1. Allison Melville

2. Sacred Music- music that is specifically composed for use in individual or communal religious worship Spirituality- term used to describe an individual’s thoughts, feelings, words, and actions in his/her relationship with or towards God

3. PreK-8 th General Music 8 th Grade Religion Girls’ Choir & Guys’ Choir= sacred and secular Parish Children’s Choir= sacred Sing for 2 adult church choirs Meaningful and Not- Meaningful Music Experiences…

4. Northwest Suburbs Archdiocese of Chicago Rigorous academics, numerous extra- curriculars and a large focus on faith formation Archdiocesan religion curriculum calls for spirituality development; the music curriculum does not.

5. The purpose of this study is to determine how the spirituality of junior high students can be enhanced through the instruction of sacred music in the parochial music classroom. Aka… Can I help my 7 th & 8 th graders better connect with God through song?

6. Do junior high students sing, play, and/or listen to sacred music as a way to develop spirituality? Do junior high students sing, play, and/or listen to sacred music as a way to develop spirituality? How does singing, playing and/or listening to sacred music influence a junior high student’s worship experience in the parochial music classroom and during school liturgies? Are junior high students’ spiritual experiences enhanced when the music educator facilitates discussions about the sacred music’s context, meaning and application to the students’ world?

7. Miller 2002- New Zealand Pentecostal music Shansky (2013), Engelhardt (2009)- Culture transmission through sacred music Rymarz (2006), Ashley (2012)- Adolescent participation in worship but lack of spirituality Colville (2007)- Parochial Music Teachers Harris and Mackrill (2013)- Spirituality in Music Education

8. 1.) Survey with Pretest 2.) 11 weeks of treatment 3.) Posttest

9. Intact 7 th and 8 th grade homerooms (N=65) General Music 1x a week Religion 5x a week All school masses on Fridays Homerooms lead masses Fine Arts: Bands, Choirs, Musical Theatre

10. Demographics Music Preferences Spirituality Pretest- Listen to and rate 4 new pieces of sacred music

11. Using the 4 songs from the Pretest, formally introduce and teach the songs over 11 classes.

12. Control Groups Musical Elements of the Songs… Examples -sight-reading the melody lines using solfege - isolating new rhythms -playing chord progressions on classroom instruments -analyzing the song forms. No discussion of meaning, affect, etc. Treatment Groups Musical AND Spiritual Elements of the Songs… Examples -individual writing prompts -small and large group guided conversations -Scriptural analysis Focus: What does this song mean? Why is it important? How does it relate to your spirituality?

13. Read/listen to each of the 4 Songs Musical Comprehension Question Musical Comprehension Question Spiritual Comprehension Question Spiritual Comprehension Question Interest in the song Interest in the song Connection to God Connection to God Open Response: What are some ways you can connect to God through sacred music?

14. Survey Responses– Mean, Mode, Standard Deviation Experiment Comparisons…(Pre-Pre, Post-Post, Pre-Post…) Total Control & Total Treatment 7 th Control & Total Treatment 8 th Control & Total Treatment **All tests using the One-Way ANOVA ((Possibly Two-Way Factorial ANOVA if I’m really brave…))

15. Questions?