Publications

A complete record of my published research in music education — a doctoral dissertation, invited book chapters, peer-reviewed journal articles, and scholarly reviews.

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Doctoral Dissertation

Davis, S. G. (2008). Fostering a musical say: Enabling meaning making and investment in a band class by connecting to students’ informal music learning processes. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan.

Book Chapters

Davis, S. G. (2016). Instrumental learning and performance in primary and elementary schools. In G. E. McPherson & G. Welch (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Music Education. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Invited by section editor, Kathryn Marsh, University of Sydney, Australia). Revised and republished as separate volumes.

Davis, S. G. (2015). Children, popular music and identity. In G. E. McPherson (Ed.), The child as musician: A handbook of musical development (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Invited by editor, Gary McPherson).

Davis, S. G. (2013). Fostering a community of composers: From call and response to ABA form compositions. In C. Randles & D. Stringham (Eds.), Musicianship: Composing in band and orchestra. Chicago, IL: GIA.

Davis, S. G. (2012). Instrumental learning and performance in primary and elementary schools. In G. E. McPherson & G. Welch (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Music Education. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Invited by section editor, Kathryn Marsh, University of Sydney, Australia).

Davis, S. G. (2011). Fostering a “musical say”: Identity, expression and decision-making in a US school ensemble. In L. Green (Ed.), Learning, teaching and musical identity: Voices across cultures. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. (Invited by Lucy Green).

Journal Articles

Davis, S. G. (2013). Informal learning processes in an elementary classroom. Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 198(Fall), 23–50.

Davis, S. G. (2013). Lion dancing and Chinese percussion ensembles in the general music classroom. Virginia Music Educators Magazine (VMEA), LXVII(3), 51–55. Retrieved from vmea.com.

Davis, S. G., & Blair, D. (2012). Popular music in American teacher education: A glimpse into a secondary methods course. Musical Pedagogics: Greek Society for Music Education, 10(Special issue for the G.S.M.E.’s 15th anniversary: Selected articles from the International Journal of Music Education translated into Greek.), 68–93.

Davis, S. G., & Blair, D. (2011). Popular music in American teacher education: A glimpse into an American secondary methods course. International Journal of Music Education, Practice, 29(2).

Davis, S. G. (2010). Metaphorical process and the birth of meaningful musical rationality in beginning instrumentalists. Research Studies in Music Education, 32(1), 3–21.

Davis, S. G. (2009). Lesson plan corner: Danse Macabre. Michigan Music Educators, 46(3), 22–23.

Davis, S. G. (2005, December 8). That thing you do! Compositional processes of a rock band. International Journal of Education & the Arts. ijea.asu.edu/v6n16

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Review of Scholarly Work

Research Journals

• Reviewer, International Journal of Music Education (Summer 2020)
• Reviewer, Research Studies in Music Education (Summer 2014, Fall 2016, Fall 2018)
• Reviewer, International Journal of Education and the Arts (Fall 2010)

Published Book Reviews

Davis, S. G. (2013). Sociology in music education. Music Education Research, 15(2), 249–251. doi:10.1080/14613808.2013.801593

Davis, S. G. (2011). Musical identities and music education: A review essay. International Journal of Education & the Arts, 12(Review 6). Retrieved from ijea.org/v12r6