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The Effect of Summer Band Camp Experience
on Selected Aspects of Musical Competency
Dilley, Allen Lyle
Thesis. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1982
Purpose:
Determine if attendance at a one-week summer
music camp has a positive effect on participants
performance skills, attitude and perceived
appropriate use of expressive phrasing.
Sample:
35 high school seniors drawn from a population
of 400. Subjects assigned to one of three
groups based on instrument (15 woodwind,
15 brass and 5 percussion).
Methods/Instruments:
Watkins-Farnum Performance Scale, Self-Esteem
of Musical Ability, revised, Hoffman Test
of Expressive Phrasing in Music.
Results:
- No significant changes in performance
ability or perceived appropriate use of
expressive phrasing.
- No significant changes in self-esteem
or musical ability.
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