The Effect of Three Orchestra/ School Partnerships on Students' Interest in Instrumental Music Instruction

Bibliographic Data

ID10201253
AuthorsHal Abeles (0000-0002-9076-5132, Teachers College, Columbia University, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume52
Issue3
Pages248-263
Publication date2004-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Research in Music Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4294 • E-ISSN: 1945-0095
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/3345858
OpenAlexW2000171038
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited17

This study is an examination of the influence of three orchestra/school partnerships on students' interest in instrumental music. A vocational choice survey was used to assess students' interest in instrumental music. Surveys were administered to second-through fourth-grade students at partnership and nonpartnership schools. Results indicated that there were significant differences in vocational choices between students at partnership schools and students at nonpartnership schools. Partnership students selected musician as a vocation more frequently than did nonpartnership students. In partnerships that were focused exclusively on developing students' interest in instrumental music, students selected music vocations more frequently than did students in other partnerships. Additional surveys and interviews indicated that many students in higher grades who were participating in instrumental music programs attributed their participation to partnership activities

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