Research in music education helps to improve, innovate, and advocate for music in our schools.  This page provides links to abstracts of published self authored and co-authored research articles.  Enjoy!

The Development of a Guitar Performance Rating Scale using a Facet-Factorial Approach

Russell, B. E. (2010), The development of a guitar performance rating scale using a facet-factorial approach, Bulletin for the Council of Research in Music Education, 184, 21-34.

The Empirical Testing of a Music Performance Assessment Paradigm

Russell, B. E. (2015). An empirical study of a solo performance assessment paradigm. International Journal of Music Education, 33 (3), 359-371.

A Proposed Model of Jazz Theory Knowledge Acquisition

Ciorba, C. & Russell, B. E. (2014). A proposed model of jazz theory knowledge acquisition. Journal of Research in Music Education, 62 (3), 291-301.

Musical home environment, family background, and parenting style on success in school music and in school

Zdzinski, S. F.; Dell, C.; Gumm, A.; Rinnert, N.; Orzolek, D.; Yap, C. C.; Cooper, S.; Kieth, T.; & Russell, B. E. (2015). Musical home environment, family background, and parenting style on success in school music and in school. Contributions to Music Education, 40, 71-90.

An exploratory neuropsychological case study of two chromesthetic musicians with and without absolute pitch

Zdzinski, S. F.; Ireland, S. J.; Belen, K. E.; Russell, B. E.; Wuttke, B. C.; Oleson, B. C.; & Doyle, J. L. (submitted). An exploratory neuropsychological case study of two chromesthetic musicians with and without absolute pitch. International Journal of Music Education.