical, and it is almost entirely dominated by literary data. Although teachers have some freedom to make slight changes in the curriculum, the…

In this work, we theorise the role of the educational technologist in an educational institution as a "variety-handler". That is, we theorise the educational technologist as responsible for the orchestration of educational and technical resources, namely tools, either to attenuate systemic variety or amplify regulative variety at a…

This article draws on qualitative data collected over a five-year period as part of a longitudinal mixed methods research project at a tertiary music institution in Australia. Forty tertiary string students consistently identified factors specific to the one-on-one instrumental teaching environment as influencing their perceptions as to the nature…

This systematic literature review aims to identify and critically examine the prevailing general trends of music education research that addresses issues of improvisation from 1985 to 2015. The study examined the main features of studies with impact that focus on musical improvisation and have been published in peer-reviewed music education…

The focus of this study is the early music education of Charlie Gabriel who learned to play jazz as a child in New Orleans and went on to enjoy a successful, international performance career. The work is based on an oral history account where the primary data collection process was interview. The key issues that emerged from the oral history are…

Background: This study examined the association between participation in school-based and/or community-based activity and major depressive episodes (MDE) in adolescents using nationally representative data. Methods: This study utilized cross-sectional data from the National Survey of Drug Use and Health from 2015 to 2019. Nine screening questions…

Persons with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) may have strengths in musical skills and music perception. Some children with ASD may also have better social engagement in music activities, making music a potential strength for interacting with others. Although children with ASD may be mainstreamed into music education classes, there is little known…

The purpose of this study is to develop and validate instrument-specific rating scales to evaluate the classroom performances of middle and high school students. The study is guided by the following research questions: 1. What does Rasch measurement analysis reveal about the psychometric properties (i.e., validity and reliability) of items,…

This paper describes the authors' journey in designing a linear representation that aligns mathematics and music to support fractional reasoning. The three authors, guided by the theoretical framing of realistic mathematics education, engaged in a task design process over a 12-month period to develop integrated resources. Data were collected in…

Perfectionism is a multidimensional construct composed of adaptive and maladaptive aspects. Perfectionism has been found to be at a higher level in the school setting where performance education and high academic expectations are at the forefront, and in the field of music where the evaluation made by other people is more because of the nature of…

The objectives of this research were 1) to study the conditions and problems of instructional management in the Saxophone Practical Skills course in higher education institutions in Thailand, and 2) to propose guidelines for developing the instructional management in the Saxophone Practical Skills course in higher education institutions in…

Purpose: Speech-in-noise tests and suprathreshold auditory evoked potentials are promising biomarkers to diagnose cochlear synaptopathy (CS) in humans. This study investigated whether these biomarkers changed after recreational noise exposure. Method: The baseline auditory status of 19 normal-hearing young adults was analyzed using questionnaires,…

Participating in large-scale musical performances as part of a secondary school ensemble can be exhilarating. Although students experience such events differently, emotional state is not uniform throughout the process. Developing musicians may put themselves under pressure to perform well and once the event is over, the feelings of anxiety and…