Syftet med min studie är att undersöka hur fyra förskollärare, verksamma i en musikförskola, uppfattar musikens funktion i förskolan och hur betydelsefull de anser att musikverksamheten är för barn i förskolan. Jag valde att genomföra en semistrukturerad gruppintervju där fyra förskollärare deltog. Jag har valt Vygotskijs sociokulturella perspektiv som teoretisk utgångspunkt i mitt arbete. I mitt resultat kunde jag se ett mönster av samarbete, gemenskap och barns inflytande som något som är viktigt för de förskollärare som deltog i min studie. Varje fråga som förskollärarna diskuterade under intervjun, tog utgångspunkt ur barns intressen och utifrån barns förutsättningar. / The purpose of my study is to examine how four preschool teachers that work in a music-preschool observe the function of music in preschool and the importance of music activities for children in preschool. I decided to use a semi-structured group interview were four preschool teachers participated. I chose Vygotsky's sociocultural perspective as a theoretical starting point in my work. In my results, I could see a pattern of cooperation, community and the children's influence as aspects that are important for preschool teachers who participated in my survey. Every question that preschool teachers discussed during the interview took a starting point of children's interests and based on children's conditions.

Darbe aptariamas muzikinio ugdymo sampratos teorinis kontekstas, muzikavimo ypatumai, veiksenos vieta ir svarba 5 – 8 klasių muzikinio ugdymo turinyje. Tyrimo metu siekta išsiaiškinti, kiek dėmesio skiriama muzikavimo grandžiai vadovėliuose pateiktoje medžiagoje, kokios muzikavimo formos išskiriamos muzikavimo turinyje, kaip prioritetinės, ir kokias muzikavimo formas labiausiai mėgsta ugdytiniai. Baigiamojo darbo tikslas – atskleisti muzikavimo ypatumus 5 – 8 klasėse. Darbo tikslui pasiekti iškelti šie uždaviniai: išsiaiškinti muzikinio ugdymo tikslus ir reikšmę 5 – 8 klasėse, aptarti kompleksinio muzikinio ugdymo ypatumus, apžvelgti 5 – 8 klasių vadovėlių medžiagą instrumentinio muzikavimo aspektu, bei ištirti 5 – 8 klasių moksleivių požiūrį į muzikavimo veikseną vyksiančią muzikos pamokose. Tyrimo objektas – muzikavimo ypatumai 5 – 8 klasėse. Tyrimas atliktas dvejose Biržų rajono pagrindinėse mokyklose, bei vienoje Biržų vidurinėje mokykloje. Apklausos metodu buvo siekta išsiaiškinti 5 – 8 klasių mokinių muzikavimo poreikius bei interesus muzikos pamokose. / The paper includes the discussions about the following aspects: the theoretical concepts of music education background; the main features of music; the importance of music activities in the music curriculum of 5th-8th grade classes. The study goal is to find out how much of attention is given to link the music activities with the context in their music textbook, what are the main music activities in the textbook context according to their priorities and what music activities are the most popular among the children. The main goal of this thesis is to reveal the main features of the music activities in the 5th -8th grade classes. The following tasks were raised to research the main thesis: to clarify the objectives of music education and its importance in the 5th -8th grade classes; to discuss the main features of complex music education; overview the 5th-8th grade classes textbook material from instrumental music point of view; and to investigate the 5th – 8th grade students approach to music activities that take place in their music lessons. The object of the study is the features of musical activities in the 5th -8th grade music lessons. The study was conducted in 2 secondary schools which are based in the district of Birzai and in 1 secondary school in Birzai town. The survey method was chosen to find out the needs and the interests of 5th – 8th grade students in their music classes.

This qualitative research study explored areas of similarity and contrast between a music therapy student's interpretations of selected audiovisual excerpts from music therapy sessions with a child with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and his parent's interpretations of the same. A further feature of the study was investigating how these interpretations could inform the collaborative creation of a music activity for use in the home environment. Eight one-on-one music therapy sessions were conducted with an eight year-old boy with ASD at Alpha School in the Western Cape. The sessions were video recorded. Once the music therapy process was complete, four primary excerpts and five secondary excerpts were selected. Interpretations of the four primary excerpts were written by the music therapy student. A semi-structured interview consisting of two parts was then conducted with the child's parent. Part one involved eliciting the parent's interpretations of the four primary excerpts. Part two involved the viewing of the five secondary excerpts as part of a discussion between the music therapy student and parent, leading to the collaborative creation of a music activity for the home environment. The interpretations of the music therapy student and parent were matched with the music therapy student's interpretations for the purposes of qualitative content analysis and comparative analysis. Codes were derived for the interpretations, and then grouped into sub-categories and categories. Two overarching themes were then drawn from the data: operation of the music therapy student's contextual lens; and operation of the parent's lens. Within these two themes, different sub-themes were present: music therapy student’s reflexivity; focus on developing relationship; focus on clinical musical features; valuing offerings as musical; parent's pride in her child; noticing musical interactions; and focusing on successful interactions. These themes then implicitly informed the collaborative creation of a music activity for the home context. / Dissertation (MMus)--University of Pretoria, 2017. / Music / MMus / Unrestricted

