First International Technological Directions in Music Education Conference

December 2, 3, and 4, 1993

San Antonio, Texas


The Institute for Music Research at the University of Texas at San Antonio hosted the First Technological Directions in Music Education Conference in San Antonio, TX, December 2, 3, and 4, 1993. The purpose of the conference was to share information concerning current applications of technology in music education. The conference should be of interest to music educators involved in K-12, private studio, or college teaching as well as students preparing for the music education profession.

Contents of Proceedings

Technocentrism and technophobia: Finding a middleground for music educators in the next millennium.
James R. Austin
The testing/assessment phase of music CAI - making the process more reliable and efficient.
Dennis Bowers
Transforming the college music classroom.
Jusith Bowman
Electronic aids in Indian music education.
David Courtney
A catalyst toward music education: The integrated approach applied to a "new-age" keyboard curriculum via the synthesizer ensemble.
Anne E. Craig
How music technology inspires creative thinking.
Mark Dal Porto
Horizontal graph analysis.
Michael R. Dilthey
How to design and implement an electronic music program in a community music school.
Elisenda Fábregas
Staff development through teacher video self-assessment: A review of the implications of the national music education research project in the Flint (MI) community schools.
James O. Froseth, principal investigator
The new studio.
James Gholson
MT Plus - Using the computer to teach music technology.
Arthur Gottschald, director
Yin Feng, software programmer
Advances in music technology: The effect of multimedia on musical learning and musicological investigation.
Scott D. Lipscomb
Computer technology in the psychoacoustics lab: An inexpensive, user-friendly solution.
Mike Manthei
CAI for harmony and ear training using octave-complex (Shepard) tones, pitch-class sets, and perceptual theory.
Richard Parncutt
Music in an electronic age: Two visions.
Richard Povall
Multimedia for the music educator.
David C. Sebald
Interactive course materials for music appreciation: Increasing and enhancing student inmolvement.
Patrick Setzer
The anatomy of music: A learning tool for listening.
David Sonnenschein
Technology and the future of music education.
Dennis Stanfill
Use of the MIDI playback sequencer as an aid for teaching skills in harmonic dictation and error detection.
David A. Stech
Mastering improvisation through auto-rhythm/accompaniment technology.
Tom Stampfli
Computer-assisted aural skills training.
Molly A. Weaver

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