AbstractChoral ensemble instruction serves a prominent role in the music education of students from primary to postsecondary schools. While the field of performing arts health is growing, minimal research has been implemented on the hearing-health concerns of choral ensemble participants or choral conductors/directors. The purpose of this study was to assess the sound-level creation of […]
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Teaching Music through the Melodies of Christian Hymns: Philosophy and Application
AbstractHistorically, hymns are the bedrock of Christian church music, with their melodies echoing through time, shaping the very nature of music as we know it. These tuneful melodies often provide common patterns that shape musical understanding, teaching concepts such as scales, phrasing, and intervals, or the foundations of song. The text paired with these melodies […]
Making Space for Inclusive Approaches: A Review of Adolescent Gender Identity in High School Choirs
Gender identity has received significant attention in choral music education, perhaps more than any other field of music education research. Issues concerning gender in choirs continue to prove challenging for adolescents and secondary school teachers. This article synthesizes a narrative literature review on gender identity research in high school choirs, offers suggestions for inclusive choral […]
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and Disengagement in the Choral Classroom: What Can We Learn from the Students?
The purpose of this study was to identify and compare eight students’ and one teacher’s perceptions of engagement/disengagement in a pluralistic choral classroom. Eight racially diverse 7th grade choir students and their teacher were interviewed to determine their perceptions of supporting conditions and behaviors that signaled engagement or disengagement. Culturally Relevant Pedagogy (Ladson-Billings, 1995a, 1995b, […]
Proceedings of the 2022 ACDA International Symposium for Research in Choral Singing
Symposium Chair: Patrick K. Freer, Georgia State UniversityProgram Chair: Bryan E. Nichols, Penn State University Keynote Address (pp 67-73): “Utilizing Multiple Research Methodologies to Examinethe Intersections of Music, Race, and Food in Brazilian Culture: Applications to Researchin Choral Music”by Elisa Dekaney, Syracuse University Symposium Abstracts (pp 74-107), presented alphabetically by last nameCompiled and Edited by […]
Bivocational Music Teaching: Liminal Spaces Between Church and School
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore the intersecting landscapes of five public school music teachers who also served as church choir directors. A specific focus was placed on how bivocational participants performed dual roles in two different contexts, and how they called upon their own preparation in music and pedagogy to […]
