Theses & Dissertations
Below is a collection of theses and dissertations by graduates of the LSU Music Education program, dating back to 1990.
Doctoral Dissertations
Kelvin D. Jones
What Made You Hear That? An Examination of the Rehearsal Listening of Accomplished
School-Based Music Conductors
Christine Russell
Effects of Pitch and Rhythm Priming Task on Accuracy and Fluency During Sight-reading
Loneka Battiste
Music Down in My Soul: Achieving an Ideal Sound for Moses Hogan Spirituals
Kathryn Strickland
The Effect of Real-Time Pitch Tracking and Correction on High School Instrumentalists’
Tuning Accuracy
Rebecca Bellelo
Musical Achievement and Attitude of Beginning Piano Students in a Synchronous Videoconferencing
Lesson Environment
Norman Alan Clark
Direction of Mistuning, Magnitude of Cent Deviation, and Timbre as Factors in Musicians’
Pitch Discrimination in Simultaneous and Sequential Listening Conditions
Pamela Taylor
The Role of Music Making in the Identity Construction of Members of an Adult Community
Band
Amanda Schlegel
The Effect of Directed Attention Score Study Procedures on Music Majors’ Error Detection
in Three-Part Instrumental Music
Elizabeth Menard
An Investigation of Creative Potential in High School Musicians: Recognizing, Promoting,
and Assessing Creative Ability through Music Composition
Judy Guilbeaux-James
The Effect of Rhythm-Based Computer-Assisted Music Instruction Designed for Individual
Learning Style Preferences on the Learning of Preservice Elementary Education Majors
Nancy Baker
The Effects of Peer Teaching on Undergraduate Music Majors’ Achievement and Attitude
Toward Sight-Reading in the Group Piano Setting
Melody Hanberry
Effects of Practice Strategies, Metronome Use, Meter, Hand, and Musical Function on
Dual-Staved Piano Performance Accuracy and Practice Time Usage of Undergraduate Non-Keyboard
Music Majors
Leslie Paige Rose
The Effects of Contextual Interference on the Acquisition, Retention, and Transfer
of a Music Motor Skill among University Musicians
Jennifer Whitaker
Analyses of High School Band Students’ and Directors’ Perceptions of Verbal and Nonverbal
Teaching Behaviors
Jeremy Lane
A Basic Interpretative Analysis of Instrumental Music Education Majors’ Approaches
to Score Study in Varying Musical Contexts
Leigh-Ann Lethco
Preparing Undergraduate Music Majors to Teach Beginning Instrumentalists: The Effects
of Self-Evaluation, Teacher Observation, and Performance Oriented Instructional Approaches
on Teacher Behaviors and Pupil Responses
Kenneth Liske
The Effects of Type of Web Support and Instructional Mode on the Knowledge and Discrimination
of Musical Texture Among Undergraduate Elementary Education Majors
Paul Henley
The Effect of Modeling and Tempo Gradations as Practice Techniques on the Performance
of High School Instrumentalists
Catherine Hendel
A Qualitative and Quantitative Study of Behavioral Characteristics and Instructional
Patterns of Selected Elementary Music Teachers
Dwayne Dunne
The Effect of Structured Task Presentations and Reinforcement on Attention, Achievement,
and Attitude of Selected High School Choirs
Cynthia Colwell
Effect of Self-evaluation and Teaching Setting on Teacher Intensity Behaviors Among
Preservice Elementary Education Majors Enrolled in a Music Methods Course
Melissa Katia Madsen
The Effect of Accurate/Inaccurate Teacher Instruction: High/Low Teacher Delivery and
On-/Off-Task Student Behavior On Musicians’ Evaluation of Teacher Effectiveness
Jerome Markoch
An Approach to the Musical Analysis of Wind-band Literature Based on Analytical Modes
Used by Wind-band Specialists and Music Theorists
Ricky Brooks
An Investigation of Secondary School Instrumentalists’ Responses to Wind Band Music
Across Variables Present during an Aesthetic Response
Brant Karrick
An Examination of the Intonation Tendencies of Advanced Wind Instrumentalists Based
on their Performance of Selected Musical Intervals
Steve Morrison
A Comparison of Preference Responses of White and African American Students to Musical
Versus Musical/visual Stimuli and their Relationship to Same and Other-group Attitudes
Wilma Benson
The Effect of Tuning Stimulus Vibrato, Timbre, and Frequency on Tuning Accuracy of
University, High School, and Junior High School Instrumentalists
Donald Speer
An Analysis of Sequential Patterns of Instruction in Piano Lessons
Judy Bowers
The Relationship of Sequential Patterns to the Music Teaching Effectiveness of Elementary
Education Majors
Masters Theses
Allison Carroll
A Critical Examination of the Rehearsal Frame Model
LaTerence Varnado
Musical Explorations in Creation and Performance: A School’s Alternative Approach
to Music Education
Danielle Emerich
Evidence of Pedagogical Context Knowledge Among High School Band Directors and University
Applied Music Teachers in the Context of Student Self-Evaluation
Colin Caldarera
High School Musicians’ and Non-Musicians’ Listening Preference for Authentic Versus
Transcribed Musical Excerpts
Abby Lyons South
An Examination of Middle School Band Students’ Ability to Match Pitch Following Short-Term
