King Oliver | |
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Oliver, c. 1915. | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Joseph Nathan Oliver |
Also known as | King Oliver |
Paul Gonsalves | |
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Died | May 15, 1974 (aged 53) London, England |
Genres | Jazz, swing, bebop |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instruments | Tenor saxophone |
Most music educators agree that improvisation is a valuable component in music education and support its inclusion in the National Content Standards for Music Education. 1 However, studies investigating the implementation of National Content Standard 3—improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments—reveal that it continues to be one of the least integrated areas into school music curricula. 2 Both music education faculty and music educators have consistently cited it as the most difficult standard to implement and identify it as an area with which they are least comfortable. 3 Research reveals that a lack confidence in improvising ability and ability to teach improvisation as primary reasons that have discouraged and inhibited educators from including improvisation comprehensively into their instruction. 4
As was expected, improvisation is most prevalent within the jazz idiom, as 73% of jazz related courses use improvisation more than 15% of the time, compared to only 18% of all non-jazz related courses. Improvisation was seemingly more widespread in jazz band/ensemble than in jazz choir.
Anna Song is Associate Professor of Music at Linfield College, where she conducts choirs and teaches courses in theory and music education. She holds degrees in composition from University of California, Los Angeles, and choral conducting from Yale University. She is currently working on her EdD at Teachers College, Columbia University. Song's research interests include improvisation and aural skills pedagogy. She is also the artistic director of In Mulieribus, an early music women's vocal ensemble based in Portland, Oregon.
Which of the following must a music therapist following best practice adhere to? 1. Stay informed about current research evidence for clinical treatment . 2. Stay current with regulations related to reimbursements for treatment. 3. Assure that the best line of musical instruments is available to the facility. 4. Include functional non-musical behaviors in assessment and documentation.
In order to target the goal of increasing reality orientation in a client with a diagnosis of a major dissociative disorder, a music therapist should use which of the following techniques? 1. improvisation 2. guided imagery 3. song-writing 4. singing
A 10-year-old music therapy client with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) has met all music goals, and the music therapist presents his discharge summary at her agency's weekly staffing. In other therapists, the client has made very little progress and remains defiant and resistive. The music therapist should
A music therapist has completed an assessment on a patient who has Parkinson's disease. The patient was referred for treatment of dysarthria. When planning a music therapy treatment program, the therapist should focus on. Answer. gait stability.
A school music teacher refers an 8-year-old boy to the school's music therapist because he is "uncooperative and unfocused," "disruptive during class," and "always wanting to play things his own way." The music therapist should FIRST
A music therapist is facilitating group cooperation and decision making by using songwriting. A group member with low self-esteem often provides entire verses of lyrics which ignoring other members' suggestions.
A physical therapy department is developing a wellness exercise program. The physical therapists ask the music therapist to assist them in selecting music for use during exercises. To represent the BEST collaborative effort, the music therapist should