FSU SEAL
WILLIAM E. FREDRICKSON
Research Publications
College of Music
Florida State University
Tallahssee, FL

REFEREED ARTICLES

Fredrickson, W. E. (1991). The Effect of Focus of Attention on Conducting Behaviors Including Eye-Contact of Pre-Service Conductors. Southeastern Journal of Music Education, 3, 54-60. 

Fredrickson, W. E. (1992). Research on Eye-Contact with Implications for the Conductor: A Review of Literature. Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 11(1), 25-31. 

Madsen, C. K. & Fredrickson, W. E. (1993). The Experience of Musical Tension: A Replication Of Nielsen's Research Using The Continuous Response Digital Interface. Journal of Music Therapy, 30(1), 46-63. 

Fredrickson, W. E. (1994). Devices for Recording Ongoing Responses to Music in Education and Therapy. Missouri Journal of Research in Music Education, 31, 1-9. 

Fredrickson, W. E. (1994). Band Musicians’ Performance and Eye-Contact as Influenced by Loss of a Visual and/or Aural Stimulus. Journal of Research in Music Education, 42, 306-317. 

Fredrickson, W. E. (1994). The Effect of a Conductor on Perception of Musical Tension. Southeastern Journal of Music Education, 6, 222-227. 

Fredrickson, W. E. (1995). A Comparison of Perceived Musical Tension and Aesthetic Response. Psychology of Music, 23, 81-87. 

Johnson, C. M. & Fredrickson, W. E. (1995). The Effect of Aural Commentary, Written Comments, and Behavioral Self-Assessment on Conductor Intensity. Journal of Band Research, 30(2), 27-38.

         Fredrickson, W. E. (1995). Ninth-Grade Student Perceptions of a Band Festival Experience. Journal of Band Research, 31(1), 56-69.

Fredrickson, W. E. (1996). The Effect of Information on Eighth-Grade Students’ Recognition of Music Therapy as a Career. Music Therapy Perspectives, 14, 95-96. 

Fredrickson, W. E. & Johnson, C. M. (1996). The Effect of Performer Use of Rubato on Listener Perception of Tension in Mozart. Psychomusicology, 15, 78-86.

Fredrickson, W. E. (1997). Social Influence and Effects on Student Perception and Participation in Music. Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 15(2), 29-32. 

Madsen, C. K., Geringer, J. M., & Fredrickson, W. E. (1997). Focus of Attention to Musical Elements in Haydn’s Symphony #104. Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 133, 57-63.
 
Fredrickson, W. E. (1997). Musicians and Nonmusicians Responses to Tension in Grainger’s Irish Tune from County Derry. Missouri Journal of Research in Music Education, 34, 1-5. 

Fredrickson, W. E. (1997). Elementary, Middle, and High School Students’ Perception of Tension in Music. Journal of Research in Music Education, 45, 626-635. 

Fredrickson, W. E., Johnson, C. M., & Robinson, C. R. (1998). The Effect of Pre-conducting and Conducting Behaviors on the Evaluation of Conductor Competence. Journal of Band Research, 33(2), 1-13. 

Fredrickson, W. E. (1999). The Effect of Musical Performance on Perception of Tension in Gustav Holst’s First Suite in Eb. Journal of Research in Music Education, 47, 44-52. 

Byrnes, S. R., Darrow, A. A., & Fredrickson, W. E. (1999). Sign Language and Choral Performance: An Exploratory Study of Performer and Audience Attitude. Missouri Journal of Research in Music Education, 36, 35-43. 

Fredrickson, W. E. & Pembrook, R. G. (1999). “I Got to Teach All Day!” (Perceptions of Student Teachers). Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 141, 36-40. 

Fredrickson, W. E. (2000). Perception of Tension in Music: Musicians versus Nonmusicians. Journal of Music Therapy, 37(1), 40-50. 

