Discussed a large-scale curriculum development project in music; how it was innovative, why it was undertaken, and what the known deficiencies were in music programs that necessitated curriculum reform in music. (Author/RK)

This paper illustrates how the sociolinguistic concept of code switching applies to the use of different styles of music. The two bases for the analogy are Labov's definition of code-switching as "moving from one consistent set of co-occurring rules to another," and the finding of sociolinguistics that code switching tends to be part of…

Although the success of black jazz has been limited by its lack of recognition in the white-controlled music industry, its rhetorical development as an expression of black consciousness can be traced from the bebop of the 1940s and early 1950s, through the hard bop and free jazz of the 1960s, to the jazz orientation of the disco circuit in the…

Female athletes are as psychologically well-adjusted as nonathletes. (MM)

In assessing how relationships with parents, husbands, male musicians, and society at large can work to limit a Black woman's musical expression, it is possible that the most crucial factor in whether her musical potential is nurtured or negated is the family. (Author/WI)

The need to provide for the education of children gifted in musically ability is the focus here. The program of specialist music training at Wells, Somersetshire, is discussed as well as the effect on the school's regular music curriculum. (Author/RK)

The thousand and one places (cabaret, cafe, music hall, theater) are the stops made by the would-be recording artist on the way to the studio. The historical development of the French song is traced from the middle ages to the present. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

Discussed are two main concerns of Zoltan Kodaly, the developer of the Kodaly method of teaching music: the caliber of musical training and how professional musicians are trained. Kodaly felt strongly that only the best musicians should be teaching in the schools. (RM)

Described is a "Composer in Residence" project in which a local choral songwriter participated in a semester-long music course for fourth and fifth graders. He visited the schools and composed an instrumental work which the students performed at a spring concert. (RM)

Anxiety assessment research based on the trait-state anxiety theory suggests that musicians should not reduce anxiety in performance. A reduction in anxiety levels, especially for musicians with extensive formal training, may actually diminish performance quality. Musicians with low task-mastery skills might consider taking more formal training.…

Describes an extended workshop model composed of a series of sessions rather than the usual one or two. This model was the basis for the Jazz Improvisation Workshop given last year at the Concord Middle School in Concord, Massachusetts. (Author/RK)

This book is the first comprehensive resource devoted to steel band pedagogy, it is a must-have for anyone involved in the steel band idiom today. Written primarily for educators, the book addresses a wide variety of topics, including instrumentation, personnel, basic pan technique, repertoire, and rehearsal strategies. This informative text…

Considers the educational environment necessary for stimulating creative expression in students and the attitudes that will allow such expression. (RK)

This study explored the possibility of using musicality and intelligence test scores to predict the potential success of pupils in choir instead of the usual methods of audition and observation. It also ivestigated the extent, if any, of teacher bias in the evaluation of pupil achievement. (Author/RK)