Using a qualitative approach, I study two processes of intra-organizational cooperation and coordination--control and trust--in creative organizations. Specifically, I analyze the complex nature of trust-control relationships in Orpheus orchestra, the world's largest contemporary conductorless orchestra. I discuss how it rehearses and performs…

Educational and psychological research suggests that gender and musical genre can influence musical learning and the development of musical identities, particularly during adolescence. However, there is a relative paucity of educational studies in higher education (HE) concerning the possible impact on musical learning of gender and musical genre,…

The author, a street musician herself, tells the story of her experiences making a living from playing music in the streets, an activity that she describes as "somewhere between the practice room and the recital hall". (Author/RK)

The purpose of this presentation was to: (1) describe the history of women's music in the United States; (2) define women's music; (3) report on the status of the large women's recording companies; and (4) focus on a recent controversy in the women's music industry involving the desire for political purity versus the need for economic security.…

In this article the author described the training of the Indian musician and compared it to music study in the West. (Editor/RK)

Author explained how a science museum, the Exploratorium in San Francisco, has organized lively and informal exhibits to involve visitors in "puzzles of perception". (Editor/RK)

States that jazz education should be using the great works of the past to help train the music's future performers. Discusses the use of works by Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, and others to train jazz students. (GEA)

Paul Brodie, the most recorded concert saxophonist in the history of the instrument, talks about a number of topics, including his career, differences among saxophonists, mixing styles of playing, the effectiveness of music schools, and whether it is necessary to understand the structure of the piece being played. (RM)

Inherent in the basic principles of the symphonic wind ensemble concept are several important concepts about seating--concepts that are intended to apply only to the seating of a full symphonic wind ensemble and not to small or large chamber ensembles. (Author/RK)

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)

Article named some foreign countries that issued stamps with a musical motif as well as those designed by Americans. Igor Stravinsky and Louis Armstrong were also evaluated as subjects worthy of being noted on stamps. (RK)

Discusses a new series of record albums of antique Spanish music. (SK)

Materials designed to assist the teacher in preparing lessons on youth music. Also included is a list of participants at the Youth Music Institute, held at the University of Wisconsin (July 7 to August 1, 1969). (Author/AP)

Britain's Yehudi Menuhin School is a residential program in which 47 highly committed and talented young string players and pianists (8-18 years old) are exposed to a belief in the importance of the all-around educated artist rather than the narrow technician. (CO)

Reviews the life of Hungarian composer Bela Bartok, with emphasis on his collection and use of ethnic music sources. (SJL)