"The purpose of this study is to construct a complete demographic profile of high school music ensemble students using nationally representative data for the U.S. graduating high school class of 2013." Read more.....
"This article presents data from a large-scale cross-sectional survey of LGBTQ college students (N = 1,123) reflecting on their middle and high school experiences in choral music. " Read more......
"This ethnographic study is an investigation of the environment that students create when making music that is meaningful to them. The initial purpose of the study was to describe a developing ‘rock group’, and the factors that contributed to its creation." Read more.....
"In a case study, a young composer used various exploration and development strategies while creating her music. Her exploration and development strategies changed over time, and her use of specific musical gestures became recognizable as her signature or style." Read more .....
"The purpose of this mixed methods study was to learn about the ways that instrumental music teachers in Chicago navigated the urban landscape. The design of the study most closely resembles Creswell and Plano Clark's (2007) two-part Triangulation Convergence Mixed Methods Design, with the addition of an initial exploratory focus group component. " Read more .....
"This article presents a narrative account of one gender-variant student and his experiences in public school and school music. In the sixth grade, Ryan began cross-dressing and announced that he was gay. While his family was supportive, the school community's response was hostile." Read more ......
"As an enterprise, academic research is in the business of knowledge production—a practice through which researchers continually engage in speaking for or about others. This paper explores the colonial potential of research and ethnography in particular." Read more .......