Program for the 5th International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education. This program contains abstracts from the symposium.

Article discussing the application of an ergonomically modified keyboard to reduce piano-related pain.

Article discussing research on the attitudes of college music students towards noise in youth culture.

Presented at the Sixth International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education. This paper explains Basil Bernstein's theories of linguistic codes and pedagogic device, and is based on the premise that both the U.K. and the U.S. experience a cultural inversion.

Article discussing building collaborative partnerships between institutions of higher education and independent school districts.

Presented at the Sixth International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education. This paper examines some aspects of the cultural, ideological and aesthetic underpinnings of a music education movement whose prime feature has been the use of experimental music and music-making practices within classrooms.

Presented at the Sixth International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education. This paper describes the projects completed by music students at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil in a programme exploring how participatory arts projects can be led using highly student centered, creative approaches.

Paper on the factors that affected of alternative popular music in Recife, Brazil. The contrasts between the discourses of bands, producers, and patrons reflect larger tensions in the Recife alternative music scene, which in turn point towards ruptures in the relationship between mainstream and alternative cultural production in Brazil.

Presented at the Sixth International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education. This paper explores the provision of music education at primary level in Ireland, drawing on ethnographic research carried out in a number of primary schools.

The newsletter for the University of North Texas College of Music includes information about the faculty, staff, alumni, and activities of the College of Music.

The newsletter for the University of North Texas College of Music includes information about the faculty, staff, alumni, and activities of the College of Music.

The newsletter for the University of North Texas College of Music includes information about the faculty, staff, alumni, and activities of the College of Music.

The newsletter for the University of North Texas College of Music includes information about the faculty, staff, alumni, and activities of the College of Music.

The newsletter for the University of North Texas College of Music includes information about the faculty, staff, alumni, and activities of the College of Music.

The newsletter for the University of North Texas College of Music includes information about the faculty, staff, alumni, and activities of the College of Music.

The newsletter for the University of North Texas College of Music includes information about the faculty, staff, alumni, and activities of the College of Music.

The newsletter for the University of North Texas College of Music includes information about the faculty, staff, alumni, and activities of the College of Music.

Presented at the Sixth International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education. This paper investigates the extent to which a holistic understanding and appreciation or Irish traditional music is being realized by post-primary teachers and students in Ireland.

Presented at the Sixth International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education. This paper presents ongoing research to examine drummers' identities and learning processes.

This article discusses the Health Promotion in Schools of Music (HPSM) Project.

Conference program for Legacies: 500 Years of Printed Music. The conference was held on October 25-28, 2001 at the University of North Texas.

Conference program for Legacies: 500 Years of Printed Music. The conference was held on October 25-28, 2001 at the University of North Texas.

Presented at the Sixth International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education. This paper revisits epistemological foundations of in/formal learning through music by making observations about songs and lessons learnt when studying an approach to music learning the practice of Extreme metal music.

Presented at the Sixth International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education. This paper uses Mezirow's transformative learning theory to discuss the delicate balancing act of transforming while avoiding the feeling of rootlessness.