Date of Award

Summer 2024

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Education (EdD)

Committee Chair

Bonnie Bolado

Abstract

Recruitment and retention play a significant role in the success of high school band programs. The purpose of this study was to examine what impacted post high school graduates’ and focus group participants' final decisions about participating in their high school band program. It utilized Ajzen’s (1991) Theory of Planned Behavior and Bandura’s (1977) Self-Efficacy Theory. The participants were asked to answer and discuss questions based on their mastery experiences, vicarious experiences, social/verbal experiences, physiological experiences, self-perception, and other influential factors to determine their future participation. The study was purposefully conducted at two different schools in two different geographical locations in the district. This study brought understandings from band directors, current and former band students, and alumni post high school graduate students in a rural school district. The data for this dissertation were collected through interviews, focus groups, and Zelenak’s Music Performance Self- Efficacy Scale. The themes that resulted from this study were building a sense of community, social and emotional support, confidence, providing a quality music education, persistence or challenges, teamwork, multiple personal beliefs about oneself, and relationships. These findings indicated what causes students to continue and discontinue and what band directors can focus on to recruit potential students and retain current students.

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