For the last twenty years, the KMEA In-Service Workshop has hosted a research poster session. For all of those years, this was a one-hour session in a separate room. This year the session was different. First, the posters were featured for two days in the foyer above the registration area. Participants were able to view the research projects the entire conference. Second, we had twenty-seven excellent papers—our largest number ever. Attendance by conference participants was excellent, as always, but in the new venue, somewhat harder to track. At the actual research section, each presenter had an exhibition area where those in attendance had the opportunity to view the data and to discuss the individual research projects with the presenters. This presentation format has become the primary method of research dissemination among conferences at the national and international level because: a) it can accommodate numerous papers representing multiple areas of research at a single time; and b) it allows those in attendance to concentrate on areas of interest and to speak directly to the researcher. The KMEA Research Poster Session featured faculty research in music education, student theses and dissertations in music education, exemplary class research papers, and research by public school educators. By establishing an ongoing network of music teachers and researchers who share mutual interests and concerns, we can carry out research that will help improve music teaching and learning in Kansas. For an abstract of the following papers presented at the KMEA In-Service Workshop research poster session, please contact the presenters at their respective university/schools or myself at the email address displayed at the top of this page.

Kansas Music Educators Association
Research in Music: Poster Session

• The Effect of Subdivision Practice Exercises on Off-Beat Rhythmic Accuracy
  Quinton R. Bockhold, The University of Kansas
• The Perceived Effect of Listening on the Performance of Music
  Kasil Brenner, The University of Kansas
• Effect of Music on Memory
  Lauren Bridge, The University of Kansas
• The Evolution of Elementary Listening Lessons in Selected Textbook Series since the 1960s
  Debra Rae Brown, The University of Kansas
• The Effects of Choir Formation and Singer Spacing on Tone Quality of a TTBB Male Chorus
  James Daugherty, The University of Kansas
• An Exploration of Self-Perceived Challenges for the Music Education Student During Field Experience
  Philip Edelman, University of Missouri-Kansas City
• Who are These People and Why are They Saying These Things?: George Heller and the Growth of Historical Research in Music Education and Music Therapy
  Melissa Grady, Lake Forest College
• Evolution of Assessment: A Classroom Teacher's Transformation
  Travis J. Hale, Kansas State University
• A Review of Chamber Brass Literature for High School Ensembles
  Brad Harzman, Emporia State University
• Lessons from Lithuania: Teaching Improvisation to Undergraduate Music Majors
  Debra Hedden, The University of Kansas
• The Effect of Instrumental Experience on Pitch Accuracy While Singing
  Katie A. Hoefer, The University of Kansas
• Including Special Learners in the Instrumental Ensemble
  Edward C. Hoffman, University of Montevallo
• Music Education in Rural America
  Edward C. Hoffman, University of Montevallo
• Examination of the Effects of Background Music in Familiar and Foreign Languages on Comprehension in a Study Setting
  Kelsey James, The University of Kansas
• Effect of Sight-Singing on Low Brass Sight-Reading Performance
  Philip S. Kaul, The University of Kansas
• The Effects of Varied Conductor Background Colors on the LTAS, Intonation, and Perceptions of an SATB Choir: A Pilot Study
  Alan J. Martin, The University of Kansas
• The Representation of Multicultural Education Courses in Preservice Music Education Curriculum
  Emily J. McGinnis, University of Missouri-Kansas City
• Undergraduate Instrumental Music Education Curriculum
  Emily J. McGinnis, University of Missouri-Kansas City
• Influence of Older Sibling Music Preference on Younger Siblings
  Shelby Riley, The University of Kansas
• The Effects of Singer Head Position on Jaw Opening, Acoustical, and Perceptual Measures of Female Singing Performances
  Amelia A. Rollings, The University of Kansas
• Testing a New Method in Voice Dosimetry Utilizing an Unfiltered Accelerometer Signal: Protocols and Preliminary Data
  Matthew Schloneger, Hesston College
• A Lady in the Barbershop: A History of Early Female Directors in the Barbershop Harmony Society
  Steve Scott, The University of Kansas
• Rural Music Education: Equity and Cultural Relevance
  Gaile Stephens, Emporia State University
• The Selection and Usage of String Method Books by String Teachers in Beginning-Level Strings Classrooms: A Pilot Study
  Rebecca L. Tast, The University of Kansas
• Rachel, Minnie, and Hayla: Ordinary Women who Changed Conventions
  Beth A. Wheeler, The University of Kansas
• Pilot: Reconciling Phases of Second Half of Life and Active Senior Adult Community Music Participation
  Lindsey Williams and Melita Belgrave, University of Missouri-Kansas City
• Comparison of Personality of Music Education and Music Therapy Students
  Taylor Woodruff, The University of Kansas