Issues faced by Latinx music students

Rodriguez, Michael J

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Description

Title

Issues faced by Latinx music students

Author(s)

Rodriguez, Michael J

Issue Date

2023-05-03

Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)

Kruse, Adam J

Committee Member(s)

• Gallo, Donna
• González Ybarra, Monica

Department of Study

Music

Discipline

Music Education

Degree Granting Institution

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Degree Name

M.Mus.

Degree Level

Thesis

Keyword(s)

• Latinx Studies
• Music Education
• Financial concerns in music
• Latinx family support
• Teacher relationships with Latinx students

Abstract

Educators and scholars have documented that Latinx students have faced extensive issues in schools for several decades. However, issues in Latinx music education is a topic that currently has a thin presence of research. Through a qualitative phenomenological approach, I have conducted interviews and focus-groups with 8 Latinx participants to explore both unique and shared challenges that Latinx students have faced while participating in school music, as well as whom Latinx students perceived as nurturing their musical and educational growth. Through data analysis in this project, I have found that expenses are a high barrier for Latinx students to begin or continue participation in music, Latinx families show strong support to their musical children, positive experiences facilitated by teachers had a positive impact on Latinx student retention and student buy-in, and schools and teachers can be inconsiderate to the lived realities of Latinx students and families. At the end of this document, I provide implications for music educators who have or will have Latinx students in their classrooms. These findings may serve to grow the small volume of research surrounding challenges that Latinx music students face in the United States.

Graduation Semester

2023-05

Type of Resource

Thesis

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Copyright 2023 Michael J. Rodriguez

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