...been a debate dating back many years on if schools should fund band and vocal music programs or not. Almost all high schools and colleges across the United States have these programs to some degree whether they are competing at a championship level or are having a difficult time trying to field enough members to hold a program. According to Statista, in 2014, there were 27.98 million musicians in the United States (Pladson). With all of the participation in music, these individuals are receiving many benefits. Although critcs who express that band and vocal music are a waste of money, schools should continue to fund these programs. One reason why music and band are beneficial to students is the knowledge they can learn from being involved in these extracurricular activities. Music programs teach individuals in ways other subjects cannot. Being a member in the band or vocal music can teach a person how to work together as a team. The playing of certain instruments need to match with the other sections of the band for the overall music to sound adequate. If one is louder or softer than another, those parts of the band will not...
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...Music Therapy Essay Eliza B. Johnson Box Elder High School Abstract This essay outlines my current understanding of music therapy and different ways that music affects the brain, including research from Oliver Sacks, Jodi Picoult, and Laurence O’Donnell. It also includes my personal experiences relating to music therapy, including experience with special needs populations that I have worked with, experience with instrumental/ensemble work, and any other qualifications I may have that make me an adequate prospect for the music therapy program at Utah State University. It covers my motivations and driving factors for being interested in the career and major of music therapy. Music Therapy Essay Music therapy:...
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...There has been a large amount of debate about music in a general education setting. Many people think it is a waste of time and resources, while others state children benefit greatly from music. More often as of late, we are losing out on the virtues that music education teaches. There have been many studies that state there are links between music education and math (Graziano, Peterson & Shaw, 1999), music and standardized testing (CBSNR, 2001), as well as music and special education (MENC, 2002).However, research has determined that music is important in the lives of children, has many benefits and plays a larger role in general education. Music education has been noticed for quite some time as a form of expression and a universal language of sorts, thus expressing the importance of music in the lives of children. In recent history, music’s importance in cognitive development and impact on education in other courses has emphasized the need to continue music as part of a general education curriculum. Music helps with listening and language skills. Through music, children learn to hear different sounds, beats and melodies. The many different tones and beats help with speech and hearing development. If you have a beat to sing words to, it makes reading poems and rhymes much easier for some students. Music encourages movement and activity. Most children, even many adults, when they hear a good beat or song, they start tapping their feet, shaking their leg, clapping their hands...
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...The value of music on a man's emotional life has been generally recognised. Its essence being the harmonious production of melodious sound. The primitive or the unsophisticated man, after the day's toils and troubles, found ease and relaxed in music and dance: rhythm itself is a great tranquilizer. At the other end of the scale of civilization, lie great thinkers and scientists who refresh their tired brain by music. Shakespeare goes so far as to say that — The man who has no music in himself. Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, siratagems and spoils: Thus, music has the undoubted power of composing emotional disturbance and restoring the mind to tranquility. Hence, the value of music in an educational system has been generally recognised in the West where boys and girls are given a basic training in the rudiments of music at the school stage. Thus, they fit into a social scheme where dance and music have an important place. In ancient India, also students had to learn to chant the Vedic Hymns. Specialised training could then be imparted to those who exhibited notable aptitude or bias in this direction. Usually in our country, such training was received privately from ustads or maestros in the art. In Europe there are colleges like the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music in London to impart the necessary training and to hold examination. No one recognised the value of music in education more than Rabindranath...
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...SPECTRO MUSIC STUDIO MARKETING PLAN 2009 Table of Contents 1.0 Executive Summary 1 2.0 Situation Analysis 2 2.1 Key political, legal, economic, cultural, social, technological factors affecting product/service 2 2.1.1 Political 2 The business is not affected by any political parties at the moment and business is quite comfortable in current political policies. 2 2.1.2 Legal 2 The legal issues associated with this industry are noise pollutions, childcare and general private small business legal issues. 2 2.1.3 Economic 4 2.1.4 Technological 5 2.1.5 Social and Cultural 6 2.3 Market segment structure/analysis: 7 2.3.1 Size 10 2.3.2 Buyer Criteria 11 2.3.3 Trends / Forecasts 12 2.3.4 Key competitor assessment 13 2.4 Assessment of firm’s experience/ expertise 14 3.0 SWOT Analysis 15 3.1 Strengths / Weaknesses / Opportunities / Threats 15 3.1.1 Strength 16 3.1.2 Weaknesses 19 3.1.3 Opportunities 21 3.1.4 Threats 24 3.2 Implications of SWOT 25 3.2.1 Strengths + Opportunities 25 3.2.2 Weaknesses + Threats 26 4.0 Strategy Evaluation 27 4.1 What is basis of how the firm will compete? 27 4.2 How can this offer be built, delivered, managed? 27 4.3 Positioning issues / options 29 5.0 Distribution Channels: 31 5.1 Existing channels are used by firm 31 5.2 New options for channels of distribution 31 5.3 Recommended Overall Mix 32 6.0 Business Objectives 33 6.1 Financial Objectives 33 6.2 Marketing Objectives 34 6.3 Operational Objectives...