Pembrook, R. G. & Fredrickson, W. E. (2000/2001). Prepared yet Flexible: Insights from the Daily Logs of Music Teachers. Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 147, 149-152. 

Fredrickson, W. (2001). The Effect of Performance Medium on Perception of Musical Tension. Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 148, 60-64. 

Fredrickson, W. E. & Pembrook, R. G. (2002). “When you Pinpoint Incorrect Notes and They Still Miss Them, What do You do Then?” (Perceptions of Field Experience Students) Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 153/4, 8-11. 

Johnson, C. M., Fredrickson, W. E., Achey, C. A, & Gentry, G. R. (2003). The Effect of Nonverbal Elements of Conducting on the Overall Evaluation of Student and Professional Conductors. Journal of Band Research, 38(2), 64-79. 

Fredrickson, W. E. & Coggiola, J. C. (2003). A Comparison of Music Majors’ and Nonmajors’ Perceptions of Tension for Two Selections of Jazz Music. Journal of Research in Music Education, 51, 259-270. 

Fredrickson, W. E. & Neill, S. (2004). “Is it Friday Yet?” (Perceptions of First-Year Music Teachers). Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 161/162, 91-98. 

Fredrickson, W. E. & Hackworth, R. S. (2005). Analysis of First-Year Teacher’s Advise to Music Education Students. Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 23(2), 4-11. 

Fredrickson, W. E. & Burton, J. B. (2005). Where Will the Supply of New Teachers Come From, Where Shall We Recruit, and Who Will Teach these Prospective Teachers? Journal of Music Teacher Education 14(2) 30-36. 

Happy, L. R. & Fredrickson, W. E. (2005). The Effect of Mental Imaging Rehearsal on the Study of Black-Key Major Scales in a College Piano Class. Missouri Journal of Research in Music Education, 42, 18-26. 

 Fredrickson, W. E. (2007).  Perceptions of College-Level Music Performance Majors Teaching Applied Music Lessons to Young Students. International Journal of Music Education, 25(1), 72-81. 

  Fredrickson, W. E. (2007).  Music Majors' Attitudes Toward Private Lesson Teaching after Graduation: A Replication and Extension.  Journal of Research in Music Education, 55, 326-343. 

Fredrickson, W. E. & Kirchhoff, A. D. (2007).  The Effect of Controlled Focus of Attention During Music Listening on Eighth-Grade Students’ Perceptions of Various Musical Styles.  Missouri Journal of Research in Music Education, 44, 3-10. 

Fredrickson, W. E. & McCabe, M. C. (2007).  Music Faculty Positions in Higher Education: An Analysis of the College Music Society Music Faculty Vacancy List for the 2003-2004 School Year.  Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 174, 45-59.  <>


BOOK CHAPTERS

Fredrickson, W. E. (in press). It Was All in a Day’s Work: Daily Reflections of Music Field Experience, Student Teachers, First-Year and Experienced Teachers. In D. J. Teachout (Ed.), Critical Issues in Music Teacher Education. Missoula, MT: College Music Society.

NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

Fredrickson, W. E. (1979). Some Observations on the Sixth World Saxophone Congress. The Saxophone Symposium, 4(3), 26-27.

Fredrickson, W. E. (1989). Why Not the Baritone Saxophone? The Saxophone Symposium, 14(3), 26-27.

Fredrickson, W. E. (1993). Devices for Recording Ongoing Responses to Music in Education and Therapy. Newsletter for the Affective Response Special Research Interest Group, 13(1), 2. [annotated abstract]

Fredrickson, W. E. (1993). From Research to Practice: Gaining Control of the Rehearsal. Missouri School Music Magazine, 47(3), 20.

Fredrickson, W. E. (1993). The Cooperating Teacher: A Key Role. Missouri School Music Magazine, 48(1), 20.

Fredrickson, W. E. (1998). Music Teacher Education in Missouri. Missouri School Music Magazine, 53(1), 30.

