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Theses and Dissertations (Music): Recent submissions
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(University of Pretoria, 2021-05-30)This study explores music therapists’ and traditional healers’ understandings of their roles and relationships in the South African healthcare context with the hope of contributing to an emerging and fruitful dialogue. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)The purpose of this study is to explore how the experience of ambiguity in Leonard Bernstein’s song cycle La Bonne Cuisine challenges the interpretation and performance thereof. I argue that the ambiguity in La Bonne Cuisine ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019-12-31)The potential of music to facilitate superior performance during high to elite level gymnastics conditioning instigated this research. A team of seven gymnasts completed a fixed conditioning programme eight times, alternating ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)Performing music at an advanced level is a uniquely challenging act requiring intense preparation and a multi-modal learning approach. The path from the practice room to the stage is a complex and distinctive path that ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)The study aimed to explore Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder (HSD) and the occurrence of Performance-Related Musculoskeletal Disorder (PRMD) in violin players. Six violinists were interviewed, to gain an understanding of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)This study focuses on the analyses of the stylistic elements and challenges of technique and improvisation in three late piano works by the South African composer Surendran Reddy. Reddy’s personal identity as a crossover ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Deficient musical literacy in students seems to be a pressing issue in music education research on a national and international scale. This qualitative study followed a case study design with action research elements within ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020-11)This research study sought to examine if and how ten youth referred for being “at risk” at a high school in Johannesburg, South Africa could explore and express their autonomy through a music therapy process. Within this ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020-10)Schools have to adjust to accommodate subjects that are 21st century appropriate in an already full curriculum. Educators feel overwhelmed and unequipped to handle all the expectations of the curriculum. Many are led to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020-08)The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the learning potential in using instructor-made video tutorials to teach beginner trumpet learners at a music centre in Pretoria, South Africa. Understanding this ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020-08)This study explores the perceptions of fifteen students from the University of Pretoria’s School of the Arts about the feminist themes in Beyoncé’s music. Beyoncé is a self-proclaimed feminist who advocates for women through ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)One way of exploring musical identity, as a phenomenon, is to listen to the life stories of musicians. This research interpreted the narratives of undergraduate students of Western Art Music at a South African tertiary ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)South African composer, Alexander Johnson is a prolific and outstanding figure among his contemporaries. His numerous works and contributions to South African classical and indigenous music is worthy of mention. Over the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)an autoethnographic exploration, this study aimed to determine how I (the researcher) could enhance the learning experience of tertiary jazz piano students while focusing on self-reflection. Vygotsky’s (1978) zone of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)This study explores the issue of migrants and their access to financial services. It focuses on Zimbabwean migrants in South Africa and the alternative financial services available to those who do not have access to formal ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)North Korea, throughout its history, has had four representative pop music bands that frequently appear on broadcast media to propagate Juche philosophy and represent the political stance of the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)The purpose of this research was to explore the fundamental elements that constitute, shape and define the thinking and creative processes embodied in musical style of ten prominent South African jazz pianists. The study ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Three areas of adaptation, namely physical, technical and cognitive, have to be considered if a successful transition from the violin to the viola is to be achieved. This qualitative study followed an interpretative ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)The use of music for healing is ubiquitous in every human community. Music Therapy, however, as the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Background: It has long been suspected that music instruction has benefits for children’s neural and cognitive development, including auditory abilities. Although the effect of music on attention has been investigated it ...
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