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BAND INSTRUMENT SELECTION BY MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS IN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS: PERSONALITY PREDICTORS
AND VARIOUS INFLUENCES
by
Betty Chang
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE THORNTON SCHOOL OF MUSIC
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF MUSIC
(MUSIC EDUCATION)
August 2007
Copyright 2007 Betty Chang
Object Description
| Title | Band instrument selection by middle and high school students in international schools: personality predictors and various influences |
| Author | Chang, Betty |
| Author email | bchang1.2@gmail.com |
| Degree | Master of Music |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Music Education |
| School | Thornton School of Music |
| Date defended/completed | 2007-06-13 |
| Date submitted | 2007 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2007-07-24 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Woodward, Sheila |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Gore, Laurence Helfter, Susan |
| Abstract | Instrument selection is an important component of student success in band. An unsuitable match between student and instrument might impact student retention in a band program or longer-term musical activity. This research investigated band instrument selection, personality predictors (through Saucier's Mini Marker Set) and various influences as identified by students within a sample of convenience that includes 412 students from American International middle and high school bands in five countries. Overall, results indicated a significant relationship between personality and instrument selection (p=.003). When referenced to the Upper Woodwind section, there was significance regarding personality scores for Percussion (p=.015) and for Upper Brass (p=.017). Students identified the sound of the instrument as the strongest influence on band instrument selection, followed in order by the look and size of the instrument. |
| Keyword | music education; middle school; personality; band instrument |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m654 |
| Rights | Chang, Betty |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Chang-20070724 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume14/etd-Chang-20070724.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Full text | BAND INSTRUMENT SELECTION BY MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS: PERSONALITY PREDICTORS AND VARIOUS INFLUENCES by Betty Chang A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE THORNTON SCHOOL OF MUSIC UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF MUSIC (MUSIC EDUCATION) August 2007 Copyright 2007 Betty Chang |
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