First Advisor

Casey, Brian

First Committee Member

Applegate, Erik

Second Committee Member

Kovalcheck, Steve

Degree Name

Doctor of Arts

Document Type

Dissertation

Date Created

8-2024

Department

College of Performing and Visual Arts, Music, Music Student Work

Abstract

Many resources for jazz educators and students are readily available online for free. With consistent video content and online platform growth across the globe, jazz educators are called upon to engage within this digital discourse. Additionally, they must find new ways of adopting these resources and administer them within their curriculum. How can educators effectively utilize online video resources within their curriculum without altering the existing course offerings to match those of their music education degree counterparts? Almost ten years ago research showed that “streaming from Netflix and YouTube accounted for 50 percent of all North America fixed network data” with a nearly 30% increase each year.1 Ease of access to video content through technological yearly upgrades has positioned video platforms as one of the main disseminators of information. In 2017, it was reported that “YouTube recorded a monthly registered audience of 1.5 billion”, while not all these videos are music-related, this is a significant platform that needs examining.2 Jazz educators are tasked with deciphering, discerning, and delineating this information to their students in an academic climate continuously demanding even more of their faculty. Jazz educators can effectively incorporate the growing online video content within their classrooms while also teaching students how to discern the information for themselves. The focus of this research document seeks to investigate the utilization of online media in the jazz classroom in the 21st century. It remains evident that the application of observation and critical analyses of online resources is not a significant part of the current jazz classroom. The secondary objective of this research is to present a vehicle to provide insight into how jazz educators and students may benefit from a more advanced understanding of the various capacities in which online media can augment and improve the current usage of digital resources. Extant digital resources related to jazz education should be utilized, whether they’re effective or not, in educating jazz educators through observation and analysis.

Abstract Format

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Extent

126 pages

Local Identifiers

York_unco_0161D_11255.pdf

Rights Statement

Copyright is held by the author.

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