Concerns over how missed instructional time may impact academic achievement can prevent students from enrolling in elementary band or orchestra, but there is little research examining relationships between academic achievement and pull-out instrumental music courses. This brief presents a descriptive analysis of the short- and long-term academic…

Chorus education, which is being practiced within the framework of music education's branch of voice training, has significant impacts on an individual's philosophy of life, self-confidence level and socialization. An individual assesses his own life satisfaction level cognitively in terms of many aspects. Chorus education can be seen as the most…

In the present study, relationships between two components of self-regulation (self-efficacy and self-evaluation) and gender, school level, instrument family, and music performance were examined. Participants were 340 middle and high school band students who participated in one of two summer music camps or who were members of a private middle…