The purpose of the present study was to investigate boys’ views about their participation insecondary school music ensembles with emphasis on the factors which influenced their decisionwhether to join school choirs. To fulfill this aim, the researcher conducted individual semi-structured interviews with 17 boys, students and graduates of two provincial public secondary music schools in […]
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Assessment in the Choral Classroom: A Case Study of a Secondary Choral Program
Assessment in the large choral ensemble classroom continues to be a widely examined topicamong music education practitioners and scholars. Scholars have dedicated a significant body ofresearch to identifying and examining the assessment practices of music educators (Denis, 2016; McQuarrie & Sherwin, 2013) However, due to their design, a number of the studies did not thoroughly […]
Validating and Piloting a Choral Educator Questionnaire: The Use of Culture Bearers and Pedagogical Implications of Singing in Multiple Timbres
Many educators strive to enact culturally relevant practices by introducing repertoire of various cultures and genres. One major barrier to this implementation includes the variety of vocal sounds inherent in traditions outside those generally presented in choral environments within the United States of America. In this study, I validated and piloted a choral educator questionnaire. […]
Essence of Joy: Empathy in an Afrocentric Collegiate Choral Ensemble at a Predominately White Institution
AbstractResearchers (e.g., Watts & Piña, 2023) have demonstrated that World Music Pedagogy might promote students’ empathy towards members of other cultures. In choral ensembles, however, researchers have yet to study whether or how transcultural musicking, or engaging with music and/or musicians from cultures other than one’s own (Sánchez-Gatt et al., 2025, pp. 56–57), promotes experiences […]
Undergraduate Singers’ Voice Use During an Intensive Week of Choir and Musical Rehearsals: A Case Study
The purpose of this case study was to document undergraduate students’ (N = 2) voice use before, during, and after an intensive week of choral and musical theatre rehearsals through (a) acquired voice dosimeter data; (b) daily surveys, (c) participant activity logs, (d) 3 administrations of the Singing Voice Handicap Index (SVHI), and (e) administrations […]
Key Changes: Choral Directors’ Experiences with Gender-Inclusive Teaching
As adolescent gender identity has expanded to encompass non-binary forms of gender identity in contemporary social contexts, scholars in music education have begun to examine the music learning experiences of transgender students and the role of the music teacher in fostering an environment that is affirming to gender-diversity. Anecdotal observations of choral music practices in […]
