How can shared music preferences create social bonds between people? A process model
is developed in which music preferences as value-expressive attitudes create social bonds …

The purpose of this qualitative collective case study was to examine the ways an elementary
general music teacher's curricular beliefs and practices influence the expression of music in …

This paper reviews research on Hong Kong's music education. The review shows that music
education in Hong Kong after the change of sovereignty in 1997 differs from that in the …

In two separate studies, we examined fifth graders' preference for authentic and arranged
versions of world music recordings, the relationship of those preference ratings to familiarity …

The authors investigate whether there were significant differences in preferences for,
familiarity with, and identification of Chinese, Malay, and Indian music between adolescent …

Monolingual (English) and bilingual (English, Spanish) sixth-grade students (N= 60) from
two urban school settings in the United States listened to three versions of the same song …

This chapter critically discusses our current understanding of the psychology of musical
preferences. Musical preference has been defined as “a person's liking for one piece of …

Music is important in most people''s lives independent of their cultural origin. Music can
foster bonds between people and communicate values and identity. This thesis examined …

Ethnomusicologists and sociologists have extensively discussed the symbolic role of music
in the creation, maintenance, and expression of cultural and national identity, while the …

Listeners (N= 543) in grades 4, 5, and 6 rated their preference for 10 instrumental and vocal
selections from various styles, including four popular music selections with versions …