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Carl Hancock, Research Chair
Research in Music Education Alabama is a state renowned for its history, football, and research.
Our discoveries in agriculture, especially through the work of
George Washington Carver, and advances made to the aerospace
industry, such as the development of the Saturn V rocket are
well-known. However, our other efforts are often overlooked. For
example, in 1931 Fred Allison discovered the 89th element, Alabamine
now called Astatine. Seale Harris’ diagnosed hyperinsulinemia
(pre-diabetes) in 1924 two years after he opened the Seale Harris
Clinic in Birmingham. Edward O. Wilson’s spent his childhood living
in and out of Alabama, eventually earned two degrees from the
University of Alabama, became the world's foremost scientist on ant
behavior, and then established the field of sociobiology. These
accomplishments are but a small sample of the research milestones
placed by Alabamians on the road to understanding the world we live
in. Music education research also has a firm foothold in our state. Take a
look at these bits of trivia. The University of Alabama was the editorial home of the Journal of
Research in Music Education, the flagship research journal of
the music teaching profession and the National Association for Music
Education (MENC), from 1994 to 2001 when Harry Price, former
Department Head for Music Education at Alabama, served as editor.
Today, Carl Hancock serves on the editorial board of the JRME. For over 30 years, Troy University housed the Journal of Band
Research, the “premiere scholarly publication in the world
devoted to band music, band history, and band methodology.” Today,
Mark Walker, Larry Blocher, and Johnny Long continue to provide
editorial and other assistance to the JBR.
Auburn University served as the first editorial home of the Journal
of Technology in Music Learning. The JTML is “dedicated
to the publication of scholarly articles in the field of music
learning which investigate applications of instructional
technology.” Kimberly Walls, Program Coordinator for Music
Education, and Nancy Barry, Head of the Department of Curriculum and
Teaching, served as the first and second editors respectively.
Today, Kim Walls serves on the editorial review board of the JTML. In 1987, The University of Alabama Press published Applications of
Research in Music Behavior under the co-editorship of Carol
Prickett, Department Chair of Music Education at UA and Clifford K.
Madsen from Florida State University. The book was considered “an
ambitious collection of recent research studies in music education
and music therapy” and became an essential textbook for music
education and music therapy research classes across the country. The Alabama Music Educators Association itself is an ardent supporter
of music education research. At the last AMEA In-Service Conference,
21 music educators comprised of university faculty, graduate
students, and undergraduates from Auburn University, Cumberland
University, Florida State University, Samford University, and the
University of Alabama shared research posters with the music
teachers of Alabama. What follows is a list of the studies and
presenters at the 2011 AMEA Research Poster Session.
1.
Six Beginning Music
Teachers' Music Teacher Role-Identities
by Michele Paynter Paise.
2.
The Operatic Tenor Fächer
and Listener's Preference
by Moya Norlund and
Thomas Alan Taylor.
3.
An Analysis of Thumb
Position Vibrato among University Double Bass Students
by James Mick.
4.
Teaching Disadvantaged
Students, Part I: Undergraduate Perceptions
by Jane Kuehne.
5.
Children’s Sight-reading
Skills and Community Youth Orchestra Participation
by Kimberly Walls and Katherine L. King.
6.
Teaching Music Listening
Skills to Secondary Music Students in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia:
Teacher’s Beliefs and Practice by Robert Lyda.
7.
An Analysis of Thumb
Position Vibrato of University Cello Student
by David Pope.
8.
Reliability of
Traditional Non-Rubric State Festival Choir Adjudication Form
by Marvin Latimer and Carl Hancock.
9.
The Effect of Head Joint
Material and Manufacturer on the Intensity of Flute Harmonics
Created in a Musical Context
by Corinth Young.
10.
Alabama Band Directors'
Use of Warm-up Time Preceding State Concert Band Assessments by Justin Ward.
11.
The Effect of
Pre-Assessment Music Listening Tempo on Undergraduate Elementary
Education Majors' Associational Word Fluency
by Beth Davis.
12.
The Effect of Teacher
Intensity and Vocal Model Pitch on Elementary Education Majors'
Evaluations of Teacher Effectiveness
by Natassia Perrine.
13.
The Effect of Gender,
Degree of Gaming, and Music Participation on Middle School Students'
Music Preference
by Joshua Walker.
14.
The Age and Music-Genre
Preferences of Participants in a University Campus Band: A
Descriptive Study
by Clay Ritenbaugh.
15.
The Effect of Left-Handed
Versus Right-Handed Conducting on Musicians' Evaluations of
Conductor Effectiveness
by Leigh Thomas.
16.
The Effect of
Spatial-Temporal Reasoning Ability on Pitch Retention and Recall
by Kyle Wheatley.
17.
The Influence of Wind
Band Literature Grade Level and Publication Year on the Performance
Time of Band Recordings Found in the Teaching Music Through
Performance in Band Series
by Adam Dalton.
18.
A Comparison of
Performance Times of Major Wind Repertoire
by Nathan Tucker. On January 20, 2012 the Alabama Music Educators Association will host a
research poster session as part of the 2012 AMEA Conference in
Montgomery, Alabama. The Association invites submissions from
university faculty, music teachers, graduate students, and
undergraduate scholars. Submissions may include completed and
in-progress research studies involving any aspect of music
education, therapy, history, psychology, and performance. Research
based on issues facing music educators and students in the
Southeastern United States are especially welcome. All submissions
should meet the Code of Ethics found in the Journal of Research
in Music Education. Research presented at other conferences will
be considered, however, previously published work will not be
accepted. Interested researchers must submit a detailed abstract of the research
project (650-750 words) as a word or pdf document through our online
submission website
http://www.musiceducation.ua.edu/posters/ Abstracts will be peer-reviewed. Submissions must be received by 11:59
pm CST on Friday, November 18, 2011 for full consideration. Authors
will be notified of acceptance by Friday, December 4, 2011. When accepted, at least one of the authors must attend the AMEA
Conference to present the poster.
Posters should be professional in appearance and have
dimensions approaching
36” X 48”. Presenters
are expected to bring 50 copies of the abstract to the session.
Information about the 2012 Alabama Music Educators Conference can be
found at:
http://www.alabamamea.org |