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...RESPONSIBLE PROJECT 2 * * * In the short video I watched about the Responsible Project which was on the Liberty Mutual website. This short video was about a young teenager who grew up with his father who was a garbage man and his grand-father who was a musician. This young teenager was a great high school basketball player that was getting full basketball schorlorships from all kinds of great basketball playing University’s around the world. But at the same time this teenager was also a great musician and Running head: RESPONSIBLE PROJECT 3 wanted to go to the Manhatten College of Music but was getting discouraged from his father about going to music school because he wanted his son to take the basketball scholarship because he did not want his own son to grow up and be like him and in the video it looked like his grand father wanted him to do whatever made him happy. In the teenagers last basketball he was having all different kinds of different University’s come watch him play and instead of him playing in the game he went to an audition at the Manhatten College of Music, even though he was two hours late they still heard him play and he did great and that is when the short video ended. * * This teenager had many different issues to deal with in this short video. One issue he had to deal with was to decide to go play basketball on a full scholarship somewhere or to go and follow...
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...Rap Music in School Counseling Based on Don Elligan’s Rap Therapy This article takes a look at the idea of Rap Therapy as a psychotherapeutic intervention introduced by Don Elligan. The therapy is used for working with at-risk youths, primarily African American males whose identities are highly influenced by rap music. Rap music influences the way youth speak, act and perceive their environment. This article discusses the challenges counselors face on an everyday basis working with inner-city youth and the cultural barriers that exist while trying to build and establish rapport for both the client and counselor environment. Rap Therapy, as stated in the article, is rooted in social learning theory and can be integrated into a cognitive behavioral model (Gonzalez & Hayes, 2009). The importance of integrating Rap Therapy with a cognitive behavioral model is that the clients become aware of the association between personal lyric interpretation, their emotions, and at-risk behaviors. This awareness aids in their ability to be reflective and allows them to effectively problem solve. In this article, Rap Therapy is conducted in five stages: assessment, alliance, reframing, role play/reinforcement, and action/maintenance. Before starting the Therapy, Elligan suggests administering self-report pre and post questionnaires to track the progress of the client’s at-risk behaviors. During the assessment stage, the counselor is doing just that; assessing the client’s interest in rap...
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...1- What do ethnomusicologists mean when they say, “Music is universal, but it is not a universal language”? Music is universal but it is not a language even though both are made of symbols. Language is made of symbols with assigned meaning whereas music is made of symbols that are neutral are open to the listeners perception to assign their meaning. Also, it is debatable if music can transcend language barriers. 2- What are the potential problems in classifying music as “classical,” “folk”, or “popular”? Generally music is related to class instead of being nuetral. No better or no worse. 3- How might an ethnomusicologist approach the study of Western classical music differently from a musicologist? Ethnomusicologists not only study the music but how that music effects its audiences in a certain culture. Whereas, a musicologist studies music as a whole. An ethnomusicologist would study western classical musics effect on the western world. A musicologist would just study the music as it is. 4- What is “fieldwork”? What is its importance to the study of world music? Fieldwork is the recording of music using various methods including a cyclinder, disk, wire, and a magnetic acetate tape. The importance of this is that we can record the music we hear for further analysis. 5- In what ways does world music study require an interdisciplinary approach? The world music study requires an interdisciplinary approach because music needs to be looked at and studied through different...
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...What do Ethnomusicologist mean when they say, "Music is universal, but it is not a universal language”? ~ Ethnomusicologist mean that music is found and made all over the world, but everyone doesn’t interpret music the same way. Chapter 1, page 4 states, “Each individual listener's interpretation is entirely the result of cultural conditioning and life experience." Meaning, depending on your cultural upbringing and your experiences in life, you will process and analyze music differently. We can all listen to the same exact song and all feel that it has a different meaning. Something can be music to one person and noise to another. What are the potential problems in classifying music as "classical," "folk," or "popular”? ~ Labeling music can often mislead people. Due to different cultural backgrounds it can confuse people. According to the textbook, in shorter words, "it is often tempting to use labels as shorthand. Unfortunately, not everyone understands their meanings and limitations. All three terms came from different cultures. Folk came from the Germans with the meaning coming from the Romantic Movement in the 18th-19th century, Classical came from the French and Italian culture. The textbooks states that the terms, "suggest a hierarchical value system in which classical is typically considered highest, folk of the much lower value, and popular at the lowest level." So by categorizing music you’re also categorizing it with a certain type of people. How might an ethnomusicologist...
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...Chapter 1 Before the Trip Begins: Fundamental Issues Questions to Consider When ethnomusicologist say that “Music is universal, but it is it not a universal language” they are telling us that music may be created and heard around the world, but it is not something that everyone can describe in one way. They are saying that every place has its own interpretation of what music is and no one interpretation will suit another, plus, music could never really be used to convey a direct message that text and actual conversations would; music is not a language because it does not requires specific symbols that must be structured by law in order to convey a message. Classifying music as “classical,” “folk,” or “popular” is saying that everyone can agree on one definition of what they understand these genres to be. “Classical,” “folk,” or “popular” may mean one thing to you and I here in the United States, but somewhere in Thailand or Hawaii what they know these genres to be would differ from what we are used to. Each individual listener’s interpretation is entirely the result of cultural conditioning, therefore, we cannot generalise and expect these genres to be similar or the same to everyone else. An ethnomusicologist studies the culture behind the music while a musicologist simply studies music. Thus, an ethnomusicologist might approach the study of Western classical music differently from a musicologist because an ethnomusicologist follows precise steps to ensure their findings....
