In a choral setting, memorizing multiple choral scores and maintaining the stability of recall can be a challenge. This study investigates strategies for memorizing scores of simple songs. Music college students with extensive choral experience memorized three unfamiliar songs and recalled them after brief one minute practice. A mixed-methods research design facilitated the integration of […]
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“I Make This Look Good” Pathways, Successes, and Equity Issues Among Women in Choral Conducting
AbstractWomen in collegiate choral conducting have built long, successful careers while navigating gender equity challenges, which are often compounded by intersecting identities such as race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and socio-economic status. Although existing research has explored their experiences, more in-depth qualitative inquiry grounded in gender equity-focused frameworks are needed. We employed a qualitative, multiple case […]
Sound Energy Levels Produced by a Choral Ensemble: Considering the Risk of Music-Induced Hearing Loss
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 […]
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, […]
