Six Ira Sullivan performances were analyzed from studio and live recordings spanning the years 1962 to 1998. Sullivan plays different musical instruments on five of the six selections: trumpet, flute, tenor saxophone, alto saxophone (2 selections), and soprano saxophone. Musical facets considered include phrasing (length/placement), melodic contour, lyricism, harmonic phenomenon, and concept of sound. Common musical threads within Sullivan's improvisations were expected to be found throughout all performances. A call and response dynamic across myriad musical fundamentals such as melody, harmony, and rhythm was found to be present and seems to form a basis for much of Ira Sullivan's improvisations. This and other broad traits common to Sullivan's improvisations are presented herein through analysis.

Under hösten 2019 och våren 2020 har jag utforskat en kreativ process med mig själv som ensam låtskrivare, instrumentalist och producent. Jag har ämnat att bättre förstå hur mina musikaliska färdigheter och influenser påverkar mitt konstnärliga uttryck och därigenom min personliga inverkan på vägen från idé till färdigt verk. Utifrån frågeställningar kring vilka möjligheter och begränsningar en helt individuell konstnärlig process erbjuder och påverkar upplevelsen av resultatet, hur mina musikaliska influenser manifesterar sig, avsiktligt eller inte, samt hur jag mer specifikt förhåller mig till textförfattande i min process, påbörjade jag detta arbete genom att bryta ned mitt skapande i elementära byggstenar, för att sedan börja mitt låtskrivande i en för mig ovan ände – nämligen med text. Efter en tids misslyckade försök med denna metod skrev jag, spelade in och producerade en låt med utgångspunkt i vad jag i stunden enbart uppfattade som en känsla. Senare reflektion ledde mig till att uppfatta tydliga musikaliska influenser i min musik som jag i stunden inte hade någon tanke på, samt har gett mig en stor uppskattning för teknikens roll – både som praktiskt verktyg, men även som inspirationskälla – i min kreativa process.

Syftet med detta arbete är att utforska två aspekter av att vara musiker, att skriva musik och att framföra den, och hur dessa påverkar varandra. Arbetet tar också upp varför det inte längre är så vanligt att vara både tonsättare och utövande musiker.

I föreliggande arbete söker jag sammanfatta den process som fört mig från rollen som utövande instrumentalmusiker till rollen som dirigent.     Min metod är den personliga reflektionen med referenser till egna erfarenheter och till några framstående föregångare på dirigentpulten. Jag snuddar vid sociologen Pierre Bourdieus tankar och fokuserar sedan på tre specifika fallstudier. Dessa utgörs av mina reflektioner kring en konsert med Gävle Symfoniorkester då jag var både dirigent och solist, ett samarbetsprojekt mellan KMH och Operahögskolan då jag var dirigent för en operaproduktion samt slutligen mina konkreta förberedelser inför min examenskonsert med Norrköpings Symfoniorkester, då jag dirigerar verk av Brahms och Bartók. Här utgår jag från partituret till ett av verken och redovisar de observationer som ligger till grund för min musikaliska tolkning och för repetitionsarbetet.     Jag inleder och avslutar med reflektioner, då jag applicerar mina erfarenheter av och tankar, både personliga och allmänna, om ämnet – instrumentalisten som dirigent. / <p>1. Presentationen var en examenskonsert. Medverkande och program:</p><p>Norrköpings Symfoni-orkester, dirigent Staffan Mårtensson:</p><p>    J Brahms: Haydn-variationer op 56a</p><p>    B Bartók: Konsert för orkester</p><p>2. Med det skriftliga examensarbetet följer två filmfiler, vilka finns tillgängliga för nedladdning:</p><p>-DVD av konsertframförande 2016-01-14 med Gävle Symfoniorkester, dirigent Staffan Mårtensson:</p><p>     J Strauss d y: Ouvertyr till Läderlappen</p><p>-DVD av konsertframförande 2016-05-19 med Norrköpings Symfoni-orkester, dirigent Staffan Mårtensson:</p><p>    J Brahms: Haydn-variationer op 56a</p><p>    B Bartók: Konsert för orkester</p>

