Skip to Main Content
Frequently Asked Questions
Submit an ETD
Global Search Box
Need Help?
Keyword Search
Participating Institutions
Advanced Search
School Logo
Files
File List
osu1054687230.pdf (300.55 KB)
ETD Abstract Container
Abstract Header
Violin performance training at collegiate schools of music and its relevance to the performing professions: a critique and recommendation
Author Info
Reimer, David Roy
Permalink:
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1054687230
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2003, Doctor of Musical Arts, Ohio State University, Music.
Abstract
The Bachelors of Music degree has traditionally included a strong liberal arts emphasis in curriculum structure and an emphasis on solo performance skills and repertoire in the applied studio. Professions in music performance are highly competitive (even the very best schools can only claim that 15% of their graduates earn their living at performance) and therefore highly specialized. Solo careers are extremely rare, while careers in chamber music and orchestra playing are more attainable. This would not be the first time it has been pointed out that music academia does not necessarily provide strong training in skills which are vocationally relevant to its future graduates. In order to address the broad topic of college music curriculum structure and the music performing professions, this document focuses on violin pedagogy in undergraduate programs, specifically the Bachelors of Music (BM) degree, and the performance career specialties of solo, chamber and orchestra. Areas of critique include assumptions of academia about the nature of its responsibility for student’s futures, relevance of teaching strategies to the job market, the employability of the well-rounded scholar, the lack of vocational counseling resources and other such issues. In the past ten years, sincere attempts at reforming college programs have taken place at such schools as the Manhattan School of Music, Eastman School of Music, the Cleveland Institute of Music, the University of Colorado and others. Taking these factors into consideration, the author offers a proposal for undergraduate violin instruction which incorporates vocational education and counseling, a career decision after two years and specialized training for the remainder, as well as a vocational minor to serve as a back-up plan. It is hoped that this document will promote healthy discussion about the programs of collegiate schools of music in their complex task of training well rounded students as well as employable ones.
Committee
Michael Davis (Advisor)
Pages
116 p.
Subject Headings
Music
Keywords
Pedagogy
;
Music curriculum
;
Violin Performance
;
Music education
;
Bachelors of Music
Recommended Citations
Refworks
EndNote
RIS
Mendeley
Citations
Reimer, D. R. (2003).
Violin performance training at collegiate schools of music and its relevance to the performing professions: a critique and recommendation
[Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1054687230
APA Style (7th edition)
Reimer, David.
Violin performance training at collegiate schools of music and its relevance to the performing professions: a critique and recommendation.
2003. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1054687230.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Reimer, David. "Violin performance training at collegiate schools of music and its relevance to the performing professions: a critique and recommendation." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1054687230
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
Abstract Footer
Document number:
osu1054687230
Download Count:
2,733
Copyright Info
© 2003, all rights reserved.
This open access ETD is published by The Ohio State University and OhioLINK.