Dr Stephanie Pitts - Publications
Books
Pitts, S. E. (2000) A Century of Change in Music Education. Aldershot: Ashgate.
Pitts, S. E. (2005) Valuing Musical Participation. Aldershot: Ashgate.
Clarke, E. F., Dibben, N. J. & Pitts, S. E. (2010) Music and Mind in Everyday Life. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Books in preparation
Pitts, S. E. (forthcoming) Chances and Choices: Exploring the Impact of Music Education. (Contracted with Oxford University Press for completion in July 2011)
Eley, A. R., Wellington, J., Biggs, C. & Pitts, S. E. (forthcoming) Becoming a Successful Early Career Researcher. (Contracted with Routledge for completion in December 2011)
Book chapters
Pitts, S. E. (2010) Musical education as a social act: learning from and within musical communities. In J. Ballantyne & B. Bartleet (Eds) Navigating Sound and Music Education (pp. 115-128). Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Pitts, S. E. (2009) Champions and aficionados: amateur and listener experiences of the Savoy operas in performance. In D. Eden & M. Saremba (Eds) The Cambridge Companion to Gilbert and Sullivan (pp. 190-200). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Pitts. S. E. (2007) Music beyond school. In L. Bresler (Ed) International Handbook of Research in Arts Education. Dortrecht: Kluwer.
Pitts, S. E. (2004) Starting a music degree at university. In J.W. Davidson (Ed) The Music Practitioner: Research for the music performer, teacher and listener (pp. 215-224). Aldershot: Ashgate
Pitts, S. E. (2001) Finding the future in the past: historical perspectives on music education. In G. Spruce (Ed) Teaching Music in Secondary Schools (pp. 140-152). London: Routledge.
Pitts, S. E., Davidson, J. W. & McPherson, G. E. (2001) Developing effective practice strategies: case studies of three young instrumentalists. In G. Spruce (Ed) Aspects of Teaching Secondary Music. London: Routledge. [Reprinted from Music Education Research, 2 (1), 45-56.]
Davidson, J. W. & Pitts, S. E. (2001) Music and mental skill. In H. Gembris, R. D. Kraemer & G. Maas (Eds) Musikpädagogische Forschungsberichte: Transfereffekte musikalischer Aktivitäten. Augsburg: Wissner Verlag.
Pitts, S. E., Harland, J. & Selwood, S. (1999) A review of the literature. In J. Harland & K. Kinder (Eds) Crossing the Line: Extending Young People´s Access to Cultural Venues (19-38). London: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
Articles in refereed journals
Pitts, S. E. (2009) Roots and routes in adult musical participation: investigating the impact of home and school on lifelong musical interest and involvement. British Journal of Music Education, 26 (3): 241-256.
Cox, G. & Pitts, S. E. (2008) The British Journal of Music Education 2003-2007: an editorial retrospective. British Journal of Music Education 25 (3): 253-265.
Pitts, S. E. (2008). Extra-curricular music in UK schools: Investigating the aims, experiences, and impact of adolescent musical participation. International Journal of Education & the Arts, 9 (10).
Pitts, S. E. & Spencer, C. P. (2008) Loyalty and longevity in audience listening: investigating experiences of attendance at a chamber music festival. Music and Letters, 89 (2): 227-238.
Burland, K. & Pitts, S. E. (2007) Becoming a music student: investigating the skills and attitudes of students beginning a music degree. Arts and Humanities in Higher Education, 6 (3): 289-308.
Pitts, S. E. (2008) Monitoring musical progress: approaches from the UK. Zeitschrift für Kritische Musikpädagogik, Sonderedition: Bildungsstandards und Kompetenzmodelle für das Fach Musik?, pp. 125–129. Online at http://www.zfkm.org/sonder08-pitts.pdf.
Pitts, S. E. (2007) Anything Goes: A case study of extra-curricular musical participation in an English secondary school. Music Education Research, 9 (1): 145-165.
Pitts, S. E. (2005) "Testing, testing…" How do students use written feedback? Active Learning in Higher Education, 6 (3): 218-229.
Pitts, S. E. (2005) Twenty-nine world premieres in two hours: the story of Powerplus. International Journal of Education and the Arts, 6 (11).
Pitts, S. E. (2005) What makes an audience? Investigating the roles and experiences of listeners at a chamber music festival. Music and Letters, 86 (2): 257-269.
Pitts, S. E. (2004) "Everybody wants to be Pavarotti": the experience of music for performers and audience at a Gilbert & Sullivan Festival. Journal of the Royal Musical Association, 129 (1): 143-160.
Pitts, S. E. (2004) Lessons in learning: learning, teaching and motivation at a music summer school. Music Education Research, 6 (1): 81-95.
Pitts, S. E. (2003) What do students learn when we teach music? An investigation of the `hidden´ curriculum in a university music department. Arts and Humanities in Higher Education, 2 (3): 281-292.
Pitts, S. E. (2002) Changing tunes: musical experience and self-perception amongst school and university music students. Musicae Scientiae, 6(1): 73-92.
Pitts, S. E. (2001) Whose aesthetics? Public, professional and pupil perceptions of music education. Research Studies in Music Education, 17: 54-60.
Davidson, J. W. & Pitts, S. E. (2001) People have talents: a case study of musical behaviour in an adoptive family. British Journal of Music Education, 18 (2): 159-169.
Davidson, J.W., Pitts, S.E. & Correia, J.S. (2001) Reconciling technical and expressive elements in young children´s musical instrument learning. Journal of Aesthetic Education, 35 (3): 51-62.
Pitts, S. E., Davidson, J. W. & McPherson, G. E. (2000) Models of success and failure in instrumental learning: case studies of young players in the first twenty months of learning. Bulletin for the Council of Research in Music Education, 146: 51-69.