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...ethnomusicologists mean when they say, “Music is universal, but it is not a universal language”? They say this because of many reasons. One reason being that many people have attempted to analyze music in terms of linguistics but it tends to be in a completely different realm. A second reason is that music is not usually known to cross cultural languages therefore it could not a universal language if one culture is not able to experience the emotions like another culture would. It is viewed in a semiotic view which means that is seen as a symbols that can be interpreted. 2. What are the potential problems in classifying music as “classical,” “folk,” or “popular” When using these terms together you are disrupting a value system that is based on different levels. Classical being the highest, then folk, and then popular being the lowest. They can not all be used together because some are greater or lesser than another. 3. How might an ethnomusicologist approach the study of Western classical music differently from a musicologist? An enthnomusicologist will get involved in more aspects of the culture while also doing what a musicologist would do such as record and study their music. 4. What is “fieldwork”? What is its importance to the study of world music? Fieldwork is when an ethnomusicologist goes to another country and experiences that cultures music first hand. This is important because it provides a greater understanding of all aspects of the music such as how it contributes...
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...Past successes: I recently partook in 2 music examination session, both practical and theory exams. Having never written any form of music exam, it makes me proud that I managed to pass my first music exams with a distinction. These passes make me qualified to join the KZN Youth Orchestra, which is a standard I set for myself to achieve before reaching the end of high school. I have also been selected to lead my fellow school mates, in the position of a prefect and SRC member for the past 4 years, and hopefully will be able to keep that record for the entirety of my high school career. In school, I have set goals for myself, and the greatest of these goals was to gain entrance to the Carpe Diem society, a group that excels in academic performance. I failed to reach said standards in grades 8 and 9; however I have since been a member of the Carpe Diem society from the start of grade 10 to date, which is a great achievement for me. Aside from mental and academic performance, I also set a goal for my athletic performance. I set my sights on gaining a podium position; this has granted me the opportunity to represent my school at the KICCSSA; an athletics meeting of IEB schools from around the province. In my church, I have manage to integrate the use of technology in the running of kids ministry, as well as integrate the use of technology in youth and have been an active member in the AV as well as music team in the adult’s church. I have learnt a lot in my experiences in...
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...as the results . 1. Key Areas Please tell us more about the competition ? The annual Waltons Music for Schools Competition is a national competition and celebration of music in Irish schools. The competition awards a total of €10,000 worth of vouchers for musical instruments, accessories, books, music technology or PA equipment from Waltons Music, to be divided among six winning primary and post-primary schools, including two first prizes of €3,000 vouchers, and music groups from twelve finalist schools have the opportunity to perform in the National Concert Hall! And how did this come about ? The value of music and music education is undisputed. Numerous international studies* have shown that music instruction and active music making supplies intellectual, emotional and physical components critical to young people’s development. Yet despite the acknowledged results of these studies and the recent Department of Education and Skills music curriculum guidelines for primary schools, Ireland still has a school system where many young people have little exposure to music making of any kind. The Waltons Music for Schools Competition thus offers a unique opportunity for primary and post-primary schools to kick-start or develop their own music programmes. (*For more information and specific studies on the benefits of music education, see the Why Music? page on the Waltons New...
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...phrase ‘The Mozart Effect’, aptly named after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, describes a phenomenon where children, under the age of three, listened to Mozart’s music and have improved brain function. According to Claudia Hammond, this phenomenon originated in 1991 when a study at the University of California Irvine showed that students who listened to Mozart and then attempted spatial puzzles completed those puzzles more successfully than students who did not listen to Mozart. A farmer in Italy claimed that when his “buffalos were played Mozart three times a day, they produced better milk” (Hammond) and some studies have found that simply listening to as well as practicing music “can increase IQ by as much as three points” (Hammond). Even...
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...Vanessa Pagan 12 April 2015 The Value of Music in Elementary Education Music is one language that is universal, regardless of shape, size and race. Over the years, there have been many revelations about how universal music is to the point that the education system within America relies on the universality to teach its students. Over the past several years there have been decreases in the funding for the nation's music education based on the fact that political figures believe that the money given to schools around the country should be utilized to teach students more academic courses to help them pass standardized tests. Not only is this concentrating solely on testing for students, but it fails to give the students an opportunity to broaden their horizons and learn valuable lessons that will help them succeed in life. According to the National Association of Medical Education, there are many reasons why students need music in their schools. One of the most basic reasons music is needed in education today, according to the Association is, “music is a part of the fabric of our society. The intrinsic value of music for each individual is widely recognized in the many cultures that make up American life-indeed, every human culture uses music to carry forward its ideas and ideals” (The Benefits of the Study of Music, pg.2). With music, students are able to communicate with other people throughout the country in one voice, helping them to not only socialize better, but to find...
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