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1. Showing the Music: An Exploration of the Effect of Expressive Conducting on Elementary Band Performance

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Author:
Nation, Christopher
Title:
Showing the Music: An Exploration of the Effect of Expressive Conducting on Elementary Band Performance
Area of Honors:
Music Education
Keywords:
conducting
band
elementary band
File:
Download Final_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Linda Carol Porter Thornton, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Linda Carol Porter Thornton, Thesis Supervisor
Joanne Rutkowski, Thesis Honors Advisor

2. A Fundamentally Sound Switch to Bassoon

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Open Access
Author:
O'Brien, Katherine Anne
Title:
A Fundamentally Sound Switch to Bassoon
Area of Honors:
Music Education
Keywords:
bassoon
music education
clarinet
saxophone
voicing
flicking
half holing
method books
band
File:
Download OBrienfinalthesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Linda Carol Porter Thornton, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Linda Carol Porter Thornton, Thesis Supervisor
Joanne Rutkowski, Thesis Honors Advisor
Daryl William Durran, Faculty Reader
Sue Ellen Haug, Faculty Reader

4. Pennsylvania Elementary Band Directors' Methods for Student Instrument Selection

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Open Access
Author:
Trautmann, Erin Louise
Title:
Pennsylvania Elementary Band Directors' Methods for Student Instrument Selection
Area of Honors:
Music Education
Keywords:
instrument selection
music
education
elementary band
student
instrumental music
File:
Download trautmann_erin_pennsylvaniaelementarybanddirectorsmethodsforstudentinstrumentselection.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Linda Carol Porter Thornton, Thesis Supervisor
Ann Callistro Clements, Thesis Honors Advisor

5. The Relationship Between The Use Of Democractic Practices And Scores Of A Competitive Marching Band

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Author:
Hounsell, Casey Lee
Title:
The Relationship Between The Use Of Democractic Practices And Scores Of A Competitive Marching Band
Area of Honors:
Music Education
Keywords:
Democratic
Marching
Band
Student-Centered
Competitive
Scores
File:
Download Casey_Hounsell_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Darrin Howard Thornton, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Linda Carol Porter Thornton, Thesis Honors Advisor

6. A Lecture Recital: Schools of Playing Horn

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Author:
Mcgaugh, Caitlyn Kugler
Title:
A Lecture Recital: Schools of Playing Horn
Area of Honors:
Music
Keywords:
horn
lecture recital
French horn
performance practice
schools of playing
horn
lecture recital
French horn
performance practice
schools of playing
File:
Download BaslerCanciones.mp3Download LarssonConcertino.mp3Download Mozart4Mvt1.mp3Download SchubertLieder1.mp3Download SchubertLieder2.mp3Download McGaugh_SchoolsofPlaying_HonorsThesis2015.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Lisa Bontrager, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Linda Carol Porter Thornton, Thesis Honors Advisor

8. The Well Rounded Singer: An Honors Thesis Recital

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Author:
Hendler, Kelsey Anne
Title:
The Well Rounded Singer: An Honors Thesis Recital
Area of Honors:
Music
Keywords:
voice
vocal pedagogy
music
music education
pop music
a cappella
musical theatre
recital
singing
File:
Download hendler_kelsey_thewellroundedsinger.pdfDownload hendler_kelsey_classical.mp4Download hendler_kelsey_musical_theatre.mp4Download hendler_kelsey_choral.mp4Download hendler_kelsey_acappella.mp4
Thesis Supervisors:
Fenner Spivey III, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Linda Carol Porter Thornton, Thesis Honors Advisor

10. The Recital Liberated: Where Art Ends And Life Begins

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Author:
Russo, Jacob Matthew
Title:
The Recital Liberated: Where Art Ends And Life Begins
Area of Honors:
Music Education
Keywords:
music
music education
recital
art
life
television
poetry
interactive
communication
File:
Download Russo_Jacob_TheRecitalLiberated_Session_2_Imagination_Part_1.m4vDownload Russo_Jacob_TRLS2_Part_2.m4vDownload Russo_Jacob_TheRecitalLiberated_Final__1_.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Linda Carol Porter Thornton, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Linda Carol Porter Thornton, Thesis Honors Advisor
Ann Callistro Clements, Faculty Reader