The topic of the master thesis is music therapy and its effect on preschool children. The master thesis consists of four chapters, whereby the first three being the theoretical part and the fourth the practical part. The theoretical part pays attention to music therapy from a historical point of view but it also examines the current theoretical and practical concept. The theoretical part offers basic information about pre-school education, including a description of teachers, children and an institution called a kindergarten. In that respect, there is also a brief mention of the Štíty kindergarten, from which the research sample comes. Furthermore, the theoretical part also focuses on art therapies in general. It is mainly focused on the music therapy. However, a brief description of three other art therapeutic disciplines, such as art therapy, drama therapy and dance-movement therapy, is also included. The main aim of the theoretical part was to offer comprehensive overview of knowledge and the facts in order to help the understanding of important facts about music therapy and preschool education. With the focus on the interconnection of these two key areas. Finally, a brief introduction of art therapies and its other specializations is included. All the included information is based on the study...

<p>The local wind band in Lilla Edet, <em>Lilla Edets Musikförening</em>, springs from work and activities in the late 19:th century. Since then, the band has developed from a brass sextet to mixed wind band. It has been an appreciated contribution to the society on festive occasions. Yet, it seems like the band more and more has lost it´s useful purpose. Also, the recruiting of new members has ceased, as the music school has trouble with attracting pupils to learn to play wind instruments.</p><p>The reasons for this reduced interest are more then one. One aspect can be lack of atten-tion to the genre in music education, both in the music school and in the regular school. It may also be due to the media not showing enough of the wind music. That this genre, in many purposes, has been replaced by today´s popular music also makes the average Swede unaware of it´s qualities.</p><p>There are, however, places where the wind music tradition is stronger. This can, for example, come from special wind instrument education at an early age. It can also be due to the local band playing a prominent part in the society.</p><p>To help a languishing band activity, the band itself must cooperate with the music school and the society. All parts must do what they can to make sure the business stays alive.</p> / <p>Lilla Edets Musikförening har sitt ursprung ur föreningslivet i slutet av 1800-talet. Musik-kåren har sedan dess utvecklats från mässingssextett till blandad blåsorkester. Den har uppskattats och haft sin givna plats vid högtider i, och i många fall utanför, kommunen. Dock har musikföreningens funktion i samhället med åren successivt blivit mindre befintlig. Därtill har rekryteringen av nya medlemmar avstannat, i takt med att musikskolan lockar färre och färre elever till att spela blåsinstrument.</p><p>Anledningarna till detta minskande blåsmusikintresse kan dels vara brist på uppmärksamhet på genren i musikundervisningen, både i musikskolan och i den vanliga skolan, dels kan det vara att blåsmusiken syns för lite i media. Att blåsmusiken, som underhållnings- och funktionsmusik, ersatts av dagens populärmusik, gör också att kunskapen om blåsmusiken är liten hos medelsvensken.</p><p>Dock finns platser där blåsmusiktraditionen är starkare. Detta kan t.ex. komma sig av att man satsar på särskild blåsundervisning i tidig ålder, eller att musikkårsverksamheten har en väldigt framträdande och självklar roll i samhället.</p><p>För att en tynande musikkårsverksamhet ska överleva krävs insatser från både musikkåren själv, musikskolan och kommunen. Alla parter måste samverka och vara beredda att satsa för att trygga verksamhetens framtid.</p>

The local wind band in Lilla Edet, Lilla Edets Musikförening, springs from work and activities in the late 19:th century. Since then, the band has developed from a brass sextet to mixed wind band. It has been an appreciated contribution to the society on festive occasions. Yet, it seems like the band more and more has lost it´s useful purpose. Also, the recruiting of new members has ceased, as the music school has trouble with attracting pupils to learn to play wind instruments. The reasons for this reduced interest are more then one. One aspect can be lack of atten-tion to the genre in music education, both in the music school and in the regular school. It may also be due to the media not showing enough of the wind music. That this genre, in many purposes, has been replaced by today´s popular music also makes the average Swede unaware of it´s qualities. There are, however, places where the wind music tradition is stronger. This can, for example, come from special wind instrument education at an early age. It can also be due to the local band playing a prominent part in the society. To help a languishing band activity, the band itself must cooperate with the music school and the society. All parts must do what they can to make sure the business stays alive. / Lilla Edets Musikförening har sitt ursprung ur föreningslivet i slutet av 1800-talet. Musik-kåren har sedan dess utvecklats från mässingssextett till blandad blåsorkester. Den har uppskattats och haft sin givna plats vid högtider i, och i många fall utanför, kommunen. Dock har musikföreningens funktion i samhället med åren successivt blivit mindre befintlig. Därtill har rekryteringen av nya medlemmar avstannat, i takt med att musikskolan lockar färre och färre elever till att spela blåsinstrument. Anledningarna till detta minskande blåsmusikintresse kan dels vara brist på uppmärksamhet på genren i musikundervisningen, både i musikskolan och i den vanliga skolan, dels kan det vara att blåsmusiken syns för lite i media. Att blåsmusiken, som underhållnings- och funktionsmusik, ersatts av dagens populärmusik, gör också att kunskapen om blåsmusiken är liten hos medelsvensken. Dock finns platser där blåsmusiktraditionen är starkare. Detta kan t.ex. komma sig av att man satsar på särskild blåsundervisning i tidig ålder, eller att musikkårsverksamheten har en väldigt framträdande och självklar roll i samhället. För att en tynande musikkårsverksamhet ska överleva krävs insatser från både musikkåren själv, musikskolan och kommunen. Alla parter måste samverka och vara beredda att satsa för att trygga verksamhetens framtid.

