Symposium Chair: Patrick K. Freer, Georgia State UniversityProgram Chair: Bryan E. Nichols, Penn State University Keynote Address (pp 67-73): “Utilizing Multiple Research Methodologies to Examinethe Intersections of Music, Race, and Food in Brazilian Culture: Applications to Researchin Choral Music”by Elisa Dekaney, Syracuse University Symposium Abstracts (pp 74-107), presented alphabetically by last nameCompiled and Edited by […]
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Bivocational Music Teaching: Liminal Spaces Between Church and School
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore the intersecting landscapes of five public school music teachers who also served as church choir directors. A specific focus was placed on how bivocational participants performed dual roles in two different contexts, and how they called upon their own preparation in music and pedagogy to […]
(Re)building the Secondary School Choir Program: An Organizational Perspective
The purpose of this qualitative inquiry was to understand secondary school choir program (re)building through an organizational lens. Participants were two music teachers who respectively founded or restored middle school choir programs in the last 10 years. Primary data included individual teacher interviews and group interviews with selected students. Secondary data came from field observations […]
The Effects of Rehearsal Sequence on the Musical Expressivity of Young Voices
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the sequence in which a choir learns the elements of a song (e.g., rhythm, pitch, text, expression) influence the musical expression (e.g., articulation, dynamics) of their performance. We were also curious if learning sequence would affect expressive retention over time. Participants included four intact sixth-grade choir […]
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Download the complete issue Articles Benjamin Britten’s Poetic Alterations by Andrew Thomas Kuster Why Most A Cappella Music Could Not Have Been Sung Unaccompanied by Beverly Jerold Music for Solo Instrument and Choral Ensemble by Lanny McManus and Larry Wyatt Contemporary Choruses as Public Prayer edited by Timothy W. Sharp Vocal Aging and Its Medical […]
Effects of Vibrato and Pitch-Varied Vocal Models on Acoustic Measures of High School and Undergraduate Singers’ Vocal Performance
The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of vibrato and pitch-varied vocal
models on high school and undergraduate singers’ intonation and use of vibrato.