WolfBrown consultants author peer-reviewed papers for academic journals and other publications.
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Issues Brief Series #4 Summer 2004, Published by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation by Alan Brown Two observations from recent studies illustrate the paradox of >>
WolfBrown
A Call to Action for Arts and Public Health For nine months during 2020 we navigated the worst crisis to hit the arts and culture sector in modern >>
Routledge
The Routledge Companion to Music and Human Rights is a collection of case studies spanning a wide range of concerns about music and human rights in response to intensifying >>
SREE
Background On-the-job work experiences are essential for developing students’ interest in future education and careers, as well as their hard and soft career skills. Capable mentors appear to be >>
Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts.
Abstract Hogan, J., Cordes, S., Holochwost, S., Ryu, E., & Winner, E. (2023). Participation in intensive orchestral music training does not cause gains in executive functioning, self-perception, or >>
Mind, Brain and Education
Should Teachers Guide or Get Out of the Way? Special Issue Article in Mind, Brain and Education, 2023. Abstract Access to high-quality early music education programs may mitigate the effects of poverty >>
APA PsycNet
Theater Education as a Context for Developing Social Awareness and Relationship Skills Abstract Social awareness and relationship skills are two essential components of children’s socioemotional development that undergo >>
Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts
Theater Education as a Context for Developing Social Awareness and Relationship Skills In this paper, we make the case that theater education can help children develop social awareness >>
artblog
Save the arts and serve all the people, restore OACCE and PCF budgets, Part 2 Although we understand the City of Philadelphia faces financial challenges from the coronavirus >>
Arts Education Policy Review
In this special edition of Arts Education Policy Review (AEPR), Dr. Dennie Palmer Wolf and co-editor, Jeff Poulin of Creative Generation, bring together a variety of perspectives from >>
APA PsycNet
Abstract This study examined whether music education was associated with improved performance on measures of academic achievement and executive functions. Participants were 265 school-age children (Grades 1 through >>
Arts Education Policy Review
When Questions are our Best Answers A special issue of Arts Education Policy Review The details of the global COVID-19 pandemic centered on lockdowns, face masks, and video >>
Routledge
The Power of Practice Most arts education programs have focused on transmitting skills and proficiencies in their specific disciplines and graduating talented students doing high-quality work. Despite the >>
Routledge
The Power of Practice A chapter by Dennie Palmer Wolf, Steven Holochwost, and Judith Hill Bose in the new volume, Music Learning As Youth Development. Music Learning as Youth Development explores >>
Carnegie Hall
In 2016, Dr. Dennie Palmer Wolf, working with musicians and staff at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute, published a booklet for families, “Why Making Music Matters.” The publication outlines >>
Allworth
A Series of Case Studies from Effective Leadership for Nonprofit Organizations After many years of consulting, I came across a persistent problem in many organizations. Executive directors and boards >>
Routledge
Edited by Matthew Reason, Lynne Conner, Katya Johanson and Ben Walmsley The Routledge Companion to Audiences and the Performing Arts represents a truly multi-dimensional exploration of the interrelationships between audiences >>
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Alan Brown I am indebted to Adrian Ellis, John Shibley, Tommer Peterson, Andrew Taylor, Ingrid Handeland, Shelley Cohn, Rebecca Thomas, John Carnwath, Megan Bander, Victoria Plettner-Saunders, Joe Kluger, >>
Allworth
A Series of Case Studies from Effective Leadership for Nonprofit Organizations After many years of consulting, I came across a persistent problem in many organizations. Executive directors and boards >>
Heinemann
Essays about Children, Learning, and Teaching Edited by Matt Glover and Ellin Olvier KeeneForeward by Alfie Kohn Dennie Palmer Wolf’s essay is one of 15 essays published in The >>
Journal of Folklore and Education
When Poetry Meets Folklore Taught in the light of folklore’s values of context, use, candor, imagination, and love, writing poems that notice, praise, and witness allows young people >>
Free Press
An essential and practical resource for the nonprofit field. Celebrating its fortieth anniversary, this classic is now updated for a new generation. Tens of thousands of staff members, >>
Allworth
A Series of Case Studies from Effective Leadership for Nonprofit Organizations After many years of consulting, I came across a persistent problem in many organizations. Executive directors and boards >>
Participations, Journal of Audience & Reception Studies
This keynote address was delivered at the second Symposium of the International Network for Audience Research in the Performing Arts (iNARPA) on September 14, 2017, in Leeds, UK. >>
Developmental Psychobiology
Parasympathetic regulation in the classroom differentially predicts preschoolers’ socially competent behaviors. Research shows that children’s early social competence predicts their later academic and interpersonal success. Accordingly, early childhood >>
Theatre Bay Area
Intrinsic Impact and the Value of Art This pioneering study on Intrinsic Impact was released by Theatre Bay Area. It represents a nationwide collective effort to measure the true >>
Allworth
How Executive Directors and Boards Work Together Managing a nonprofit organization has many challenges. One key to success is building a strong relationship between the executive director and >>
National Endowment for the Arts
