Changing trends in preparing students for college level theory

American Music Teacher, August-Sept, 2003 by Carolyn Livingston, James Ackman

NOTES

(1.) Livingston, Carolyn, "The Role of the Private Instrumental Teacher in Preparing Music Students for College Theory," The American Music Teacher, 31 (6), (June/July 1982): 14-16.

(2.) Ibid., 13.

(3.) Pearce, Elvina Truman, "Group Lessons: A Plus for the Private Student," The American Music Teacher, 27 (6), (June/July 1978): 22-23.

(4.) Livingston, 13.

(5.) Harrison, Carole S., "Predicting Music Theory Grades: The Relative Efficiency of Academic Ability, Music Experience, and Musical Aptitude," Journal of Research in Music Education, 38 (2), (1988): 124-137.

(6.) Harrison, Carole S., "Relationships Between Grades in the Components of Freshman Music Theory and Selected Background Variables," Journal of Research in Music Education, 38 (2), (1989): 124-137.

(7.) Walton, Charles W., "Targeting the Teaching of Theory," Music Educators Journal, 67 (6), (1981): 40-41.

(8.) Ehle, Robert C., "What Should Be Taught in Freshman Music Theory Class?" The American Music Teacher, 32 (2), (September/October 1982): 44-45.

(9.) Henry, Earl, "Please Stop Teaching College Theory in High School," The American Music Teacher, 31 (1), (September/October 1981): 2-3.

(10.) Palisca, Claude V., Ed., Music in our Schools: A Search for Improvement. Report of the Yale Seminar on Music Education, Washington: United States Government Printing Office, (1964): Chapter 5.

(11.) Bowman, Judith, "Please Teach Music Theory in High School: A Rebuttal of Earl Henry's 'Please Stop Teaching College Theory in High School,'" The American Music Teacher, 32 (1), (September/October 1982): 34-35.

(12.) Hilliard, Quincy C., "High School Theory Checklist," The School Musician, 58 (2), (1986): 16-17.

(13.) Shatzkin, Merton, A Review of Judith Ann Bowman, An Investigation of Two Methods of Preparation for College Level Music Theory (Precollegiate Remediation, CAI), Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Rochester, Eastman School of Music, University Microfilm Order No. 8413064, 1984, Council for Research in Music Education, 62, (Summer 1987): 62-65.

(14.) Smith, Timothy Alan, A Review of James Peter Colman, The Development and Validation of a Computerized Diagnostic Test for the Prediction of Success in the First-Year Music Theory Sequence, Ph.D. Dissertation, Michigan State University, University Microfilms Order No. 9028636, 1990. Council for Research in Music Education, 113, (Summer 1992): 64-67.

(15.) Muller, Patricia M., The Relationship of Fluency in Fundamental Skills of Pitch Notation and Music Theory Achievement, Ph.D. Dissertation, Florida State University, Order Number DA9410 164, 1993.

(16.) National Standards for Arts Education: What Every Young American Should Know and Be Able to Do in the Arts, Music Educators National Conference: Reston, VA, (2001): 60-61.

Carolyn Livingston is professor and director of graduate studies in music at the University of Rhode Island. Her book, Charles Faulkner Bryan: His Life and Music, is published by the University of Tennessee Press.

James Ackman holds a Ph.D. in music education. from the University of Florida. He has taught at Boston University, the University of Rhode Island and Texas A&M University-Kingsville. He is assistant director of bands and director of percussion studies at Pittsburg State University.