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Gender-Specific Mentorship for Female Collegiate Band Directors
Completed April 2020 at Old Dominion University

Purpose of the Study
The purpose of this study is to provide insight on the impact of gender-specific role models and mentorship for aspiring female wind band conductors that plan to conduct and teach at the collegiate level. The results from this study were compared to Elizabeth Grant’s (2000) study, in which female band directors from four different career stages were interviewed on their perceptions of how mentorship and gender have impacted their career. The comparison of these studies is necessary for an updated understanding on the implications of gender-specific mentorship and role models for female conductors.

Scope of the Study
This study involved the distribution of one of two surveys to female band conductors at various stages of their wind band conducting career at the collegiate level. The subjects in this study were grouped as follows: Those that completed Survey A were either female collegiate/university band conductors, music education or conducting graduate students, or former music education or conducting graduate students (N = 97). Those that completed Survey B were female undergraduate instrumental music education students (N = 93).

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