Parsing Rigor in Arts Education Studies Steven Holochwost offers his thoughts on rigor in arts education research in a blog post for the National Endowment for the Arts.Excerpt >>
Many nonprofits are constantly seeking out new donors to raise funds and meet fundraising goals. In the chase for those additional dollars, fundraisers and institutions often forget what’s >>
Pegasus Books
Spanning generations, from the shores of the Black Sea to the glittering concert halls of New York, The Nightingale’s Sonata is a richly woven tapestry centered around violin virtuoso >>
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Inside Arts
Can Ailing Arts Organizations Turn Around? Inside Arts magazine September/October 2001 Stories of organizational crisis may differ in their details, but in our work as consultants dealing with >>
Wolf, Keens & Company
The Rise and Fall of the San Jose Symphony Though this is a book about a specific orchestra in a particular city, it contains lessons for arts organizations >>
Association of Performing Arts Presenters
This recently revised edition of an industry classic contains seven chapters devoted to discussion of presenting from several perspectives, including that of the community, the organization, the performer, >>
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Bay Chamber Concerts
How did a fishing village, famous for its great sailing ships, its lime kilns, and the purity of its winter ice become a center for great music? This >>
Dog Ear Publishing, LLC
How to Survive the Meeting You Are Running While Mastering the Art of Facilitation This unique, 48-page book written by William Keens is a practical guide to planning, >>
Liner Notes
Piano-Duo Extraordinaire Pierre Luboshutz (1890–1971) and Genia Nemenoff (1905–1989) were, in many ways, very similar—musicians from Russian-Jewish backgrounds who had found success in America. But their differences were >>
Frontiers
In this paper, we make the case that as the study of arts education to continues to advance, we must delineate the effects of particular forms of arts >>
Building Strong Community Networks
Commissioned by Heart of Brooklyn – A Cultural Partnership, with funding support from Institute of Museum and Library Services and The Rockefeller Foundation Over the two-year period from >>
Frontiers
Orchestral Music Education as a Context for Fostering Growth Mindsets Growth mindset is an important aspect of children’s socioemotional development and is subject to change due to environmental >>
Published in Frontiers in Psychology
In Young Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients and Caregivers: Results of a Single Case Design Pilot Study This paper reports the results of a single-case design pilot study >>
SpringerLink
Evaluating a New Mandate for Arts Education Abstract In this chapter, we present the results of our assessment of the impacts of arts education on the development of >>
Taylor & Francis
Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, Vol 12(3), Jul, 2014. pp.69-95. Publisher: Taylor & Francis Abstract The primary objective of this article was to critically evaluate the routine use >>
“Creative capital is the network of understandings, values, activities, and relationships that individuals, organizations, and communities develop when they share what earlier generations have imagined and when they, >>
Harvard Educational Review
During the last two centuries reading has come to refer almost exclusively to the interpretation of written material. In this article Dr. Thomas Wolf uses the etymology of >>
Createquity
Definitions and Common Usage Embarking on our exploration of the arts and well-being, we researched formal definitions and common usage of several overlapping terms used in this larger field >>
ResearchGate
The authors investigated the association between participation in Nations in Neighborhoods (NiN), a program of folk and traditional arts instruction, and achievement in English language arts for a >>
WolfBrown
This essay asks whether we are creating a world in which young people have access to the many kinds of time they need in order to thrive. In >>
Createquity
Excerpted About a year ago the New York Times ran a series of articles on corporate tax breaks, complete with a web-accessible database of state tax incentives for businesses. All >>
Grantmakers in the Arts Reader
Making a Case for National Standards From the introduction For several years, Grantmakers in the Arts (GIA) members have noted the lack of sector-wide information about support for >>
Journal of Research in Science Teaching
Elementary Teachers’ Beliefs, Perceptions, and Self-efficacy Fostering students’ spatial thinking skills holds great promise for improving Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education. Recent efforts have focused on >>
Currents
Orchestras raced to put music online during the pandemic as a matter of necessity. But the move to streaming only accelerated a trend that was already underway. As >>
Your Media Coverage Goal You had me at hello. This is your goal with the media when it comes to easing the pain of your unending quest for coverage. Yes, >>
Platform
Although modern management gurus Warren Bennis and Peter Drucker have debunked the myth that there is a genetic factor to leadership, it was many years earlier that Vince >>
Grantmakers in the Arts Reader
Venues and Settings, and the Role they Play in Shaping Patterns of Arts Participation Why will some people engage with art in one setting, but not another? For >>
Cultural Trends
Understanding the value of the arts to individuals, families, and communities has long been a query for policy-makers and researchers. At the core of the value system is >>
Grantmakers in the Arts Reader
Can you explain, in simple terms, how you or someone you know is changed by listening to music, watching a dance performance, looking at an artwork, or writing >>
International Arts Manager
The big US orchestras will survive the present economic crisis. So too will the small ones. But what of those orchestras with big ambitions but few resources? How >>
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