Provides a chronology of Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington's career divided into four periods (Sound and Style, Creative Explosion, Beyond Jazz, and The Last Decade). Offers a synopsis of his musical development, listing compositions written during each phase. Includes a list of resources and a sample lesson for "Koko" by Duke Ellington. (CMK)

Provides an interview with Robert Goulet who reflects on the role music played in his young life, his entrance into the New York theater scene, his use of different characterizations, and his experience of taking Broadway on the road. Offers advice to young people considering a career in music. (CMK)

States that music teachers have a responsibility to introduce their students to music outside of the standard violin repertoire in order to assist them in their careers as musicians. Offers two recital series of sonatas that have been disregarded by performing artists and describes the musical compositions in each of the two series. (CMK)

This article explores the life and character of electric guitarist Jimi Hendrix based on a review of the literature on gifted achievers and theories of Dabrowski and Vygotsky. Issues raised include the value of different musical education forms and the usefulness of motivational and creative attributes as indicators of gifted potential. (Contains…

Musicians hold diverse opinions about the value of scientific inquiry in their field. Although some see music-making as a human behavior that can be studied from, say, a psychological perspective, others maintain that music's subjective and almost magical qualities defy scientific explanation. Even within the field of music education there seems…

In this article, a professional composer shares his experiences writing music for a middle school band. Michael Colgrass was commissioned, along with fourteen other composers, by the American Composers Forum BandQuest project to write a short piece for eighth-grade band. They were asked to pay a couple of visits to a nearby school to work with…

Communication of emotions is of crucial importance in music performance. Yet research has suggested that this skill is neglected in music education. This article presents and evaluates a computer program that automatically analyzes music performances and provides feedback to musicians in order to enhance their communication of emotions. Thirty-six…

Music education programs stand to gain important benefits from the collaborative work of performing musicians with specialist music teachers and classroom teachers. To be effective, performers and composers must have their knowledge and skills for education cultivated within the context of their essential identities as musicians. Given…

Kelvin Monroe, a jazz pianist from middle Georgia bring in one of the great racist of the Enlightenment as he focused on language and written in the Black Studies and Comparative Ethnic Studies classrooms. He discusses about whiteness only as it concerns the elimination of racism and inequality in the social reality of people of color.

This article is one of an occasional series examining what school music teachers do and why, and offering an inside look at a stimulating challenging, and rewarding career. Claudine Nash was born and educated in the District of Columbia. Part of a large and musically active family for whom the church was critical, she played bass in the D.C. Youth…

The typical music history or appreciation class teaches students to analyze musical elements and think generally about the aesthetics of historical periods but rarely encourages them to consider why the overwhelming majority of the composers discussed are white, European, middle- and upper-class men. Courses on popular music often discuss jazz and…

The present study investigated health locus of control, preventive behaviour and previous playing-related health problems of music students; 326 students of music (58% female, mean age 22 years) filled in the Locus of Control Inventory for Illness and Health (Lohaus and Schmitt, 1989) and the Epidemiological Questionnaire for Musicians (Spahn,…

Various researchers over the past decades have established that verbal behaviour constitutes a substantial portion of total instruction time in music. The use of metaphor in these educational practices and the supporting music literature is rich and frequent. Numerous scholars support the view that metaphor in learning and teaching music touches…

This article explores the use of structure in the encoding and retrieval of music and its relation to level of skill. Twenty-two pianists, classified into four levels of skill, were asked to learn and memorize an assigned composition by J. S. Bach (different for each level). All practice was recorded on cassette tape. At the end of the learning…

Purpose: To redefine contemporary HRD through a discussion of its conceptual development from "training and development" to a holistic "orchestra". Design/methodology/approach: HRD is often defined as being merely the training and development aspect of human resource management and this form of definition is commonly associated…