Date of Award
2024
Document Type
Program Notes Open Access
Department
Music
First Advisor
Jon Moyer
Abstract
Underrepresented students often face more hardships than their peers during the enrollment and continuation of an instrumental music program. In the context of this paper, underrepresented students will include economically disadvantaged students, minority students, and students of color. In the areas of cultural issues as they relate to pedagogy, school setting and financial resources, and communication and language, literature exists to justify the need for continued research to increase the participation of underrepresented students in school instrumental music ensembles. The literature available emphasizes the need for educators to focus on being intentional with recruitment and retention strategies to increase diversity in school instrumental music programs.
Recommended Citation
Rue, Stephanie, "Get Them and Keep Them: Recruitment and Retention Strategies of Underrepresented Students in Instrumental Music Programs" (2024). Conducting Student Scholarship. 137.
https://mosaic.messiah.edu/conduct_st/137