Instrumental music classes in the public schools of Tulsa, Oklahoma, have experienced a phenomenal growth during the past twenty years. Prior to this period, opportunity for instrumental music expression was limited to the high school band and orchestra,which rehearsed outside of school hours. No instruction other than this was provided and the student who wished to play in the school band or orchestra studied first from private instructors. In this study the investigator has examined a great many devices for measuring capacities and aptitudes which are known to the profession. He has attempted to evaluate these procedures in the light of sound educational philosophy. He has set forth a plan which he believes will materially improve the instrumental program through discovering unsuspected musical capacity and through sound guidance in the selection of suitable instruments.

This master thesis analyses notational and textual methods of composing for improvisation. Ways of integrating space for improvisation, guided at different levels depending on the amount of information given, into a composition. The least guided being a one- or two-words exhortation (e.g., “play free!”) up to a clearly defined progression, with a specific number of bars, chords and rhythm. How the players involved in each compositional project reacted − intuitively, intellectually and with their instruments − to the given information has also been analysed. I have integrated information and space for improvisation in four of the five projects I wrote during my studies. Two original arrangements for big band, one composition for small chamber group, and eleven shorter pieces for sextet performed in my final exam concert. I also mention some compositional aspects and challenges I experienced in writing for wind ensemble, where I decided to not include any space for improvisation. Throughout the thesis I also describe situations, experiences, and anecdotes from my own background as instrumentalist and improviser, and how much they sometimes influenced the next step taken. This serves the purpose of putting the creative process of composing and improvising, the choices made while working, in a broader contest of life experienced.

This thesis will critically examine the importance, purpose, methods, and applications of art criticism. Initial background information on types of critical judgment will lay the foundation to understanding the different methods of art criticism. While the articles and journals read on criticism vary in style and method they all have the goal to become a basic framework for examining the form and content of works of art. My goal of this thesis will be to take researched methods of criticism and create my own methods of criticism to be used in the K-12 art education classroom. The body of my research will examine the following methods of criticism (1) Feldman Method, (2) Broudy Method, (3) Lankford Method, (4) Anderson Method, (5) Feminist Conversation Method, (6) Modernism, and (7) Postmodernism. My research will seek to understand the nature of and importance of art criticism and its educational applications for K-12 art classrooms. In conjunction with the examination of these methods and their corresponding stages, I will be able to synthesize three methods of criticism to be used in the classroom: formalist, expressivist, and instrumentalist.

In this qualitative research study I explored Grade R teachers’ perceptions of early childhood development and how these impact on their classroom practice. Using an early childhood theoretical framework which was predominately informed by developmental and socio-cultural perspectives I interrogated teachers’ understandings of children, quality classroom practice and early childhood contexts. Although the literature acknowledges the contested nature of quality within the ECD/Grade R context, research evidence indicates that the role of the teacher is pivotal if education is to be successfully realized in the early years. This notion of quality embraces particular aspects of practice such as managing the classroom environment, being able to engage children in the learning process through a process of sustained shared thinking and supporting learning in a variety of different contexts. Furthermore, good practice is informed by an in-depth understanding of contemporary issues embedded in socio-cultural contexts of children and families. Within the South African context Grade R is a problematic year despite being the first year of the Foundation Phase. Policy documents informing practice are ambiguous, Grade R teachers are not required to have a formal teaching qualification and they are not afforded the same conditions of service as other teachers. All these factors have served to marginalize the Grade R teacher. The research sample comprised twelve teachers from ten schools who were purposively selected from GDE and free standing community Grade R classes. An important selection criterion was a willingness to be involved in the project. In this multiple case study data were collected through classroom observations, interviews, critical incidents and documentary evidence. The research findings were first analysed according to three broad themes and then further interrogated through three knowledge positions identified by Mac Naughton, (2003) as conforming, reforming and transforming positions. iv Key findings revealed that although participants could not be definitively situated in any one of the three knowledge positions their practices were largely conforming; with few teachers using aspects of reforming practice. This study is significant within the South African context in that it shows similar findings to those of research done by Nias (1985) and Anning (1991) relating to teachers’ perceptions of themselves and their practice. Teachers perceived themselves as being kind, caring and loving individuals who placed the welfare of children in their care ahead of academic considerations. They all intimated that they followed a constructivist orientation, but found it difficult to articulate a deep understanding of practice. In fact they displayed limited understanding of how in the early years teaching and learning can be realized through a pedagogy of play. A gap was revealed between teachers’ espoused theories and their theories-in-use which were predominately didactic in orientation. The study showed the impact of current constraints of the Education Department. Given these constraints the role of South African universities should be to deepen both theoretical and practical insights into early years pedagogy through appropriate teacher-focused interventions.