Pitts, S. E. (2000) Reasons to teach music: establishing a place in the contemporary curriculum. British Journal of Music Education, 17 (1): 31-40.
Pitts, S. E. & Davidson, J. W. (2000) Supporting musical development in the primary school: an English perspective on the Australian band system. Research Studies in Music Education, 14: 76-84.
Pitts, S. E., Davidson, J. W. & McPherson, G. E. (2000) Developing effective practice strategies: case studies of three young instrumentalists. Music Education Research, 2 (1), 45-56.
Pitts, S. E. (1998) Looking for inspiration: Recapturing an enthusiasm for music education from innovatory writings. British Journal of Music Education, 15 (1): 25-36.
Pitts, S. E. (1998) The implications of historical music education research for contemporary music education practice in England. Arts Education Policy Review, 100 (2): 26-31.
Articles in professional (non-refereed) journals
Pitts, S. E. & Ives, P. (2010) Getting Giddy About Music: secrets of success for engaging young children and their families in live music. Research commissioned by Music in the Round and Sheffield City Council.
Pitts, S. E. (2007) Review of Music Making in Britain: Interviews With Those Behind the Notes by Elizabeth Haddon. British Journal of Music Education, 24 (2): 244-245.
Pitts, S. E. (2006) Review of The British Barbershopper: A Study in Socio-Musical Values by Liz Garnett. Popular Music, 25 (2): 336-338.
Pitts, S. E. (2005) Review of Exploring the Musical Mind: Cognition, Emotion, Ability, Function by John Sloboda. British Journal of Music Education, 22 (3): 319-320.
Pitts, S. E. (2005) Becoming a music student: understanding and fostering the study skills of first-year undergraduates. Report on a PALATINE Development Award project, available at http://www.lancs.ac.uk/palatine/dev-awards/pitts.htm
Pitts, S. E. (2005) Powerplus: a Sheffield-based composing venture, Music Teacher, 84 (4): 49.
Pitts, S. E. (2004) Review of How Popular Musicians Learn by Lucy Green. Popular Music, 23 (2): 237-239.
Pitts, S. E. (2004) Review of Instrumental Teaching in 19th-Century Britain by David J. Golby. Music Teacher, 83 (10): 66.
Pitts, S. E. (2004) Introducing music in the nursery school: a report on the Music Box project. Commissioned report for Music in the Round and National Foundation for Youth Music.
Pitts, S. E. (2003) Review of Musical Identities ed. Raymond Macdonald, David Hargreaves & Dorothy Miell. British Journal of Music Education, 20 (1): 110-112.
Pitts, S. E. (2002) `Tis a curious thing…´: Thoughts on the Englishness of Gilbert and Sullivan. English Dance and Song, 64 (3): 18-19.
Pitts, S. E. (2002) Meeting diverse needs in the music classroom. Ensemble: Journal of the Music Masters´ and Mistresses´ Association, 59: 8-10.
Pitts, S. E. (2000) What´s past is prologue. Music Teacher, 79 (8): 19-21.
Pitts, S. E. (1998) Popular and world musics in the secondary classroom: a historical perspective. Ensemble: Journal of the Music Masters´ and Mistresses´ Association, 48: 14-17.
Pitts, S. E. (2002) Review of Issues in Music Teaching ed. Chris Philpott & Charles Plummeridge. British Journal of Music Education, 19 (1): 105-107.
Pitts, S. E. (2000) Review of Songs in Their Heads: Music and Its Meaning in Children´s Lives by Patricia Shehan Campbell. World of Music, 42 (2): 156-158.
Pitts, S. E. (1997) Review of Music Education: Trends and Issues ed. Charles Plummeridge. Psychology of Music, 25 (1): 95-97.
Book reviews and reports in print
Pitts, S. E. (2007) Review of Music Making in Britain: Interviews With Those Behind the Notes by Elizabeth Haddon. British Journal of Music Education, 24 (2): 244-245.
Pitts, S. E. (2006) Review of The British Barbershopper: A Study in Socio-Musical Values by Liz Garnett. Popular Music, 25 (2): 336-338.
Pitts, S. E. (2005) Review of Exploring the Musical Mind: Cognition, Emotion, Ability, Function by John Sloboda. British Journal of Music Education, 22 (3): 319-320.
Pitts, S. E. (2005) Becoming a music student: understanding and fostering the study skills of first-year undergraduates. Report on a PALATINE Development Award project, available at http://www.lancs.ac.uk/palatine/dev-awards/pitts.htm
Pitts, S. E. (2004) Review of How Popular Musicians Learn by Lucy Green. Popular Music, 23 (2): 237-239.
Pitts, S. E. (2004) Review of Instrumental Teaching in 19th-Century Britain by David J. Golby. Music Teacher, 83 (10): 66.
Pitts, S. E. (2004) Introducing music in the nursery school: a report on the Music Box project. Commissioned report for Music in the Round and National Foundation for Youth Music.
Pitts, S. E. (2003) Review of Musical Identities ed. Raymond Macdonald, David Hargreaves & Dorothy Miell. British Journal of Music Education, 20 (1): 110-112.
Pitts, S. E. (2002) Review of Issues in Music Teaching ed. Chris Philpott & Charles Plummeridge. British Journal of Music Education, 19 (1): 105-107.
Pitts, S. E. (2000) Review of Songs in Their Heads: Music and Its Meaning in Children´s Lives by Patricia Shehan Campbell. World of Music, 42 (2): 156-158.
Pitts, S. E. (1997) Review of Music Education: Trends and Issues ed. Charles Plummeridge. Psychology of Music, 25 (1): 95-97.