@article{2019,title={THE EFFECT OF CHAMBER MUSIC ACTIVITIES ON THE HOPEFULNESS LEVELS OF TEACHER CANDIDATES (CELLO QUARTETS SAMPLE)},abstractNode={This study is limited with the cello students studying at Gazi University and Department of Music Education. Purpose of the study is to find out whether chamber music activities have an impact on the hopefulness levels of students. Cello chamber groups (cello quartets) were formed by equally dividing a total of 16 cello students, which compose the sample group, into four groups according to their academic achievements, levels, and playing skills. Before starting chamber music activities, a situational hope scale was applied to students, within the context of preliminary application. Then, the chamber music activity was conducted with these “cello quartets” formed by the researchers, which lasted a total of eighteen hours as two hours per week and nine weeks in total. At the end of the research, another situational hope scale has been applied to students as a post-test. The study concluded that the chamber music activities led to an increase in the situational hope levels of Music Education students.},author={Hazel ERCAN-- Şebnem YILDIRIM ORHAN},year={2019},journal={The Journal of Academic Social Science}}