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Participation and Persistence in High School Elective Music Ensembles

Elpus, Kenneth, Abril, Carlos R.·2025·Journal of Research in Music Education
DOI 10.1177/00224294241247267
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In this study, we examined demographic patterns of participation and persistence in high school elective music ensembles. We extend prior research that has only compared music and non-music students by explicitly modeling persistence across multiple years of ensemble enrollment. The research draws on data from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 and employs a zero-inflated Poisson regression model to analyze the data. This hurdle model, suitable for count data with a large number of zero observations, allows us to jointly examine factors related to enrolling in at least 1 year of a music ensemble (moving from 0 years to 1 year of music) and those factors related to accruing additional years of music ensemble enrollment (moving beyond 1 year to multiple years). We found that family socioeconomic status, birth-assigned sex, academic achievement, shared parent/student outside arts event attendance, and out-of-school arts engagement were significant predictors of both students’ music participation and persistence. By examining persistence, we add important nuance to the prior research examining demographic predictors of elective high school music enrollment, particularly for issues of birth-assigned sex and socioeconomic status in the choral context.

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Authors
Elpus, K., & Abril, C. R.
Affiliations
  • University of Maryland, College Park (US)
  • University of Miami (US)
Corresponding author
Elpus, Kenneth
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Research in Music Education
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2024-04-29
Volume
73
Issue
1
Pages
21-41
ISSN
  • 0022-4294 (ISSN-L)
  • 1945-0095
DOI
10.1177/00224294241247267
OpenAlex
W4396221795
Semantic Scholar
ec03bd22af1e73565756a8707a77319bb06f6f43
Cited by
10
References
33
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 2
FWCI
52.66
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
Journal of Research in Music Education (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Endowment for the Arts (1891756-38-22)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Music › Diverse Music Education Insights
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Visual Arts and Performing Arts › Art Education and Development
  • Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Research Studies
Keywords
music ensembles, high school music education, music participation, family socioeconomic status, academic performance, choral music, demographic predictors, High School Longitudinal Study of 2009

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