Editorial 5 Aug 2013 | 07:41 pm

So much more than just the music: Australian pre-service music teacher education students' attitudes to artists-in-schools 5 Aug 2013 | 07:41 pm

Contemporary Australia is a country of ongoing migration and increasing cultural diversity which is reflected in its arts practices. This article considers the views held by Australian pre-service mus...

Advanced youth music ensembles: Experiences of, and reasons for, participation 5 Aug 2013 | 07:41 pm

The experiences of 72 adolescent musicians who had been members of an advanced youth symphony orchestra or concert band were investigated. An online survey explored previous participation and the impo...

Apprenticeship in music: A contextual study for instrumental teaching and learning 5 Aug 2013 | 07:41 pm

‘Master’ and ‘apprentice’ are terms more commonly coined than explained in the literature focused on instrumental teaching and learning. This theoretical paper explores apprenticeship as a way of unde...

Orchestrating life skills: The effect of increased school-based music classes on children's social competence and self-esteem 5 Aug 2013 | 07:41 pm

Music training has been found to produce a range of cognitive benefits for young children, although well-controlled evaluation of the effects on psychosocial functioning has been limited. In this stud...

Dimensions of flow in academic and social activities among summer music camp participants 5 Aug 2013 | 07:41 pm

The purpose of this study was to investigate the occurrence of flow experiences among high school music students attending a two-week summer instrumental music camp. Specifically, the study sought to ...

The influences of presentation modes and conducting gestures on the perceptions of expressive choral performance of high school musicians attending a ... 5 Aug 2013 | 07:41 pm

The purpose of this study was to examine the influences of presentation modes (audio and visual) on perceptions of expressive choral performance. The stimulus recording included four choral selections...

Attitudes of select music performance faculty toward students teaching private lessons after graduation: A USA pilot study 5 Aug 2013 | 07:41 pm

The present study was designed to pilot test an adjusted version of a questionnaire, used in earlier studies with college music students, to determine opinions of college music faculty on the topic of...

Attitudes of international music students from East Asia toward US higher education institutions 5 Aug 2013 | 07:41 pm

Nine National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) accredited universities in the United States (US) with the greatest populations of international students were surveyed to identify the status of E...

Acoustic and perceptual measures of SATB choir performances on two types of portable choral riser units in three singer-spacing conditions 5 Aug 2013 | 07:41 pm

Under controlled conditions, we assessed acoustically (long-term average spectra) and perceptually (singer survey, listener survey) six performances of an soprano, alto, tenor, and bass (SATB) choir (...