• The place of music in the recreation program 

  Brazell, Jo (Wichita State University, 1955-05)

  This thesis will serve as a guide and show the function or music in the National Recreation Playground Program. The recreation program's aim is to organize and promote a wide range of activities that a start would ...

• The particular approaches to contemporary painting as derived from the post-impressionists 

  Cash, Norman E. (Wichita State University, 1955-05)

  The subject of this thesis deals with the singular manners in which the painters of this unique epoch of painting affected contemporary painting and specific painters. To establish the full meaning of these particular ...

• Rhythm activities in the primary grades 

  Gleason, Opal W. (Wichita State University, 1955-07)

  The principal purpose of this study is to provide a guide for rhythm activities. It is believed that such a guide is essential in order to achieve the objectives of music education in the elementary schools. In the ...

• The music curriculum in the junior high school 

  Highley, Oran R. (Wichita State University, 1954-07)

• Music activities in the small school 

  Hassinger, Dale E. (Wichita State University, 1954-05)

  The purpose of this study is to present a plan of music education especially designed for the small school system; one with approximately thirty pupils in the high school and seventy in the elementary grades.

• Class piano in the public schools 

  Anderson, Marion W. (Wichita State University, 1953-05)

  The purpose of this thesis is to investigate what has been done and what is being done concerning piano classes in the public schools, to attempt to investigate and offer possible solutions to the problems still facing ...

• Music for brass sextet : Six original pieces employing techniques of composition exhibited in the Mikrokosmos of Béla Bartók 

  Barnes, Arthur P. (Wichita State University, 1953-05)

  The purpose of this thesis is to bring six original compositions for brass ensemble to the attention of the music education and his students. These compositions are written for study, practice, and performance of twentieth ...

• A string instructor's guide to a pattern system for class instruction 

  Cervania, Theodoro L. (Wichita State University, 1953-05)

• A plan of follow-up services for the School of Music, University of Wichita, Wichita, Kansas 

  Graham, James M. (Wichita State University, 1953-05)

• Elementary compositions for band with supplementary materials 

  Casteel, Dale O. (Wichita State University, 1951-05)

  The aim of this thesis, therefore, is two-fold: first, compositions are presented which are suitable as concert material at the elementary level and, second, unison and ensemble drills are introduced which will help ...

• Three work books for junior high school music classes 

  Ballard, Ileen M. (Wichita State University, 1951-07)

  As the music classes of the Junior High School are the last classes of this type which most students attend there should be consolidation of the fundamentals of music which provide for basic musicianship. This period should ...

• Developing skill in music reading 

  Holman, Carol S. (Wichita State University, 1950-05)

• Survey of seventy-two public school instrumental music programs in the state of Kansas 

  Crabb, Eugene N. (Wichita State University, 1949-06)

  The survey of public school bands and orchestras in the state of Kansas has been made to determine and evaluate the statue of the instrumental music program of the public schools in this area of the United States. ...

• Instrumental music in the public schools of Wichita, Kansas 

  Foster, Alton H. (Wichita State University, 1949-06)

  Whenever a musician assumes the position of supervisor of instrumental music, regardless of the size of the town or location, his greatest problem is organization and administration. Various methods are presented in ...

• Juniper: A chamber opera in three parts 

  Willette, Michael J. (Wichita State University, 2022-05)

• The haunted palace for soprano, chamber ensemble, and electronics 

  Breon, Eli J. (Wichita State University, 2022-05)

  This work sets the poem “The Haunted Palace” by Edgar Allen Poe for soprano; a chamber ensemble consisting of three woodwinds, piano, and five strings; and fixed-media electronic playback. The six stanzas of the poem are ...

• Northwestern School of Music : A survey of instrumental school music activities in colleges and universities of the United States 

  Duerksen, Walter (Wichita State University, 1938-05)

  It is felt that the information revealed will be comprehensive enough to serve as the foundation on which the college instrumental director can build a program that will meet the ideals and objectives of our modern ...

• Haze for 5-piece Pierrot ensemble 

  Browne, David (Wichita State University, 2021-05)

  Haze revolves around the idea of a steadily unravelling mind. What starts as a focused an organized mindset can slowly degrade over time while sense and chaos fight for control. The chromatic figures that are heard ...

• Augmenting the instrumental music program: a case study of Mark Wood's "Electrify Your Strings" program 

  Samuel, Jeremy Charles (Wichita State University, 2018-05)

  The purpose of this research was to examine Mark Wood's "Electrify Your Strings" (EYS) program. Three research questions guided this study: 1) What is the history of the EYS program and what was the driving philosophy ...

• Comparing the effects of spoken versus sung transitions in an inclusive preschool music class 

  McGovern, Jenna Rebecca (Wichita State University, 2016-07)

  Times of transition can be challenging, no matter the age. It is important at a young age that children learn how to cope with smaller transitions so that they may learn strategies to handle larger situations later in ...

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