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A study of the instrumental music programs in the secondary Catholic Schools of the United States

Collins, Caron L.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1180115929

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2007, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Music.
The purpose of this study was to determine the current status of instrumental music programs in the secondary Catholic schools of the United States through information gathered from a national survey. From the 1,203 secondary Catholic schools in the United States, 400 were randomly selected to participate in an online survey with 117 responding. Data were collected and analyzed for demographic information and program characteristics. Comparisons were made between the characteristics of programs and the schools’ size and location to determine trends found in the Catholic secondary instrumental programs. Results showed that 88.9% of the schools have instrumental music programs with 47% located in urban, 41% in suburban, and 12% in rural areas. Many secondary school enrollments were small with 48.7% with less than 500 students of which 49.1% located in urban, 41.7% in suburban and 71.4% in rural areas. Many schools had small instrumental programs (P = 49%) with 50 or less students participating in instrumental music. Factors of administrative and parental support, school scheduling, and feeder school instrumental programs affected the strength and security of the programs. Recommendations derived from the results included the development of stronger feeder school programs, designing better school schedules, promoting supportive parent booster groups, and increasing administrative support through providing proper rehearsal facilities and necessary equipment.
Jere Forsythe (Advisor)
155 p.
Education, Music; Music
music; instrumental; school; secondary; Catholic; parochial

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  • Collins, C. L. (2007). A study of the instrumental music programs in the secondary Catholic Schools of the United States [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1180115929

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Collins, Caron. A study of the instrumental music programs in the secondary Catholic Schools of the United States. 2007. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1180115929.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Collins, Caron. "A study of the instrumental music programs in the secondary Catholic Schools of the United States." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1180115929

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