This study explored how American high school choral directors and singers conceptualized and practiced musical expression. Data were generated through rehearsal observations, video-stimulated recall interviews (SRI), and semi-structured interviews with conductors and student focus groups.
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January 2001
Download the complete issue. Articles Convention Overview and Expanded Schedules Major Works Concert Robert Shaw Tribute Professional Choirs International Choirs National Honors Choir and Texas All-State Choir Auditioned Choirs Interest Sessions Breakfast Roundtables Student Conducting Competitions
December 2000
Download the complete issue Articles A guide to a Historically Accurate Performance of Edvard Grieg’s Fire Salmer (Four Psalms), op. 74 by Mary Buch Selected Examples of Choreinbau in the Cantatas of J.S. Bach by Pat Flannagan An Interview with Robert Porco by Jonathan Talberg 1999-2000 All State Choirs: Choral Literature and Conductors by Rebecca R. Reames […]
November 2000
Download the complete issue Articles Recitatives and Arias in Bach’s Leipzig Church Cantatas by Stephen A. Crist J.S. Bach and the Concerto: Ritornello Structure as a Guide to Rehearsalby Chester L. Alwes Bach’s Use of the Chiasm in the St. John Passion by Brian Hamer Epilogue: J.S. Bach’s Final Journey to St. Thomas by Robert […]
Real Voices, Virtual Ensemble 2.0: Perceptions of Participation in Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choirs
The purpose of this study was to examine perceptions of participation in Eric Whitacre’s virtual choirs among mostly amateur singers (N = 312) from 31 countries and answer four researchquestions: (a) What did participants gain from their participation? (b) What did they learn abouttheir voices and themselves as performers? (c) What were their perceptions of […]
Male adolescents’ narratives about their choral (non)participation in public secondary music schools of Greece
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 […]