Vocal Technique Training
Diego Pinto
Brazilian Music for Youth Choir by FUNARTE: Exploring Issues of Pedagogy and Authenticity
in Brazilian Choral Music
Robert Neil Nelson
An Exploration of Secondary Level Instrumental Music Educators’ Receptiveness to Select
Philosophical Writings
Kathryn Strickland
Why They Stay and Why They Go: A Study of Retention and Attrition During the Transition
from Middle to High School in the Large-Ensemble Instrumental Music Classroom
Sara McCall
A Case Study of Music-making in a Ghanaian Village: Applications for Elementary Music
Teaching and Learning
Katie Elizabeth Toups
The Consensual Assessment Technique as a Measure of Creativity in Children’s Musical
Compositions Motivated by Visual and Verbal Stimuli
Jenna Jackson
High School Students’ Attitudes Toward Single-Sex Choir Versus Mixed Choir
Katie Kalota
The Effect of Participation in Performing Ensembles on Listening Practices of Adolescents
Stella Watkins
The Effect of Music at Various Decibel Levels on Physiologic Responses and Head Circumference
of Premature Infants
Erica Lindberg
The Effects of Self-assessment on the Sightreading Accuracy of Nonmusic Majors
Kathryn Caldwell
The Effect of Three Teaching Strategies on Eliciting Verbal Descriptions of Music
from Kindergarten and Third Grade Children
Christine Denson
The Effect of High and Low Stimulus Activities on the Behavior of Children with ADHD
and Their Typical Peers in the Music Classroom
Deborah Poplin
The Effect of Background Music on Graduate Music Students’ Accuracy on a Reading Comprehension
Task
Julie Rauscher
Pitch Accuracy and Tonal Memory Capabilities of Pre-kindergarten and Kindergarten
Children
Krista Johns
The Effects of Visual Versus Aural Presentation on Instrument Preference of 3rd and
4th Graders
Kathryn Paul
The Effect of Text/No Text and Accompaniment/No Accompaniment on Fourth Graders’ Singing
Ability
Harry Martin
The Correlation between College Students’ Familiarity with Potentially Offensive Popular
Music and Self-Reported Tolerance of Obscene Language and Sexual Behavior
Jimmy Fleming
The Effect of Rhythmically Altered Practice Conditions on Woodwind Instrumentalists’
Note Accuracy
Melanie Woods Alexander
The Effect of Music Tempo on Movement Responses of Preschool Children
Jessica Hall
The Effects of Internet Guided Practice with Aural Modeling on the Sight-Singing Accuracy
of Elementary Education Majors
Laura Wood
Tempo Discrimination Among Wind and Percussion Musicians for Four March Settings
Amy Vandemark
The Effect of Guided Practice on the Ability of Elementary Education Majors to Accurately
Perform Sung Cues
John Palmer
An Examination of the Digital Synthesizer as a Tool for Score Study as Measured by
Undergraduate Music Education Majors’ Responses to a Performance Error Detection Task
Kenneth Austin
An Examination of Middle School Instrumental Music Students’ Ratings of Selected Nonverbal
Conducting Behaviors
Music Education as a Doctoral Minor Area
Emanuela Lacraru
Supporting Your Instrument in a Body-friendly Manner: A Comparative Approach
(Byo)
Yun-Chieh Chou
When the Mouse Meets the Elephant: A Manual for String Bass Players with Application
of the Philosophy and Principles of the F. M. Alexander Technique
(Cassidy)
Bethany Padgett
Transcription and Analysis of Ravi Shankar’s “Morning Love” for Western Flute, Sitar,
Tabla, and Tampura
(Bartolome)
Paula Bujes
“It’s easier if you have a system”: Analysis and Application of the Milanov Violin
Method
(Bartolome)
Terrance Brown
Lee Hoiby’s I HAVE A DREAM
(Cassidy)
Michael Buckles
A Structured Content Analysis of Five Contemporary Etude Books for the Violin
(Byo)
Doran Bugg
The Role of Turkish Percussion in the History and Development of the Orchestral Percussion
Section
(Byo)
Janice Crews
Jennifer Higdon’s Oboe Concerto: The Composition, Transformation, and a Performer’s
Analysis
(Byo)
Laura Hauser
A Performer’s Analysis of Isang Yun’s Monolog for Bassoon with an Emphasis on the
Role of Traditional Korean Influences
(Cassidy)
Barrett Johnson
An Original Composition, Galleria Armonica, Theme and Variations for Piano, Harpsichord,
Harp and Orchestra and a Comparative Study between the Pedagogical Methodologies of
Arnold Schoenberg and Nadia Boulanger Regarding Training the Composer
(Cassidy)
Monty Musgrave
A Wind Ensemble Adaptation and Conductor’s Analysis of Selected Movements of Darius
Milhaud’s Saudades do Brazil, with an Examination of the Influences of Ernesto Nazareth
(Byo)
Gary Packwood
Compelled to Compose: An Introduction to the Life and Music of Paul Basler, with a
Conductor’s Analysis of Missa Kenya
(Cassidy)
Teodora Peeva
Lillian Fuchs: Violist, Teacher, and Composer; Musical and Pedagogical Aspects of
the 16 Fantasy Etudes for Viola
(Byo)
Rebecca Phillips
John Mackey: The Composer, His Compositional Style and a Conductor’s Analysis of Redline
Tango and Turbine
(Byo)
Natasia Sexton
Liturgical Expressions of a Classical Romantic: A Choral Conductor’s Investigation
of Selected Sacred Treble Chorus Compositions by Josef Rheinberger
(Byo)