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• “Mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors”: A case study of teaching and learning for affective outcomes in comprehensive musicianship through performance for band 

  Lofy, David (2020-05-15)

  The purpose of this case study was to investigate one band teacher’s approach to affective teaching and his students’ experiences with affective learning. This study was guided by the following questions: How does one band ...

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• Agential realism and the “female harpist”: The relational ontology of genderharp in Georges Aperghis’ Fidélité (1982) 

  Wan, Noel Yitsi (2020-05-06)

  The confluence of feminist scholar Karen Barad’s critical theories (agential realism, posthumanist performativity, posthumanism, new materialism) and Greek-French composer Georges Aperghis’ solo harp work Fidélité: pour ...

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• Reaching through the Iron Curtain: Practicalities in the Anglo-Soviet cultural exchange of music and musicians, 1955-1975 

  Miller, Thornton (2020-05-06)

  This dissertation is an investigation of the position of British and Soviet music professionals (such as composers, concert agents, performers, and publishers) in the interchange of music and musicians between the United ...

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• What preservice music teachers learn about diversity during student teaching 

  Fiorentino, Matthew C. (2020-05-01)

  Music teacher educators have been called to work toward diversity, an ambiguous term. Preparing teachers to work toward diversity and more importantly, equity, requires action in every aspect of teacher preparation. Because ...

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• Cyclical narratives and the power of three: Institutional histories and pedagogical practices of gamelan ensembles at the University of Illinois 

  Horton, Christina (2019-12-13)

  This project builds upon the scholarship of gamelan ensembles in the United States, particularly the work of Brent Talbot and Elizabeth Clendinning, by focusing on discourses of music transmission, pedagogical lineages, ...

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