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  • Collection: Westminster Choir College of Rider University Electronic Theses and Capstones

Miguel Ruiz MME Thesis (3).pdf
The Lutheran church has been a driving force in the development of both choral
music and education in the West. The choral music of the Lutheran church remains a
staple contribution to the repertoire of Western classical music, and the…

CAPSTONE - South - 12_22 (2).pdf

Mason, Sarah- Thesis - American Protest Songs and Their Impact on Two American Social Movements (1).pdf
Protest songs have existed as a form of musical activity that was easily available to the general population in a variety of genres. While American protest songs were always an important part of American music history from the beginnings of the…

Handbells as a Method for Contemporary Music Education - A Capstone Project (1B) (1).pdf
The purpose of this study was to create a concise learning pattern sequence for teaching handbells using selected repertoire from the analysis of secular handbell music offerings suitable for teaching basic handbell techniques. The researcher…

Final Thesis Draft 05072021.pdf
This study examined the pedagogical perspectives of three experienced choral music educators concerning their approaches in addressing power dynamics within their own music classrooms. Each teacher’s strong pedagogical perspective and graduate…

FINAL THESIS, Elena Byassee_Final.pdf
One-on-one studio instruction is a long-standing and treasured form of formal education in the music making community (Brook et al., 2017). While formal education has been the default method of studio music instruction for many years, as a private…

Jessica Dalrymple Final Thesis 3.pdf
This study examined the improvement of sight-reading abilities in pitch and rhythmic accuracy and their confidence in singing in middle school singers. The theoretical framework is outlined through Gordon Music Learning Theory learning sequences,…

Master's Thesis - Alexander Garcia FINAL (1).pdf
The sudden shift to an online learning environment during the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in multiple occurrences worldwide. The pandemic also abruptly shifted educational practices from in-person to various virtual contexts, including synchronous,…

Lampe Thesis.pdf
Over the last decade, there has been an influx of research and policies around critical pedagogy, care, SEL, and gender in K-12 settings and the music classroom. However, less explored are the ways in which music teachers use these components to…

Thesis - Schmetterer 2021 (1).pdf
Increasingly in classrooms, there are more academically diverse students with different learning needs, including children with disabilities (Tomlinson, 2005). This multiple case study examined the experiences of three fourth-grade children with…
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