The purpose of this study was to compare the percentage of male and female band directors with the percentage of male and female adjudicators being hired for Music Performance Assessments (MPA) in the state of Florida across a ten-year span of time. Public data about adjudicators hired between the 2001-02 and the 2010-11 school years, found on the Florida Bandmasters Association (FBA) website, was used for analysis. Data was analyzed and categorized by gender. Membership lists for those same years were acquired from the Executive Director of FBA. Data was analyzed and categorized by teaching level and gender. Results found that in all adjudication captions females were the minority, except for the Marching Auxiliary caption. Results also found that across the entire ten-year time span females were the minority at all teaching levels included in the study (middle school and high school), but that the discrepancies were less profound at the middle school level. Additionally, the percentages of male and female adjudicators did not match the percentage of male and female band directors for any caption or level, but came extremely close in 3 out of the 10 years included in the study for high school Concert MPA Adjudicators and high school band directors. Recommendations for further research include incorporating a survey component to collect information from former female band directors who have left the profession and collection of similar data for each of the remaining states in the US fo comparison on a national level. / A Thesis submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music Education. / Spring Semester, 2012. / April 2, 2012. / Adjudication, Band Director, Female, Florida, Gender, Music / Includes bibliographical references. / Kimberly VanWeelden, Professor Directing Thesis; Patrick Dunnigan, Committee Member; Steven Kelly, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_182967 |
| Contributors | Leimer, Monica Crew (authoraut), VanWeelden, Kimberly (professor directing thesis), Dunnigan, Patrick (committee member), Kelly, Steven (committee member), College of Music (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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