This was a descriptive study that was completed to gather information about musical backgrounds of orchestral concert attendees, and to determine if those attendees perceived relationships between past participation in school music programs and current patronage of classical music concerts. Participants completed a survey about their musical experiences from childhood through adulthood, as well as memories from school music programs. Results and analysis of the responses identified common themes among participants' childhoods, their schooling and private lessons, experiences that served as gateways to classical music listening, the aesthetic benefits that they found in concert attendance, and negative responses that they had to music participation. Results also found a large number of pieces and composers that participants recalled from past participation in school music programs. Findings from this study analyze why these experiences were important to participants and why they might serve as motivation to attend classical music concerts or continue to support them. Implications of this study include suggestions for professional music organizations, school music educators, professional classical musicians, and church music directors. Suggestions for further research based on this study's findings are also included.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1505209 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Pearce, Kevin (Conductor) |
| Contributors | Itkin, David, Couturiaux, Clay, Emmanuel, Donna T. |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | iv, 60 pages : illustrations, Text |
| Rights | Public, Pearce, Kevin (Conductor), Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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