School music supervision; Conductors (Music)--Rating of; Conductors (Music)--Training of; School music--Instruction and study
The dissertation builds on the research literature studying conductor training and the musical attributes requisite for adequate conducting skill and musical performance. The study also provides evidence that effective tools for evaluation of band...
Stringed instruments--Instruction and study; Music teachers--Kentucky
The purpose of this study was to identify the teaching techniques of current string
teachers within the Kentucky Music Education Association. Participants (N=31)
completed a 17-question survey that focused on teaching techniques they use...
Two images of a youth orchestra comprised of teenage boys and girls. One image is of the full orchestra on stage, while the second is of a smaller group of students.
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Musicians; Men; Music stands
Full-length portrait of left profile of mustachioed conductor Theodore Thomas with baton and music stand. He stands on an ornate rug, wearing a long double-breasted jacket. Thomas, was born in Esens, East Friesland, Germany, on October 11, 1835,...
Musicians; Jazz musicians; Big bands; Clyde McCoy Orchestra; Men; Blackboards; Brass instruments; Stringed instruments; Percussion instruments; Pipes (Smoking)
Jazz trumpet player and orchestra leader Clyde McCoy (at chalkboard) instructs ten young men, presumably members of his big band, some of whom hold instruments and one of whom holds a pipe in his month. The chalkboard is labeled "Conn...
Musicians; Jazz musicians; Big bands; Clyde McCoy Orchestra; Men; Costumes; Brass instruments
Jazz trumpet player and orchestra leader Clyde McCoy with his bandmates on stage, possibly at the Pendennis Club, Louisville, Kentucky. They are all wearing Santa suits. Title supplied by cataloger.
Musicians; Jazz musicians; Big bands; Clyde McCoy Orchestra; Men; Costumes; Brass instruments; Stringed instruments
Jazz trumpet player and orchestra leader Clyde McCoy with his bandmates on stage, possibly at the Pendennis Club, Louisville, Kentucky. They are all wearing Santa suits. Title supplied by cataloger.
Musicians; Jazz musicians; Big bands; Clyde McCoy Orchestra; Men
Jazz trumpet player and orchestra leader Clyde McCoy (first row, center), with five bandmates, each wearing three-piece suit and tie. Title supplied by cataloger.
Musicians; Jazz musicians; Big bands; Clyde McCoy Orchestra; Men; Costumes; Brass instruments
Jazz trumpet player and orchestra leader Clyde McCoy poses on the steps of the Pendennis Club, wearing a Santa suit and shaking hands with a man in an overcoat. The rest of his band, also wearing Santa suits, stand behind him, holding their...
Entertainers; Musicians; Big bands; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra; Celebrities; Concerts; Audiences
Frank Sinatra onstage accompanied by Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra at the Jefferson County Armory. Dorsey has his back to the audience and stands in front of the other musicians while Sinatra faces the audience while gripping the stand of a microphone....
Five-member orchestra with four men and one women, all dressed formally. One man sits at piano while the others have a bass, guitar, and oboe. The woman wears an accordion on a strap. A banner in front reads "Don Torres."
African American musicians; Musicians; African Americans; Trombones; Trumpets; Saxophones; Drums (Musical instruments); Pianos; Stringed instruments; Wind instruments; Violins; Banjos; People
Six African American musicians perform in an open pavilion. The drum reads "Jones Orchestra." Other instruments include trombone, violin, banjo, piano, trumpet, and saxophone. Outside of the pavilion tables are set up.
Clyde McCoy, jazz trumpet player and orchestra leader of Ashland, Kentucky, wearing a suit and tie. The photograph has been cut out so that only he is visible, painted on, and yellowing from age. Stamped on back of image: April 23, 1932....
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Musicians; Jazz musicians
Portrait of Clyde McCoy, jazz trumpet player and orchestra leader of Ashland, Kentucky, wearing a suit and tie. Crop marks outline his image and the photograph is marred with discolorations. Handwritten on back of image: director of Clyde McCoy...
Orchestra, lodges and balcony at Loews Theater on Fourth Street between Broadway and Chestnut, Louisville, Kentucky. Side view of seats, right theater wall and much of the balcony seating area as well as the edge of the orchestra in which are...
The audience the matinee performance of Alice Hegan Rice's "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch," on October 10, 1903, as photographed from the stage. The apron of the stage, part of the orchestra pit (a man playing the double bass), and...
Full-length portrait of conductor Don Philippini, leader of an eponymous symphony orchestra that toured the American South. Although this portrait is inscribed January 11, 1908, there is no indication that his orchestra performed at Macauley's...