12. High School Music Theory: Perceptions of the AP Music Theory Exam's Influence on Teaching and Learning

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Open Access
Author:
Koehler, Abigail Marian
Title:
High School Music Theory: Perceptions of the AP Music Theory Exam's Influence on Teaching and Learning
Area of Honors:
Music Education
Keywords:
Music
Music Theory
Pedagogy
High School
Secondary General Music
Education
File:
Download Thesis_Draft_10.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Eric John McKee, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Linda Carol Porter Thornton, Thesis Honors Advisor

13. Doing "Their Music": Exploring Culturally Responsive Teaching in the Music Classroom

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Author:
Balestino, Veronica Anne
Title:
Doing "Their Music": Exploring Culturally Responsive Teaching in the Music Classroom
Area of Honors:
Music Education
Keywords:
culturally responsive teaching
pedagogy
music education
pre-service teacher
culture
teaching philosophy
File:
Download Balestino_Veronica_ExploringCRT.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Sarah H Watts, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Linda Carol Porter Thornton, Thesis Honors Advisor

14. Whitman's Expanse: Translating Walt Whitman's Poetry into Vocal Music Across the Twentieth Century

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Author:
Edelstein, Jeremy Daniel
Title:
Whitman's Expanse: Translating Walt Whitman's Poetry into Vocal Music Across the Twentieth Century
Area of Honors:
Music Education
Keywords:
choral
conducting
music
poetry
Walt Whitman
vocal music
American music
twentieth century
File:
Download edelstein.thesis.pdfDownload edelstein.thesis.recital.zip
Thesis Supervisors:
Christopher A Kiver, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Linda Carol Porter Thornton, Thesis Honors Advisor

16. Discrimination and Isolation Experienced by Female High School Band Directors

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Author:
Sellers, Katherine Anne
Title:
Discrimination and Isolation Experienced by Female High School Band Directors
Area of Honors:
Music Education
Keywords:
music
music education
band
band directing
high school
high school band
women
sexism
feminism
discrimination
female
female high school band directors
File:
Download Sellers_Kate_Discrimination_and_Isolation_Experienced_by_Female_High_School_Band_Directors.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Linda Carol Porter Thornton, Thesis Supervisor
Darrin Howard Thornton, Faculty Reader
Dr. Linda Carol Porter Thornton, Thesis Honors Advisor

17. Conditioning for Musicians: Transplanting the Methods of Personal Training to the Music Practice Room

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Author:
Cichocki, Brooke Eliza
Title:
Conditioning for Musicians: Transplanting the Methods of Personal Training to the Music Practice Room
Area of Honors:
Music Education
Keywords:
music
music education
personal training
wellness
musician practice
practice plan
training plan
File:
Download BROOKE_CICHOCKI_THESIS.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Charles Dowell Youmans, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Linda Carol Porter Thornton, Thesis Honors Advisor

18. Capturing the Characteristic: Transcription in the Modern Wind Band

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Open Access
Author:
Czekaj, Ryan Michael
Title:
Capturing the Characteristic: Transcription in the Modern Wind Band
Area of Honors:
Music Education
Keywords:
Band
Wind Band
Wind Ensemble
Transcription
Orchestral Transcription
File:
Download Final_Draft_of_Thesis_Czekaj.pdfDownload Mazurka_-_Transcription_for_Wind_Ensemble.mp3
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Linda Carol Porter Thornton, Thesis Honors Advisor
Professor Dennis Glocke, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Eric Bush, Faculty Reader

20. What Music Educators Know About Culturally Responsive Teaching

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Open Access
Author:
Schaeffer, Jordana Leigh
Title:
What Music Educators Know About Culturally Responsive Teaching
Area of Honors:
Music Education
Keywords:
urban
music education
culturally responsive teaching
social justice
community
population
File:
Download JordanaLSchaeffer_Thesis__2_.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Linda Carol Porter Thornton, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Linda Carol Porter Thornton, Thesis Honors Advisor
Sarah H Watts, Faculty Reader

21. Prioritizing Relevancy in the Secondary Choral Classroom

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Author:
Works, Marissa Anne
Title:
Prioritizing Relevancy in the Secondary Choral Classroom
Area of Honors:
Interdisciplinary in Advertising/Public Relations and Music Education
Keywords:
Music Education
Relevancy
Public Relations
Education
Music
Choir
Choral Classroom
News Values
File:
Download MarissaWorks_Fall2019Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Linda Carol Porter Thornton, Thesis Supervisor
Ann Marie Major, Thesis Honors Advisor
Bryan Nichols, Faculty Reader
Dr. Linda Carol Porter Thornton, Thesis Honors Advisor