Abstracts for papers presented at the 2000 WMEA Research Poster Session are available below. Click each title to read the abstract. Use your browser's "back" button to return to this page. For specific information about each paper, or to request a copy, please contact these researchers at the email addresses provided on their abstracts.

"The Self-Expressed Professional Development Needs of Music Educators"
Chelcy Bowles, University of Wisconsin-Madison

"Vocal Techniques for Music Theatre: Training the High School and Undergraduate Singer"
Dr. Barbara Burdick, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

"Changes in WWI Era Community Music: From Participatory Music Making to Passive Appreciation"
Julia Chybowski, University of Wisconsin-Madison

"Top Ten Questions and Curiosities of the Bassoon Answered and Analyzed"
Jeffrey Copp, University of Wisconsin-Madison

"Teaching World Music: Strategies for the Non-Ethnomusicologist"
Dr. Julie Dunbar, Edgewood College

"Lessons from the Avocational Musician: Fostering Enthusiasm for the Adult Amateur and Life-Long Participation in Chamber Music"
Patricia Hannon, Monona Grove Public Schools
Prof. Janet Jensen, University of Wisconsin-Madison

"An Examination of the Quality Rankings of Three Unfamiliar Wind Band Compositions and Selected Music Criteria Among Undergraduate Instrumental Education Students and Instructors at Five Big Ten Universities"
Richard Mike Heidel, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

"The Wisconsin Idea and the Development of String Education: How UW-Madison and University Extension Nourished String Teaching in the State of Wisconsin, 1960-1990"
Dr. Janet Jensen, University of Wisconsin-Madison

"Preparing Undergraduate Music Majors to Teach Beginning Instrumentalists: The Effects of Three Instructional Approaches on Teacher Behaviors and Pupil Responses"
Dr. Leigh-Ann M. Lethco, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

"The Effects of Types of Instructional Web Support on the Knowledge and Discrimination of Musical Texture Among Undergraduate Elementary Education Majors"
Dr. Kenneth L. Liske, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

"The Reflective Journey: A Case Study of a Student Teacher"
Michael Ross, Madison West High School

"Louis Spohr: Violinist, Conductor, Capellmeister, Innovator, Composer and General Music Director"
Paul Rowe, University of Wisconsin-Madison