The College Band Directors National Association and Aesthetic Education

31 May 2013 Abstract Founded in 1941, the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) has been the primary professional organization for wind conductors for well over fifty years. Given the longstanding connection between college and university bands and...

Academic Citizenship and Schools of Music in Twenty-First-Century “Engaged” Universities Dedicated to the Public Good

01 October 2009 Beginning especially during the last two decades of the twentieth century, a new vision and movement for liberal learning in higher education—that of the “engaged” institution dedicated to “engaged” learning and to the public good—emerged in the United...

Making a Case for Orchestra Music in String Lessons

23 June 2017 repertoire covered in private lessons as well as repertoire selection and preparation in student orchestras. authors: David R. Reimer author_ids: 2834 authors: David R. Reimer author_ids: 2834

Not Without a Grievance: Thomas Wentworth Higginson, the Suffrage Movement, and the Reception of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel

01 October 2024 Abstract In an 1882 article in the American suffrage newspaper, The Woman’s Journal, Thomas Wentworth Higginson expressed outrage that the Mendelssohn family had discouraged Fanny Hensel from composing and that her music had been published under Felix...

Of Irish Myth: A Response to Harry White

01 October 1998 Ireland is musically vibrant: Witness the rich heritage of Irish "trad" musics; the burgeoning of Irish jazz, rock and pop; the many renown "classical" artists and ensembles in this small country, as well as the exported successes of "Celtic World...

Music Teacher Education As Victory Garden

01 October 2009 Music teacher education programs reflect three different academic traditions: the conservatory, the normal school, and the liberal arts college or university. Gradually emerging over a 150-year span, four-year programs of preparation required for...

The Baby and The Bathwater

24 August 2015 Music teacher preparation programs in the United States tend to have at least one thing in common - they stem from a traditional music curriculum where students with various program emphases have a common core of classes and experiences. The thinking...

Redefining Music Appreciation: Exploring the Power of Music

01 June 2015 Abstract How might we create a world empowered by music? How might we change our culture to accept music as an innate intelligence and assist others in discovering the joy, enchantment, mystery, and power of music in their daily lives? Answers to these...