Collegiate men’s choirs have unique and storied traditions dating back to the Civil War and the founding of many prominent colleges in the United States (Albinder & Jones, 2008). Historically, these ensembles created a place for fraternity, brotherhood, and social outlets for young men (Jones, 2010). Consequently, there are few documented instances of women conducting […]
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May 2000
Download the complete issue Articles Using Poulenc’s Manuscripts to Rectify Discrepancies in the New Edition of His Gloria by Lee G. Barrow Preparation of Future Choral Directors Relative to The National Standards–Goals 2000 by Cecil L. Adderley, III A Renaissance (and More!) of Sacred Choral Classics: An Interview with John Rutter edited by Timothy W. […]
April 2000
Download the complete issue Articles The Golden Age of Choral Music in the Cathedrals of Colonial Mexico by Teresa Bowers Making Music Meaningful in the Choral Classroom by Sandra Frey Stegman Yesterday’s Music for Today’s Teens: Contextualizing Renaissance Music for High School Choral Classes by Mary Kennedy Repertoire for Women’s Choirs by Mary Lycan Teaching […]
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, […]
March 2000
Download the complete issue Articles Finding the Poet’s Voice: Strategies for Collective Interpretation of Choral Text by Lyn Schenbeck The Vesper Psalms of Late Eighteenth-Century Mexico by Teresa Bowers Rachmaninoff’s Kolokola and the Change of Poetic Meaning in Translation by Andrew Kuster Prickly Puzzles and Daunting Dilemmas: Facing Fate, Fear, and Family Part 3 by […]