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IJRCS Volume 8

In this issue:
 From The Editor (P. K. Freer)
 Knowledge Practices: Changing Perceptions and Pedagogies in Choral Music
Education (K. Howard)
 “Trying to Sing through the Tears.” Choral Music and Childhood Trauma: Results
of a Pilot Study (H. B. MacIntosh, A. Tetrault, & J. Vallée)
 ABSTRACTS | 2020 Symposium on Research in Choral Singing
 Music, Community, and Justice for All: Factors Influencing Participation in Gay Men’s Choruses (Dustin S. Cates)
 Effects of Three Conducting Gesture Heights on Acoustic and Perceptual Measures of Choral Sound (Melissa L. Grady, Tianna M. Gilliam)



May 2020

Download the complete issue Features Mouthing the Text: The Advantages and Disadvantages by Micah Bland Repertoire & Resources: Children’s and Community Youth Choir Directors’ Retreat by Joy Hirokawa and Emily Williams Burch The Music of Hildegard Von Bingen: A Categorical Overview of Her Complete Oeuvre by Matthew Hoch Menotti’s The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the […]



April 2020

Settings of Shorter Sacred Texts In English By Sven-David Sandström



March 2020

On the Cover The cover of this month’s
focus issue features the skyline of Auckland, New Zealand, the site of the 2020 World Symposium on Choral Music.



ChorTeach Spring 2020 (12.3)

-Rehearsing with Robert Shaw
-Developing Appropriate Teacher-Student Relationships
-Blending the Voices within Each Section of Your Choir
-When We Teachers Walk Through the Door



February 2020

Download the complete issue. (51 MB) Electronic Choral Journal **Download individual articles by clicking on the titles below.** FEATURES From Polystylism to Icrementalsim:Schnittke’s Concerto for Choir as a Transformation of Compositional Methodby Nathan Reiff Just Intonation: A Basis for Enhancing Choral Intonationby Andrew Withington Ivo Antognini: Interview with the 2020 ACDA Brock Memorial Composition Composerby Tim Sharp […]