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 […]
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Self-Efficacy and Achievement among Secondary School Vocalists: An Exploratory Study
The purpose of this study was to investigate music performance self-efficacy and achievement among secondary school choral music students. I specifically examined the relationships between the four sources of self-efficacy (enactive mastery experience, vicarious experience, verbal/social persuasion, and physiological and affective state) and the composite construct, as well as years of private lessons and practice […]
“Sing, sit, and leave”: Engagement and Disillusionment in a High School Chorus
This study provides insight into why students leave voluntary school choral experiences, through an analysis of interviews with four high school students at a single New York City high school who left, or were considering leaving, their high school choral program. This study provides a voice often unheard in the research literature, since many research […]
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 […]
Music Teachers’ Perceptions of Nonverbal Conducting Technique Items in Teaching Choir in the Classroom
The purpose of this descriptive study was to examine music teachers’ perceptions of nonverbal conducting technique items based on their classroom choral teaching experiences. One hundred and fifty classroom choral music educators (N = 150) participated in this study. I employed two procedures. First, using a seven-point Likert-type scale, participants rated 15 nonverbal conducting technique […]
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 […]
