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The erhu and its role as a vehicle for syncretic music performance in Singapore : a thesis presented in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Music at Wellington Conservatorium of Music, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
This thesis examines the erhu, a bowed lute from China and its development as a vehicle for syncretic music-making in Singapore. Chapter One considers the erhu's status in Chinese culture and focuses on the differences between how the erhu was perceived ...
Lok, Lay Hong
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Parental involvement and engagement during COVID‐19 lockdowns: School staff and parents' reflections about children's learning at home

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Valuing parental engagement, as part of home–school collaboration, can benefit children's learning. This article focuses on parents and school‐based staff's (N = 120) experiences of children's learning occurring at home during the COVID‐19 lockdowns (2020–2021), both school‐mandated and other learning activities.
Ashley Brett   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preliminary Insights into Thermography-Based Psychophysiological Monitoring of Musicians During Performance

open access: yesProceedings
Performance anxiety is a common issue among musicians, and it could be fundamental to monitor their psychophysiological states during performances through non-invasive methods to support them in managing anxiety.
David Perpetuini   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Performance Practice and Musical Expressivity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Musical expressivity is intimately associated with subtle dynamic changes--slight variations in volume between one note and the next--which help shape and make meaningful the phrases.
Jackson, Roland
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What works in internal alternative provision? A salutogenic analysis

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Schools across England are setting up ‘internal alternative provision’ to meet the social, emotional and mental health needs of increasing numbers of pupils at risk of suspension, exclusion and absence. However, there is little guidance about what good practice looks like.
Emma Simpson
wiley   +1 more source

THE CONDUCTOR - BETWEEN HEARING AND LISTENING

open access: yesStudia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Musica, 2016
The conducting activity operates with two specific types of auditory attention – on one hand, the attention designed to correct potential errors that may occur in the musical text, and, on the other hand, the auditory attention that is specific to the ...
Aurel MURARU
doaj   +2 more sources

THE EVOLUTION OF NATIONAL PERFORMANCE ART: MUSICAL INTERPRETATION IN THE CONTEXT OF TRADITION AND MODERNITY

open access: yesStudia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Musica
The subject of this research is the essence of performing interpretation, which is considered an integral part of the functioning of a musical work from its creation to its presentation to the audience. The research methodology is based on a comparative
Nataliia POSIKIRA-OMELCHUK   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Music Lovers

open access: yesTheory, Culture & Society, 2001
This article presents the implications, objectives and initial results of a current ethnographic research project on music lovers. It looks at problems of theory and method posed by such research if it is not conceived only as the explanation of external determinisms, relating taste to the social origins of the amateur or to the aesthetic properties ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Is the well‐known phrase ‘small is beautiful’ true of small transnational education institutions?

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The purpose of this research is to consider the potential attractiveness of operating a small international branch campus (IBC). Drawing upon resource‐based and legitimacy theories, we examine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats associated with the business model that is based on having a small institution size.
Stephen Wilkins, Joe Hazzam
wiley   +1 more source

Soloists of ALEA III: Works of Leonard Bernstein, November 22, 1991 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1991
This is the concert program of the Soloists of ALEA III: Works of Leonard Bernstein performance on Friday, November 22, 1991 at 8:00 p.m., at the Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue.
School of Music, Boston University
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