Musical scores are some of the most important learning tools for musicians' acquisition of musical knowledge. However, despite their educational relevance, very little is known about how music students "conceive" of these cultural external representations. Given that these conceptions might act as mediators of students' learning…

This article explores the use of lyric writing in elementary science. It details an exploratory project in which elementary students and a professional musician collaborated to write and record lyrics at the conclusion of an inquiry-based science unit. What we found was that lyric writing when used as a summary reflection activity in science…

In this study, the authors investigated effects of aural model-supported rehearsal preparation on selected behavioral and evaluative elements of novice teachers' rehearsals. Sixteen preservice music teachers conducted high school bands in four 15-minute rehearsals (two rehearsals on two different pieces). To prepare for their rehearsals on one…

The simultaneous sound of several voices or instruments requires proper tuning to achieve consonance for certain intervals and chords. Most instruments allow enough frequency variation to enable pure tuning while being played. Keyboard instruments such as organ and piano have given frequencies for individual notes and the tuning must be based on a…

In 1994, the Australian Society for Music Education (ASME) initiated two related projects supporting and acknowledging composition in schools and offering the opportunity for secondary school-aged students to work with prominent Australian composers. These were the Young Composers' Project and the Composer-in-Residence Project. Both projects were…

Article described the expression of ideas in music and the part that literature played as a motivation for those ideas. (RK)

Non-annotated discography that omits single songs from the Broadway shows and arrangements for band, piano, and the like. (CH)

Author lists exercises that explain the musical meaning of ragtime. (RK)

A biographical sketch of Gottschalk, a pianist and "the first american composer to use the folk idiom and rhythm of this hemisphere in serious composition. (Author/JG)

The contributions of Villa-Lobos as a music educator, conductor, and composer. (AP)

Joel Krosnick, a top performer of avante-garde music, urges students to recreate the fantasy that the composer visualized in creating the music through gestures, expression, and coloration. (AM)

In recognition of Rudolf Friml's centenary (1879-1979), his career as a composer of operettas, musical comedies, and musical satires and as a concert pianist is reviewed. (KC)

Presented is the life and philosophy of Alice Parker, a teacher of musical composition, who is in great demand as a speaker on college campuses and who composes on commission for a wide variety of organizations. (KC)

The search for band and orchestra repertoire is a quest for quality. It is easy for band or orchestra directors to find lists of music; in fact, the quantity is often overwhelming; professional magazines, free miniscores and CDs, and the constant stream of offerings from publishers bombard the music teacher with the message "buy me." The sheer…

The authors, both professors of music, discuss the current state of original literature for band. Although they have written from the standpoint of the college band director, many of their comments are equally pertinent to the high school band director. (Editor/RK)