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Education & Educational Research
Amanda R. Draper
Summary: The multiple-case study explored the experiences of two students with autism spectrum disorder in a full-inclusion music education context, revealing themes such as atypical benefits, a focus on strengths, and a culture of inclusivity. Factors related to educators and school community impacted the students' experiences, which are further examined through an ethic of hospitality. Insights into best practices and perceptions regarding unique benefits for this population can be gained by documenting educational practices and elucidating stakeholder beliefs.
JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MUSIC EDUCATION
(2022)
Article
Music
Tram Nguyen, Riya K. Sidhu, J. Celina Everling, Miranda C. Wickett, Aaron Gibbings, Jessica A. Grahn
Summary: The ability to perceive and produce a beat varies among individuals and is influenced by factors such as expertise, training style, stimulus modality, and movement type. This study found that musicians were more accurate in a finger-tapping beat synchronization task, while training style and visual beat information did not significantly affect beat perception and production. Additionally, musicians and dancers performed similarly well in a full-body movement task compared to controls.
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Education & Educational Research
Sean Beirnes, Clint Randles
Summary: This study documents the experiences of a teacher as he taught general music in a blended, face-to-face, and online synchronous environment during the COVID-19 pandemic. The use of technology amplified student experiences and empowered them with newfound creativity. The implications for music education include exploring the stories of teachers' experiences during the pandemic and examining the potential for significant changes mediated by technology, learner-centered pedagogy, and creative practices.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MUSIC EDUCATION
(2023)
Article
Music
Sebastian Silas, Daniel Mullensiefen, Rebecca Gelding, Klaus Frieler, Peter M. C. Harrison
Summary: Previous research often neglects tests of musical memory, leading to ambiguous findings regarding the relationship between music training and cognitive abilities. This study uses latent variable modeling and causal modeling to investigate the relationship between music training, musical working memory, and visuospatial working memory. The results suggest that there is no correlation between music training and visuospatial working memory, conditional on musical working memory.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Christine Sickert, Jan Philipp Klein, Eckart Altenmueller, Daniel S. Scholz
Summary: Music students have lower self-esteem compared to employed professionals and amateurs, and they also exhibit higher levels of music performance anxiety. There is a significant relationship between self-esteem, music performance anxiety, and depression, with performance anxiety partially mediating the relationship between self-esteem and depression.
MEDICAL PROBLEMS OF PERFORMING ARTISTS
(2022)
Article
Music
Susanna Cohen, Clorinda Panebianco
Summary: Evidence shows that music students have lower levels of engagement in health-promoting behaviors compared to non-music students. Personality and general self-efficacy play a significant role in predicting health-promoting behaviors. Conscientiousness is the most consistent predictor, and general self-efficacy mediates the associations between personality and health-promoting behaviors.
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Psychology, Educational
Sara L. Beck, John Rieser
Summary: Research has shown that musical engagement can promote prosocial behavior in preschool-aged children. This study examined the effects of musical interaction and non-musical interaction on sharing and helping behavior in preschoolers. The results demonstrated that musical play resulted in more spontaneous sharing and helping behavior. Moreover, joint movement played a more significant role in musical engagement than precise movement synchrony.
PSYCHOLOGY OF MUSIC
(2022)
Review
Psychology, Educational
Amy Visser, Megan Lee, Timothy Barringham, Nasim Salehi
Summary: Professional popular musicians prefer tailored, affordable, and accessible approaches in mental health interventions, while also recognizing the importance of nonclinical support in their well-being.
PSYCHOLOGY OF MUSIC
(2022)
Article
Music
Guadalupe Lopez-Iniguez, Karen Burland, Dawn Bennett
Summary: The study finds that postgraduate classical music performance students have a strong calling and emotional attachment to music. They recognize the importance of identifying themselves as learners to thrive in this profession, and they accept that the development of social capital, resilience, and adaptability needs attention both during their studies and their professional life.
Article
Music
Wouter Capitain
Summary: In the academic reception of Edward Said's legacy, there is a common tendency to focus on the dominant theme of his published writings when analyzing his theorization of a contrapuntal perspective on colonial history. However, unpublished texts in the Edward W. Said Papers at Columbia University reveal alternative narratives. Archival research shows that Said initially proposed a heterophonic perspective instead of a contrapuntal one in early drafts of his book, Culture and Imperialism (1993). The analysis of Said's legacy requires a heterophonic reading to understand the overlaps and interactions of the various perspectives found in his writings.
