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Changing trends in preparing students for college level theory.
An article published in American Music Teacher approximately twenty years ago addressed the issue of students' preparation to study college level music theory. Fifty-eight music majors at the University of Florida were surveyed in an attempt to answer the question, "If a promising high school music student decides to major in music at college, where will the necessary background in theory be acquired?" This questionnaire, distributed in March 1981, sought music majors' opinions regarding the most helpful pre-college experiences they had. A follow-up study was conducted in the spring of 2001 to learn whether answers to survey questions had changed over the intervening ...
- Music Majors Are Getting Down to Business
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Dolores Flaherty January 11, 1994 700+ words
...composing careers as performers, promoters, merchandisers and administrators in music. The Elmhurst combination of courses in music theory and business practices is thought to be the second oldest of its kind in the country, after the University of Miami. Since...
- A survey of burnout among college music majors.
- Magazine article from: College Student Journal Bernhard, H. Christian, II June 1, 2007 700+ words
...severe psychological problems, including music majors. The principal purpose of the current...large-scale studies, to help college music majors reduce burnout and make the most of...regarding the mental health of college music majors. The principal purpose of the current...
- Accommodating non-music majors in the applied music studio.(Forum Focus:...
- Magazine article from: American Music Teacher Murray, Kathleen M. February 1, 2008 700+ words
...simple and do not offer any lessons to students who are not music majors. Others offer the possibility of lessons that do not carry...approaches to handling the issue of applied study for non-music majors. Everyone agreed that it is important for high school students...
- Where the sidewalk ends: helping music majors connect with the musical...
- Magazine article from: American Music Teacher Holzer, Linda April 1, 2003 700+ words
...before the street begins ..." --Shel Silverstein The fanciful "place where the sidewalk ends" is a good metaphor for music majors as they approach graduation, wondering, "Where do I go from here?" The safe sidewalk of the degree program featured...
- In a spin; Music industry.(music majors v file-sharing services)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) October 13, 2001 700+ words
Peer-to-peer or leer-to-leer? The music majors won their battle with Napster, but the online war is not over IN JULY, when the music industry had squished Napster's illegal...
- Music majors, RealNetworks sell MusicNet.(ONLINE MUSIC SERVICES)(acquisition of...
- Newspaper article from: The Online Reporter April 16, 2005 700+ words
Digital music service provider MusicNet has been acquired by private equity group Baker Capital. The official selling price isn't being9 disclosed, but reports put it in the $30 million range. Founded in 1999, MusicNet was one of two companies created by record company majors to fight back against
- Music majors decide to leave Peru.
- Newspaper article from: South American Business Information April 5, 2004 700+ words
Peru, Apr 5, 2004 (El Comercio/SABI via COMTEX) The international music companies, Sony and Warner, have left Peru, citing piracy as the reason. Another reason cited is difficulties with receiving payments from record store owners, who, in some cases, went into bankruptcy in order to avoid making
- Music majors hook up with P2P network.(Wurld Media)
- Newspaper article from: The Online Reporter December 4, 2004 700+ words
In what appears to be a major about face, three of the "Big Four" record companies have teamed up with a peer-to-peer network that claims to offer a legal way to swap files. The fourth is currently in negotiations with the network. Wurld Media, a Saratoga Springs, New York e-commerce and file
Source: HighBeam Research, Changing trends in preparing students for college level theory.