The faculty and students in the Center for Music Learning investigate the processes of human skill development, integrating the results of systematic research from multiple disciplines with effective practices in music performance and pedag…
These pages present text and media materials from a research investigation concerning the principles of effective instruction in music. The bibliographic reference for the full report is: Duke, R. A., & Simmons, A. L. (2006). The nature of
The Collaborative Research Seminar Series brings noted scientists working in related disciplines of psychology, neuroscience, physiology, and kinesiology to share their current research with faculty and students in the School of Music. Thes…
The National Forum on Motor Learning in Music is funded by the Marlene and Morton Meyerson Centennial Professorship, the Center for Music Learning at The University of Texas at Austin. The Forum is an ongoing research consortium devoted to
Music education in the United States comprises an expansive constellation of people, programs, and ideas. Although the numerous organizations whose purpose is to promote the teaching and learning of music may be perceived as a tacit confede…
Major reforms in educational policies have deeply affected the lives of children who struggle academically and socially in school, and have likewise affected the roles of teachers in public education. Contemporary music classrooms include a…
The teachers demand a consistent standard of sound quality from their students. In every lesson, the teachers are resolute in their insistence that their students produce only high quality sounds (tone quality), the product of consistently
Teachers have a clear auditory image of the piece that guides their judgments about the music. These teachers convey clear ideas about how technical demands should be executed to produce appropriate stylistic character and musical interpret…
Center for American Music at The University of Texas at Austin Center for Music Research at The Florida State University Center for the Study of Education and the Musical Experience at Northwestern University Centre for Performance Science
The Texas Lyricism Competition for Oboe and Bassoon aims to foster attention to the aesthetic and expressive qualities of art music among high school oboe and bassoon students. The competition is perhaps among the first of its kind to focus…
Robert A. Duke, Marlene & Morton Meyerson Centennial Professor in Music and Human Learning Amy L. Simmons, Senior Lecturer in Music and Human Learning Justin West, Associate Professor of Music and Human Learning Adam Holzman, Parker C. Fiel…
The purpose of the Center for Music Learning is to investigate the processes of human skill development, integrating the results of systematic research from multiple disciplines with effective practices in music performance and pedagogy. By…