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Four-Year Music Degree Program Perceptions of Value from Administrators and Students: A Mixed Methods Study

Johnson, William Raymond
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1460725110

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2016, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Arts Administration, Education and Policy.
The duties required of a musician earning a living wage are starkly different than the musicians twenty years ago. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, pure performance opportunities were often enough for music professionals to support themselves, but the musicians of today require a set of skills not explicitly instructed in a four-year degree, most prominently career management and rudimentary financial management proficiencies. Today, the vast majority musicians are now required to utilize skills tangentially related to the creation and performance of music, with various manifestations of a “portfolio” or “Protean” career becoming a preferred term of scholars and administrators alike. Considering a new performer/teacher/administrator paradigm, institutions of higher education training the musicians of the future have a responsibility to current and future students to maintain pace with current employment trends. For this dissertation, I investigated students and administrators at four-year degree granting institutions and found gaps between what students desire from their education, the goals of administrators in providing this degree, and what the workforce requires. Specific considerations for department policy are presented, and opportunities for future research in a variety of arts disciplines are highlighted.
Wayne Lawson, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Jan Edwards, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Tatiana Suspitsyna, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Margaret Wyszomirski, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
255 p.
Curriculum Development; Education Policy; Educational Evaluation; Fine Arts; Higher Education; Higher Education Administration; Music; Music Education; Performing Arts; School Administration; Secondary Education; Teacher Education; Vocational Education
Music, Musician Employability, Creative Economy, Music Education, Portfolio Career, Music Policy,

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  • Johnson, W. R. (2016). Four-Year Music Degree Program Perceptions of Value from Administrators and Students: A Mixed Methods Study [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1460725110

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Johnson, William. Four-Year Music Degree Program Perceptions of Value from Administrators and Students: A Mixed Methods Study. 2016. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1460725110.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Johnson, William. "Four-Year Music Degree Program Perceptions of Value from Administrators and Students: A Mixed Methods Study." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1460725110

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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