The purpose with this study is to inquire how a number of active preschool teachers use music in their daily work with children. It also looks at the meaning they think music can have to the whole group of children, especially in terms of solidarity and interaction in the group. In order to study this I chose to use questionnaires as the method. These questionnaires consisted of open questions to enable longer answers from de participants in an effort to hear their thoughts and get their point of view. The result of this study shows that all of the participants seem to have good experiences from musical activities with the preschool children. They all state that they think music has a significant meaning for solidarity and interaction in the children´s group. Many of the participants also seem to connect music with other subjects, such as development of language, communication, movement and feelings. To understand the data gathered from the study I used the theory of developmental psychology and also the sociocultural perspective. / Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur verksamma pedagoger använder sig av musik i förskolans verksamhet samt hur de ser på musikens betydelse för barns sociala gemenskap och barngruppens sammanhållning. För att undersöka detta valde jag att använda mig av enkäter som metod. Jag valde att använda mig av öppna frågor i enkäten för att göra det möjligt för de deltagande att lämna längre svar och på så vis lättare få fram deras egna erfarenheter och åsikter. Resultatet av min studie visar att alla de deltagande i studien verkar ha positiva erfarenheter av musikanvändning i förskolan. Samtliga av pedagogerna uppger i sina svar att de anser att musik har betydelse för barngruppens sociala sammanhållning. Många kopplar även samman musik med andra områden som exempelvis språkutveckling, kommunikation, rörelse och känslor. De teorier jag utgår från i den här undersökningen är sociokulturellt perspektiv samt utvecklingspsykologi.

The aim of this study was to investigate how healthcare professionals perceive the importance of music as part of care in elderly care. The study has been inspired by the phenomenographic methodology aimed at detecting variations in caregivers' perceptions of music in elderly care. The data collection methods used in this study are participatory observations conducted during a music activity, as well as semi-structured interviews with caregivers. The analysis has been conducted based on a phenomenographic analysis model and has resulted in three descriptive categories:functional ability, emotions and learning together with associated subcategories. The result shows that music can improve old people´s memory, mobility and affect their mood. Music in elderly care can also increase the well-being and quality of life of elderly people, as well as contribute to the learning of staff that can increase the quality of care for the elderly. / Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka hur vård- och omsorgspersonal uppfattar betydelsen av musik som en del av vård och omsorg inom äldreomsorgen. Studien har inspirerats av den fenomenografiska metodansatsen som syftar till att upptäcka variationer i omsorgspersonalens uppfattningar om musik i äldreomsorgen. De datainsamlingsmetoder som har använts i studien är deltagande observationer som genomförts under en musikaktivitet på ett äldreboende, samt semistrukturerade intervjuer med omsorgspersonalen. Analysen har genomförts utifrån en fenomenografisk analysmodell och har resulterat i tre beskrivningskategorier:funktionsförmåga, känslor och lärande med tillhörande underkategorier. Resultatet visar att musik kan förbättra äldre personers minne, rörelseförmåga och påverka deras humör. Musikinslag i vård- och omsorg kan öka äldre personers välbefinnande och livskvalitet samt bidra till ett lärande hos personalen som kan leda till att kvaliteten i äldreomsorgen ökar.

The diploma thesis "The Pilsen Conservatory with a Focus on the Violin Department" first deals with historical contexts that are connected with important violin personalities of the Pilsen Conservatory. The first part presents historical events which are linked to significant violinists of the Conservatory in Pilsen. Its aim is to present complex overview of the teachers who worked at the Conservatory from its beginning and who contributed to the high level of the Violin department with their experienced work. The thesis also focuses on the important graduates who represented or still represent the school with their pedagogical and artistic success at diverse musical events either in the Czech Republic or abroad. The second part brings interesting interviews with the teachers and the graduates of the school. Among them the most interesting are the parts where the teachers explain the methodology, which they use in their lessons. From the point of view of the oral history the teachers' memories of their beginning with the violin, difficulties during the study or their life are also very interesting.

The aim of the thesis is to address the important role and benefit of folk songs in the development of child's musical skills. The theoretical part studies children currently attending nursery schools and their development. Children are often in heterogeneous by age classes but each age category is on a different level of development and has own specific needs. At the same time it is necessary to work in accordance with the education system and follow its curriculum. The thesis offers guidelines that give suggestions and examples of how to fulfil this requirement by working with a selection of folk songs. The majority of exercises address the all-round development of the child's musical skills (activities: exercises with music, instrumental, singing and listening). There are examples of other activities facititating all- round development of the child based on the topic of the song.