The purpose of this study was to investigate the musical demographics and educational values of popular musicians and music education majors. Participants (N=60) were musicians performing popular music (n=30) and undergraduate and graduate music education majors (n=30) at a large southeastern university. All participants responded to the same questionnaire, which included personal and musical demographics, such as age, gender, musical training, school experience, as well as instruments and styles played. The second section of the questionnaire addressed participants' musical values, as evidenced by their Likert-type ratings of eleven musical goals, which were based on the national standards for music education. Participants also listed their opinion concerning the most important skill for a musician to have. Results displayed many similarities between the two groups. Among the differences in demographics was a higher average number of styles of music played reported by popular musicians. Ratings of musical goals revealed that music education majors value singing, reading, listening, and having formal training significantly higher than popular musicians. A high number of participants from both groups reported aural skills as the most important skill for a musician to have. Significant differences in ratings of musical goals were also found between: participants with and without self-teaching, participants playing classical music and those not playing classical, and participants playing rock and those not playing rock. Recommendations for further research include using a mixed approach of questionnaires and interviews. / A Thesis submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of Master of Music Education. / Degree Awarded: Spring Semester, 2011. / Date of Defense: April 4, 2011. / Music Education, Popular Music, National Standards, Curriculum, Value, Perception, Rock Band, Guitar / Includes bibliographical references. / Kimberly VanWeelden, Professor Directing Thesis; Patrick Dunnigan, Committee Member; Stephen Kelly, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_168736 |
| Contributors | Zacharias, Melissa (authoraut), VanWeelden, Kimberly (professor directing thesis), Dunnigan, Patrick (committee member), Kelly, Stephen (committee member), College of Music (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | 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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