Esta pesquisa trata dos percursos de aprendizagem de músicos multi-instrumentistas. No âmbito deste trabalho, compreende-se como músico multi-instrumentista quem toca vários instrumentos musicais, simultaneamente ou não. A pesquisa contou com a colaboração de quatro músicos multi-instrumentistas e as questões de interesse foram: que instrumentos musicais os músicos tocam, quais os objetivos, interesses e expectativas do aprendizado de vários instrumentos, quais circunstâncias e situações levaram à escolha de cada instrumento musical, como ocorre a estruturação e organização dos estudos com mais instrumentos, como a aprendizagem de um instrumento se correlaciona com a aprendizagem de outros e como se desenvolve a atuação profissional destes músicos. Para buscar as respostas, foi realizada uma investigação com abordagem qualitativa (MINAYO e SANCHES, 1993; CHIZZOTTI, 2005). A história oral foi adotada como metodologia (MEIHY e HOLANDA, 2015; ALBERTI, 2013). O material empírico foi coletado através de entrevistas temáticas semiestruturadas. Esta pesquisa alinha-se com a sociologia da educação musical e tem como referenciais teóricos a socialização (SETTON, 2008, 2009, 2011), a aprendizagem de instrumentos musicais, compreendendo a relação dos músicos com seus instrumentos (NOHR, 1997), a autoaprendizagem (GOHN, 2003; CORRÊA, 2000, 2008), a hierarquização social dos instrumentos musicais (BOZON, 2000) e a profissionalização em música (KELLER, 1996; TRAVASSOS, 1999). Os resultados revelaram que o músico multi-instrumentista realiza um processo de hierarquização dos instrumentos musicais, na qual a hierarquização duradoura reconhece os instrumentos principais como aqueles com os quais é efetivada uma relação de maior tempo de convívio ao longo da trajetória, e a hierarquização momentânea como processo que contribui para a determinação da frequência, intensidade e regularidade da relação músico/instrumento em determinados períodos que configuram os percursos de aprendizagem do músico. Os músicos chegam a “novos” e “outros” instrumentos musicais por intermédio de situações relacionadas ao mercado de trabalho e atuação. Essas, além da apresentação de novas possibilidades, atuam como reguladoras dos processos de estudo, estabelecendo a divisão de atenção entre os instrumentos e contribuindo na elaboração de estratégias para um aprendizado múltiplo. A proximidade entre os instrumentos quanto à família, estrutura física e forma de tocar é revelada como aspecto decisivo à incorporação de novos instrumentos facilitando o aprendizado. A adaptação às necessidades que oportunizam o aprendizado de mais e diferentes instrumentos musicais promovem versatilidade ao multi-instrumentista, expandindo sua atuação a múltiplas frentes divididas na utilização de diferentes instrumentos musicais em diferentes projetos e diferentes instrumentos em um mesmo projeto. O trabalho contribui para o entendimento do ser multi-instrumentista como o músico que realiza um percurso de aprendizagem configurado pelo desafio, pelo novo, por arranjos instrumentais inusitados, imprevisíveis e momentâneos. Um músico que não pretende dar caráter magnífico ou extraordinário à sua prática, distinguindo-se como autoridade, mas validar e significar sua atuação através de uma proposta