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Here is a short Voice Over Brief of my padlet.  Thank you for listening!

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Here is a short Voice Over Brief of my padlet.  Thank you for listening!

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Music continues to be marginalized in our public education system as a fundamental subject of study.  As a result, the positive relationship between music academic achievement and future success has been overlooked and music continues to be a low priority as a core subject in K-12 curriculum.

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As a result of Music Education and Instrument Study

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After receiving her BA and MFA in music composition from Tulane University, Ms. Dolceamore trained at USC where she studied film composition with masters’ Jerry Goldsmith, Bruce Broughton and Buddy Baker.  Upon graduation, she has gone on to create original scores for national commercials, independent films and features for studios such as Columbia Tristar, Fox Family Channel and Lifetime.

In 2016, Victoria completed the score for “The Jade Pendant” which was picked up at Caan and had a theatrical release on November 4, 2017.  She is currently scoring a pilot sit-com, “Earth Mom” and is set to score “The Big Score” feature film in the summer of 2018 currently in pre-production starring Anthony Hopkins.

Victoria is a music teacher in the district in which she resides and her piano studio is home to a full roster of private students.  In 2016, Victoria lectured at the Tulane University Music Department, and previously at Temple University and at the prestigious Royal Academy of Music in Sweden and the Stockholm National Film Institute.  She has received various commissions, as well as a National Endowment for the Arts Award in music composition.  Recently she was an invited guest conductor for the Millenium Choir and Orchestra in Prato, Italy.

Victoria earned her MBA in the year 2000 and entered the world of higher education at Pepperdine University and the University of New Haven where she gained extensive experience specific to enrollment, strategic planning, marketing, communications, recruitment, operations, and executive education.

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A survey of the literature indicates that the strong connection between music and cognitive ability leads to positive self-perception, high self-esteem, self-awareness and an overall feeling of motivation and self-confidence.  If such positive outcomes of music education are known, why isn’t there further recognition of the value of music education in school?  The research is widely known and respected, however there is a gap in the discovery of a music pedagogy that is leveraged with other disciplines as a valued interdisciplinary course of study.

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The information presented will be about transformational changes that occur as a result of exposure to the arts and music, resulting in the creation of positive reinforcement, self-expression, emotional connections and strong academic, social and practical skills.

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The purpose of this research is to explore how music education impacts cognitive development in early childhood through high school age students.  My research asserts that music has the potential to build character and lead one to a productive life of self-confidence, compassion, sensitivity to others, responsibility, discipline, teamwork, self-expression, music appreciation and overall enjoyment.   I will explore the realm of the power of music over the cognitive and creative development in children, and outcomes such as the development of critical thinking skills, creativity, intellectual development and other academic skills that evolve as a result of exposure to music and interdisciplinary studies.

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Next Steps/Future Direction of the Research

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Next Steps/Future Direction of the Research

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The literature review will be organized to first describe the context of the poetry of music and its impact on math, linguistics, spatial and cognitive learning and a pedagogy to apply this learning across disciplines. It will then discuss the intellectual and emotional behaviors garnered as a result of music study and the outcomes such as productivity and creativity associated with private music study and with school wide   It will then highlight the significant learning outcomes as a result of exposure to music in early childhood and interdisciplinary studies.  Finally, the review will describe how exposure to music in the k-12 years can have an impact on future success as an adult.

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1. How can music pedagogy be better designed to integrate fully with other education disciplines and demonstrate it's overall value to learning?
2. What intellectual skills from music education apply to other disciplines and can be leveraged for academic success?

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The human response to music goes beyond sound and can elicit high levels of concentration of the aural, intellectual, physical, emotional and communication skills.  Music education has a positive effect on cognitive abilities, overall school engagement and academic success.  The research has shown that music education and individual instrument study is known to enhance processing of patterns which in turn augments I.Q., math and reading skills, while also having an impact on spatial, linguistic, literacy, math, interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence.

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Hi Victoria,
As a lifelong beneficiary of music education, I feel a strong personal connection to your study (and maybe a bias to how important it is).  You've got a really interesting and thorough analysis of the varied benefits of music pedagogy across the curriculum.

A small comment on the Padlet is that in the "Significance" block, you've got a period and some extra space at the front.  I'm hoping that doesn't mean a sentence or idea was cut off when you were writing, but you may want to check that nothing is missing from your intent there.

A second, longer-term comment is just my musings on where this research could go if you decide to make this your dissertation focus: First, I was wondering if you've encountered research on teaching other subjects using music (e.g, poetry rhythm, meter, and rhyme scheme using hip-hop or math using polyrhythms, etc.).  I got to thinking about how some colleges implement "writing across the curriculum" or "speaking across the curriculum" where nearly all classes have a mandatory writing or presentation component so that students don't lose these critical skills.  Maybe, if it's not out there already, you can suggest an "arts across the curriculum" so that students encounter it more than in just designated classes.
Second, I am wondering if you might look at what the influencing variables are for schools that have greater support for arts/music education in terms of resources. A question like "what factors make a school more likely to support and provide resources for robust music pedagogy" might give your dissertation a highly practical component that schools could use to change their culture to build support for these important programs.

Great work!

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Music Pedagogy – the art of teaching music.  Students of music pedagogy learn how to teach others how to play music. While studying such subjects as music theory and composition, students are also expected to master one or more musical instruments.

Linguistics – the science of language, phonetics, syntax and semantics.

Spatial Learning - is the part of memory responsible for recording information about one's environment and spatial orientation.

Cognitive Learning - focusing on a child's development in terms of information processing, conceptual resources, perceptual skill, language learning, and other aspects of the developing brain

Emotional Intelligence - is the capability of individuals to recognize their own emotions and those of others, discern between different feelings and label them appropriately, use emotional information to guide thinking and behavior, and manage and/or adjust emotions to adapt to environments or achieve one's goal

Interdisciplinary studies -Involves the combination of two or more academic disciplines and draws upon the knowledge from other fields like music, math, psychology, medicine, business, etc.  The thought process is to create something new by thinking across academic disciplines or schools of thought, as new needs and professions emerge.  The goal is to connect and integrate several academic disciplines, professions and/or technologies in the pursuit of a common task.