Musical Pathfinding: What Draws Students to Different Musical Disciplines?
Mentor 1
Sheila Feay-Shaw
Start Date
10-5-2022 10:00 AM
Description
Musical Pathfinding is a qualitative research study to investigate students’ motivations for selecting a specific principal instrument for their university music education major when they participated in both band and choir in high school. With a change in teacher certification requirements for music in the State of Wisconsin, attracting music education majors with both band and choir background will be beneficial. This pilot data will be drawn from UWM Undergraduate Music Education majors. Data will be collected both through a survey and individual interviews. The data will outline the types of student experiences participants had in band or choir in high school, how their teachers impacted the participants, and why the experiences in band and choir connect to individual people differently. The results may begin to reveal connections between peoples’ musical journeys and the most influential components of high school music programs for developing future music educators.
Musical Pathfinding: What Draws Students to Different Musical Disciplines?
Musical Pathfinding is a qualitative research study to investigate students’ motivations for selecting a specific principal instrument for their university music education major when they participated in both band and choir in high school. With a change in teacher certification requirements for music in the State of Wisconsin, attracting music education majors with both band and choir background will be beneficial. This pilot data will be drawn from UWM Undergraduate Music Education majors. Data will be collected both through a survey and individual interviews. The data will outline the types of student experiences participants had in band or choir in high school, how their teachers impacted the participants, and why the experiences in band and choir connect to individual people differently. The results may begin to reveal connections between peoples’ musical journeys and the most influential components of high school music programs for developing future music educators.