diferente. / This research is about multi-instrumentalist musicians learning pathways. In the scope of this work, it is understood as multi-instrumentalist musician who plays several instruments at the same time or not. The research had four multi-instrumentalist musicians collaboration and the issues of interest were: the musical instruments that are played by the musicians, the aims, interests and expectatives on several instruments learning, the circunstances and situations influenced in the choice of each musical instrument, how happens the study structure and organization with more instruments, how the learning of an instrument is correlated with learning of anothers and how it is developed the professional performance of these musicians. To find the answers it was done a study with qualitative approach. (MINAYO and SANCHES, 1993; CHIZZOTTI, 2005) The oral story was adopted as methodology (MEIHY and HOLANDA, 2015; ALBERTI, 2013). The empiric material was collected through semistructured thematic interviews. This research is according to the sociology of musical education and it has as theorical references the socialization (SETTON, 2008, 2009, 2011), the learning of musical instruments, it is understood the musicians relationship with their instruments (NOHR, 1997), the self – learning (GOHN, 2003; CORRÊA, 2000, 2008), the social hierarchy of musical instruments (BOZON, 2000) and the music professionalization (KELLER, 1996; TRAVASSOS, 1999). The results revealed that the multi-instrumentalist musician does a hierarchy process of musical instruments in which the lasting hierarchy identify the main instruments as those that it is effected a relationship with longer time together along the trajectory and the momentary hierarchy as a process that contribute the frequency determination, intensity, regularity in the relationship between musician and instrument in certain moments that configure the musician learning pathways. The musicians get closer to “new” and “other” instruments through situations related to the job market and professional performance. These besides the new possibilities presentation work as regulatories in the study processes, and they establish the division of attention among instruments and it contributes in the strategies elaboration for a multiple learning. The proximity among the instruments as for the family, physical structure and the way to play is revealed as a decisive aspect to the incorporation of new instruments through an easy learning. The adaptation to the necessities oportunize the learning of more than one and different musical instruments promote versality to multi-instrumentalist, it expands professional performance to multiples fronts shared in the use of different musical instruments in different projects and different instruments in the same project. The work contributes to the understanding of the being multi-instrumentalist as a musician who accomplishes the learning pathways configured by the challenge, by the new, by the inusitated instrumental arrangements, unforeseeable and momentaries. A musician who does not intend to give a magnificent or extraordinary character to his practice, distinguishing himself as an authority, but to validate and signify his performance through a different proposal.

