Ensemble and orchestral types of music-making by clarinetists as pedagogical technologies

The research deals with the pedagogical problem of using collective music-making. Evaluation results of pedagogical observation in two groups of 1st year students in the music university were used as research materials. The representative sample was composed by 75 students selected by mechanical sampling. The research methodology includes the methods of general scientific group, and special methods: content analysis of scientific literature, the method of included pedagogical observation, the method of statistical analysis using the advanced analytics program Neural Designer. In conclusion, the introduction of an educational ensemble and an orchestra into the process of learning to play the clarinet makes it possible to enrich the musical-theoretical and practical performing experience of clarinet students, to maximize the genre-thematic, technical, educational and artistic concert repertoire of clarinetists, to form in the participants of the experimental educational ensemble analytical variant thinking and the ability to make a single interpretation and performance decision

Content Analysis of a Choir's Score Annotations: Characterizing Annotations and Assessing a Coding Scheme

Previous research has found that annotations Western classical musicians create in their sheet music during ensemble rehearsal play a key role in fostering group coordination during music performance. Despite their important role in musicians' information interactions with sheet music and with each other, a dearth of research exists regarding musicians' annotations. This study conducted a content analysis of annotations that singers in a 100-voice choir created in 158 copies of music while rehearsing two pieces. More than 2,600 annotations were identified and classified according to a coding scheme previously developed by the most extensive study of musicians' score annotations to date. This study characterized choristers' annotations using the coding scheme. This paper offers an assessment of the coding scheme, suggestions for an improved research design, and ideas for future research of musicians' score annotations.Master of Science in Library Scienc