NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
'If You Can't Describe It, We Can't Play It': Professional Conductors' Verbal Feedback in Rehearsals
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Esa Virkkula – Studies in Continuing Education, 2025
This article explores the work of conductors to develop an understanding of verbal feedback in the context of professional-level big band orchestras. A big band conductor must have strong musical and social skills to guide a big band to the performance level. This qualitative study is based on Vygotsky's theory of learning as a social process. The…
Descriptors: Music, Drills (Practice), Administrators, Musicians
Describing Engagement in the Collegiate Concert Band Rehearsal
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Ryan D. Shaw; David Hedgecoth; Andrew Bohn; Emily Moler Huddleston; Nathan Irby; Charles Oldenkamp; Gentry Ragsdale; Lorenzo L. Sánchez-Gatt; Austin D. Thomas – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2025
The purpose of this multiple case study was to investigate engagement in the collegiate concert band setting. Research questions were: (1) How do collegiate band students describe their engagement in large ensemble rehearsals? (2) How do collegiate band directors describe engagement in large ensemble rehearsals? and (3) What does rehearsal…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Music Activities, Musicians, Drills (Practice)