Fredrickson, W. E. (1999). Review of the dissertation An Investigation of the Relationships Between Undergraduate Music Education Students’ Early Field Experience and Student Teaching Performance by Gregory Robert Fant. Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 139, 67-69.

Fredrickson, W. E. (1999). Report of the MMEA Teacher Recruitment and Retention Committee. Missouri School Music Magazine, 54(1), 28-30.

Johnson, C. M., Fredrickson, W. E., Achey, C. A, & Gentry, G. R. (2000). The Effect of Nonverbal Elements of Conducting on the Overall Evaluation of Student and Professional Conductors. In J. Tafuri (Ed.), Quaderni della SIEM: Semestrale di ricedrca e didattica musicale (pp. 156-164). Bologna, Italy: Societa Italiana per L’Educazione Musicale. [proceedings of the national meeting of the Societa Italiana per L’Educazione Musicale]

Fredrickson, W. E. & Pembrook, R. G. (2000). “So, How Was School Today?” Research on the Daily Reflections of Student Teachers and Experienced Music Educators. The Recorder: Journal of the Ontario Music Educators Association, 43(1), 28-30.

Fredrickson, W. E. (2001). From Research to Practice: Missouri Journal of Research in Music Education #37. Missouri School Music Magazine 55(4), 30-34.

Fredrickson, W. E. (2002). From Research to Practice: Missouri Journal of Research in Music Education #38. Missouri School Music Magazine 56(3), 22-24.

Fredrickson, W. E. & Pembrook, R. G. (2002). ‘When you pinpoint incorrect notes and they still miss them, what do you do then?’: Perceptions of field experience students. In G. Welsh and G Folkestad (Eds.), A world of music education research: Proceedings of the 19th ISME research seminar, Gothenburg, Sweden (pp 83-88).

Fredrickson, W. E. (2002). Review of the book The science and psychology of music performance by Richard Parncutt and Gary E. McPherson (Eds.). Psychomusicology, 18, 147-148.

Fredrickson, W. E. (2003). From Research to Practice: Missouri Journal of Research in Music Education #39. Missouri School Music Magazine 57(3), 24-25.

Fredrickson, W. E. (2004). Commentary: Life in Transition. Journal of Music Teacher Education 14(1), 5-7.

Fredrickson, W. E. (2004). From Research to Practice: Missouri Journal of Research in Music Education #40. Missouri School Music Magazine 58(4), 28.

Fredrickson, W. E. (2005). Commentary: Assumptions. Journal of Music Teacher Education 14(2), 44-46.

Fredrickson, W. E. & Neill, S. (2004). Is it Friday Yet? (Perceptions of first-year music teachers). In J. Tafuri (Ed.), Research for Music Education: Proceedings of the 20th ISME Research Seminar, Las Palmas, Spain (pp 86-92).

Fredrickson, W. E. (2005). Commentary: Dialogue. Journal of Music Teacher Education 15(1), 6-7.

Fredrickson, W. E. (2005). It Was All in a Day’s Work: Daily Reflections of Music Field Experience, Student Teachers, First-Year and Experienced Teachers. In D. J. Teachout (Ed.), Proceedings from the 2005 Symposium on Music Teacher Education [CD]. Greensboro, NC: UNCG School of Music.

Fredrickson, W. E. (2006). Commentary: Music Matters. Journal of Music Teacher Education 15(2), 6-7.

Fredrickson, W. E. (2006). Commentary: History. Journal of Music Teacher Education 16(1), 5-6.

Fredrickson, W. E. (2007). Commentary: Improvisation. Journal of Music Teacher Education 16(2), 7-9.

Fredrickson, W. E. (2007).  Commentary:  Progress.  Journal of Music Teacher Education 17(1), 5-6.

Fredrickson, W. E. (2008).  Commentary:  Teaching.  Journal of Music Teacher Education 17(2), 5-6. 

Fredrickson, W. E. (2008).  Commentary:  Epiphany.  Journal of Music Teacher Education 18(1), 3-5.

 




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