JOURNAL OF MUSICOLOGICAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Music
Jennifer A. Bugos, Darlene DeMarie, Miranda Rose Torres, Darbi Lamrani, Ayo A. Gbadamosi
Summary: This research examined the facial expressions of young children while performing vocal imitation and improvisation tasks before and after music training. The results showed no significant differences in facial expressions among the groups, but there was a significant increase in Surprise while performing vocal improvisation tasks over time. Participants in the multimodal music program scored higher on measures of pitch accuracy and improvisation skill.
Article
Music
Carmel Raz
Summary: This essay explores the intellectual relationship among three important thinkers of the Scottish Enlightenment, focusing on their views on music, psychology, and perception. The essay highlights that the Scottish Enlightenment attitude towards psychology paved the way for a new theory of musical experience that emphasized the significance of attention faculty in perceiving music and sound.
MUSIC THEORY SPECTRUM
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Young Joo Park
Summary: This study found that e-Hakseupteo offered students fewer opportunities to learn music during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a significant lack of music learning videos compared to other subjects. The platform also provided unequal music educational opportunities and regional discrepancy, with music learning videos primarily produced by specific agent groups in Seoul. Suggestions for the sustainability of remote learning in music education are provided.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MUSIC EDUCATION
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Educational
Jennifer Bugos, Darlene DeMarie, Miranda Torres, Nicole Fuller
Summary: This study examined facial affect in young children during singing tasks, finding that they displayed happier emotions during improvisation and singing favorite songs, and more surprised emotions during imitation. Children's self-reported happiness correlated with their facial affect scores, with more positive affect seen when singing favorite songs or improvising.
PSYCHOLOGY OF MUSIC
(2022)
Article
Music
Frederic Kiernan, Amanda E. Krause, Jane W. Davidson
Summary: This study found that reading biographical information about composer Zelenka before listening to his music can influence listeners' emotional responses, particularly in terms of memories, associations, and mental images.
Article
Music
Ulla Pohjannoro
Summary: This study theorizes on a composer's corporeality by analyzing the compositional process, suggesting that music composition is not purely mental but also relies on embodied knowledge that may not be fully conveyed by musical notation.
Article
Education & Educational Research
Junge Du, Bo-Wah Leung
Summary: This study explores the sustainability of multicultural music education in Xijiang, southwest China, revealing issues such as inadequate educational resources and teacher shortages. The true needs of the community are not being met.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MUSIC EDUCATION
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Jean-Pierre Baeyens, Laura Flix Diez, Ben Serrien, Maggie Goossens, Katia Veekmans, Rens Baeyens, Walter Daems, Erik Cattrysse, Erich Hohenauer, Ron Clijsen
Summary: This pilot study analyzed the surface electromyography (sEMG) activity of the upper trapezius muscle in 10 conservatory piano students during rehearsal. The results showed that faster playing led to increased activity in the upper trapezius, while long rehearsals may result in muscle fatigue.
MEDICAL PROBLEMS OF PERFORMING ARTISTS
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Vanessa L. Bond, Martina Vasil, Julie D. Derges, Bryan E. Nichols
Summary: Mentoring plays a crucial role in the well-being, socialization, and professional identity development of graduate students. However, little is known about the graduate student mentoring experience in music education from the perspective of mentors. This study aims to examine music teacher educators' perspectives on and experiences with graduate student mentoring. The findings highlight the importance of relationship building, a multilayered community of practice, and intentional acts of anticipatory socialization in mentoring practices.
JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MUSIC EDUCATION
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Educational
Chinasa Emelda Nnanyelugo, Timothy Onosahwo Iyendo, Nathan Oguche Emmanuel, Charles Okwuowulu, Ewulu Izuchukwu John, Oberiri Destiny Apuke, Verlumun Celestine Gever
Summary: This study examined the effectiveness of music therapy as an intervention for reducing symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder among Ukrainian students who were evacuated due to the war. The results showed that music therapy significantly reduced anxiety symptoms in the intervention group compared to the control group.
PSYCHOLOGY OF MUSIC
(2023)
