Robert Cutietta

University of Southern California | USC · Thornton School of Music

The curricula for preparing music specialists has remained largely unchanged for decades. In this time, most professions have moved toward preparing specialists while the music education profession has moved toward preparing generalists. The author examines how this is unrealistic and out of touch with the times and the future. Furthermore, the aut...

Examines the effects of participating in the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra's Neighborhood Network of Education, Curriculum, and Teachers (CONNECT) educational outreach program on children. Finds that children in CONNECT develop positive attitudes toward school, an artistic identity, a positive view of the classroom environment, improved standardized t...

The Junior Eysenck Personality (Questionnaire was administered to 668 instrumental students in Grades 7 through 12 from eight different schools to determine whether (1) there is a propensity for certain personality types to begin instrumental study in the schools, (2) certain personality types are more likely to continue in instrumental music, (3)...

Describes the Grammy in the Schools project that is a joint effort by the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS) Foundation, Discover Card, and 15 major universities across the country. Expounds that music students are able to learn about a variety of career opportunities available in the music industry. (CMK)

Twenty-five undergraduates learned to sing 16 original melodies through repeated listenings over a five-week period. Each original melody was composed so as to possess only one of two possible conditions of metre, mode, melodic contour, and interval type. In a free-recall task, the frequency and quality of subjects' reliance on the four variables t...

The purpose of this study was to compare the hearing acuity of three groups of music teachers: vocal, elementary instrumental, and high school instrumental. One hundred four music teachers were tested for evidence of hearing loss that could possibly be attributed to Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL). This type of hearing loss is a permanent loss of...

One hundred thirty-five undergraduate nonmusic majors participated in a free-recall task in which they were asked to remember the titles of 12 songs that they heard in different sequences. The investigators were seeking evidence that cognitive categorization of the titles was based on the musical element of style. The purpose was to compare the sub...

Even twenty years after resolving to broaden their outlook at the Tanglewood Symposium, many music educatiors show little respect for popular music. Robert A. Cutietta, guest editor of this special focus, explains why a reappraisal of this music is overdue.

For those accustomed to working with traditional ensembles, popular music groups present some unfamiliar territory. Robert A. Cutietta and Thomas Brennan offer some rules for building a pop band with an authentic sound.

The effective teaching of college students requires strategies that are appropriate to the students' level. Robert A. Cutietta, assistant professor of music at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, explains that teachers may have to adopt different teaching styles to match the needs of individual groups of students.

Twelve hundred fifty-six subjects, ranging in age from 3 to 78 years, were asked to listen to three music excerpts and indicate the color they associated with each. The purpose of this procedure was to provide data that might shed light on the origin and development of the association of color with music. Results strongly support the existence of m...

Because videos are self-motivating for students, they are highly successful in the classroom. The two schools of videos--Visual Music and Visual Lyrics--are described, and how videos can be used in music classes is discussed. (RM)

Closure is that element of the learning experience wherein the important points of the class period are reviewed and short-term goals are evaluated and related to long-term goals. The need for closure in musical rehearsals is discussed, and examples of closure are provided. (RM)

Response: Richard Bell The Schools and Music Education The twenty-first century will usher in many changes and challenges for every individual and institution in the United States. To answer the question "What should be the relationship between schools and other sources of music learning?" we must first consider the issues that will affect the scho...

Thesis (Ed. D.)--Pennsylvania State University, 1982. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 120-127). Vita. Photocopy.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--Pennsylvania State University, 1982. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 120-127). Microfiche. s

Thèse (D.Ed.) - Pennsylvania State University, 1982. Bibliogr. : f. [120]-127. Microfiche du ms dactylographié.