Download Full Issue INSIDE Connection: A Medieval Text and Twentieth Century Expressionism in Canticle of the Sun, by Amy Beach—by Betty Buchanan Adjudicated Sight-Reading for the Choral Ensemble: An Incentive for Musical Literacy by Matthew Armstrong Choral Performance Practice in the Eighteenth-Century Part Song: An Alternative Arrangement of Haydn’s Abendlied zu Gott by Steven Grives
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April 2001
Download the complete issue. Articles Harmony and Language in Ginastera’s Lamentaciones de Jeremias Propheta: Implications for Rehearsal and Interpretation by Richard A. Williamson Bach in Boston: The Emergence of the St. matthew Passion, from 1868 to 1879 by Grant W. Cook, III The Swedish Sound by Gary L. Anderson Achieving Peak Performance: Rehearsal, Performance Attitudes, […]
March 2001
Download the complete issue. Articles African-American Spirituals and Gospel Music: Historical Similarities and Differences by Marvin V. Curtis Global Voices in Song: A College-Public School Partnership by Sharon Davis Gratto The Cultural Connection by Nick Page Musing About Jewish Music by Joshua R. Jacobson Far and Beyond: Resources for Unusual Multicultural Music by Suzanne Tiemstra […]
February 2001
Download the complete issue. Articles The Choral Works of Jean Cras by Paul-Andre’ Bempe’chat Baltic Portraits: Rudolph Tobias of Estonia by Vance Wolverton Adapting Choral Rehearsal for Students with Learning Disabilities by Vicki R. Lind
Gospel Choir as a Space for Racial and Religious Expression for Black Students at a Predominantly White Institution
This ethnography aimed to describe the culture and philosophy of the Northwestern Community Ensemble (NCE), a predominantly Black gospel choir at a predominantly White institution. Data collection comprised standard ethnographic procedures—31 hours of observation at rehearsals and concerts as a non-participant observer, 28 hours as a participant observer, and 15 semi-structured interviews with ensemble members […]
Singers’ Responses to Congruent and Incongruent Verbal and Nonverbal Instructions
AbstractThe purpose of this study was to examine collegiate singers’ sung responses to and perceptions of congruent and incongruent verbal and nonverbal instructions. Research questions included: (1) To what extent do singers perform dynamics differently when provided with verbal instructions or conducting gestures?, (2) When presented with incongruent messages, will singers respond better to verbal […]