Esta pesquisa trata dos percursos de aprendizagem de músicos multi-instrumentistas. No âmbito deste trabalho, compreende-se como músico multi-instrumentista quem toca vários instrumentos musicais, simultaneamente ou não. A pesquisa contou com a colaboração de quatro músicos multi-instrumentistas e as questões de interesse foram: que instrumentos musicais os músicos tocam, quais os objetivos, interesses e expectativas do aprendizado de vários instrumentos, quais circunstâncias e situações levaram à escolha de cada instrumento musical, como ocorre a estruturação e organização dos estudos com mais instrumentos, como a aprendizagem de um instrumento se correlaciona com a aprendizagem de outros e como se desenvolve a atuação profissional destes músicos. Para buscar as respostas, foi realizada uma investigação com abordagem qualitativa (MINAYO e SANCHES, 1993; CHIZZOTTI, 2005). A história oral foi adotada como metodologia (MEIHY e HOLANDA, 2015; ALBERTI, 2013). O material empírico foi coletado através de entrevistas temáticas semiestruturadas. Esta pesquisa alinha-se com a sociologia da educação musical e tem como referenciais teóricos a socialização (SETTON, 2008, 2009, 2011), a aprendizagem de instrumentos musicais, compreendendo a relação dos músicos com seus instrumentos (NOHR, 1997), a autoaprendizagem (GOHN, 2003; CORRÊA, 2000, 2008), a hierarquização social dos instrumentos musicais (BOZON, 2000) e a profissionalização em música (KELLER, 1996; TRAVASSOS, 1999). Os resultados revelaram que o músico multi-instrumentista realiza um processo de hierarquização dos instrumentos musicais, na qual a hierarquização duradoura reconhece os instrumentos principais como aqueles com os quais é efetivada uma relação de maior tempo de convívio ao longo da trajetória, e a hierarquização momentânea como processo que contribui para a determinação da frequência, intensidade e regularidade da relação músico/instrumento em determinados períodos que configuram os percursos de aprendizagem do músico. Os músicos chegam a “novos” e “outros” instrumentos musicais por intermédio de situações relacionadas ao mercado de trabalho e atuação. Essas, além da apresentação de novas possibilidades, atuam como reguladoras dos processos de estudo, estabelecendo a divisão de atenção entre os instrumentos e contribuindo na elaboração de estratégias para um aprendizado múltiplo. A proximidade entre os instrumentos quanto à família, estrutura física e forma de tocar é revelada como aspecto decisivo à incorporação de novos instrumentos facilitando o aprendizado. A adaptação às necessidades que oportunizam o aprendizado de mais e diferentes instrumentos musicais promovem versatilidade ao multi-instrumentista, expandindo sua atuação a múltiplas frentes divididas na utilização de diferentes instrumentos musicais em diferentes projetos e diferentes instrumentos em um mesmo projeto. O trabalho contribui para o entendimento do ser multi-instrumentista como o músico que realiza um percurso de aprendizagem configurado pelo desafio, pelo novo, por arranjos instrumentais inusitados, imprevisíveis e momentâneos. Um músico que não pretende dar caráter magnífico ou extraordinário à sua prática, distinguindo-se como autoridade, mas validar e significar sua atuação através de uma proposta diferente. / This research is about multi-instrumentalist musicians learning pathways. In the scope of this work, it is understood as multi-instrumentalist musician who plays several instruments at the same time or not. The research had four multi-instrumentalist musicians collaboration and the issues of interest were: the musical instruments that are played by the musicians, the aims, interests and expectatives on several instruments learning, the circunstances and situations influenced in the choice of each musical instrument, how happens the study structure and organization with more instruments, how the learning of an instrument is correlated with learning of anothers and how it is developed the professional performance of these musicians. To find the answers it was done a study with qualitative approach. (MINAYO and SANCHES, 1993; CHIZZOTTI, 2005) The oral story was adopted as methodology (MEIHY and HOLANDA, 2015; ALBERTI, 2013). The empiric material was collected through semistructured thematic interviews. This research is according to the sociology of musical education and it has as theorical references the socialization (SETTON, 2008, 2009, 2011), the learning of musical instruments, it is understood the musicians relationship with their instruments (NOHR, 1997), the self – learning (GOHN, 2003; CORRÊA, 2000, 2008), the social hierarchy of musical instruments (BOZON, 2000) and the music professionalization (KELLER, 1996; TRAVASSOS, 1999). The results revealed that the multi-instrumentalist musician does a hierarchy process of musical instruments in which the lasting hierarchy identify the main instruments as those that it is effected a relationship with longer time together along the trajectory and the momentary hierarchy as a process that contribute the frequency determination, intensity, regularity in the relationship between musician and instrument in certain moments that configure the musician learning pathways. The musicians get closer to “new” and “other” instruments through situations related to the job market and professional performance. These besides the new possibilities presentation work as regulatories in the study processes, and they establish the division of attention among instruments and it contributes in the strategies elaboration for a multiple learning. The proximity among the instruments as for the family, physical structure and the way to play is revealed as a decisive aspect to the incorporation of new instruments through an easy learning. The adaptation to the necessities oportunize the learning of more than one and different musical instruments promote versality to multi-instrumentalist, it expands professional performance to multiples fronts shared in the use of different musical instruments in different projects and different instruments in the same project. The work contributes to the understanding of the being multi-instrumentalist as a musician who accomplishes the learning pathways configured by the challenge, by the new, by the inusitated instrumental arrangements, unforeseeable and momentaries. A musician who does not intend to give a magnificent or extraordinary character to his practice, distinguishing himself as an authority, but to validate and signify his performance through a different proposal.