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Factors affecting student performance of Aurial skills at KCSE in Nairobi secondary schools
(2012-02-24)This study investigated the factors affecting the performance of aural at K.C.S.E in Nairobi secondary schools. The study was undertaken because of the continuous poor performance in the aural paper. The study sought ... -
Factors affecting instrumental Music tuition in Kenyan secondary schools: a study of Nairobi province
(2012-02-24)This study examines the area of performance in music education. Music, being a creative art, requires certain activities to take each and every time it is heard. These activities, then, make music a living art. Performance ... -
Factors affecting the instruction of Kenyan indigenous Music: a survey of Nairobi secondary schools
(Kenyatta University, 2000)The study was carried out to determine factors affecting the teaching of indigenous Kenyan music in Nairobi Secondary Schools. The researcher, as a result of experience, had it difficult to use pro- Western music teaching ... -
The fuging technique on arrangement and adaptation of selected Luhya Folk Songs
(2012-02-01)This study aimed at establishing the suitability of using the Western Fugal Techniques in arranging traditional luhyia folk songs/ tunes. The study involved carrying out interviews with composers/ arrangers to establish ... -
Impact of Curriculum Review Policies on Music Teaching and Learning: Case of Public Primary Schools in Kiambu County, Kenya 1999-2019
(Kenyatta University, 2020)The place of music in the Kenyan curriculum of education has for long not been assured as a result of curriculum review and changes. In order to understand how Kenya’s Curriculum Review Policies have impacted the ... -
Impact of Curriculum Review Policies on Music Teaching and Learning: Case of Public Primary Schools in Kiambu County, Kenya 1999-2019
(Kenyatta University, 2020)The place of music in the Kenyan curriculum of education has for long not been assured as a result of curriculum review and changes. In order to understand how Kenya’s Curriculum Review Policies have impacted the stakeholders ... -
Inculating a brass culture: developing proficiency levels in truphet playing for schools
(2013-01-31)The music culture of the Kenyan youth is mainly vocal with this choice being a product of circumstantial bias. Few students have several performance options beyond voice and piano and therefore choose what is readily ... -
The influence of popular music styles on music training in Pentecostal churches of Kenya; the case of House of Grace Church Ministries in Nairobi
(Kenyatta University, 2015-11)In the last twenty years or so, there has been controversy about what would be considered as appropriate and effective approaches for teaching worship music in a multicultural Christian church setting. There has also been ... -
Integration of the Visually Impaired: The Case of Voice Training in Kenyatta University
(2002)This study investigated the integration of the visually impaired students particularly those training in voice. The study sought to: a) Identify the strategies employed by lecturers in voice training of the visually ... -
Investigating the role of music education as a determinant of career options among music graduates from Kenyatta University, Kenya
(2016)The study investigated the place of music education in career development. The study also investigated music related career opportunities that university music graduates participate in on either transitional or professional ... -
An investigation of strategies employed to enhance music performance in selected christian churches in Nairobi County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2015)This study is designed to investigate the strategies employed to raise the standards of music performance in selected Christian churches in Nairobi County. Lack of proper strategies is perceived to affect the music performance ... -
Kenyan Folk Song as A Source of Compositional Inspiration: A Study on The Use Of Selected Folk Songs in Art Music
(2011-11-17)Today, many factors such as technology, communication and social connections triangulate to make the world a global village. Numerous world cultures borrow from each other resulting in diversity and multiplicity of musical ... -
Music as social discourse: the contribution of popular music to the awareness and prevention of HIV/AIDS in Nairobi, Kenya
(Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Faculty of Arts, 2009)This dissertation is a critical, theoretical study focussing is on the contribution that popular music makes towards raising awareness and promoting the prevention of HIV/Aids in Nairobi, Kenya. Towards this end, an analysis ... -
Music instructional methods and their impact on curriculum implementation: a case of selected secondary schools in Nairobi County (Kenya)
(2014)The study was designed as an assessment of the impact of music instructional methods on music curriculum implementation in the classroom in Kenyan secondary schools in Nairobi County. Music instructional methods are ... -
Music teachers' effectiveness in instructional delivery: a case of secondary schools in central province, Kenya
(2011-11-17)This study proposed that learning music needs to be seen as an adaptive interface, which couples teacher and pupils' behaviours and attitudes, shaping a common interactive field of effective learning. Based on this framework, ... -
Musical Composition: The merger of indigenous Abagusii and Western Classical Musical Idioms in the Arrangement and Composition of Contemporary Kenyan Music
(2012-03-21)This study was undertaken against the background that the Abagusii community has had contact with Western culture since the beginning of the 20th century through colonisation and missionary activities. It has been observed ... -
Mwomboko and Music Traditions of the Agikuyu of Murang' a County
(2013-10-16)This study focused on analysis of the" content and style of mwomboko music to determine influential factors for its assimilation within the Agtkiiyii of Muranga County. The study sought to find out the factors which could ... -
Participation in Choral Music Ensembles and Its Impact on Musicianship among Music Education Students in Selected Public Universities in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020-05)Music, just like other arts requires time for practice. Despite clearly outlined objectives about practical music in the curriculum by the Ministry of Education, several music education trainees do not consistently exhibit ... -
The place of music in the Catholic charismatic ritual healing: the case of Nakuru Holy Cross and Nairobi Holy Family Basilica core groups
(Kenyatta University, 2002-05)This study endeavored to determine whether music In Catholic Charismatic Renewal (CCR) ritual healing has any therapeutic value, It also sought to clarify the concept 'music therapy', Using the methods of observation and ...
