Voice Range Profiles of Middle School and High School Choral Directors

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10200858
AutoresSandra Schwartz (West Virginia University, autor de correspondencia), Sandra M Schwartz (West Virginia University, Morgantown,)
Año2009
Volumen56
Número4
Páginas293-309
Fecha de publicación2009-01-01
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Research in Music Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-4294 • E-ISSN: 1945-0095
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0022429408328670
OpenAlexW2053968492
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas30

Vocal demands of teaching are significant, and this challenge is compounded for choral directors who depend on the voice for communicating information or demonstrating music concepts. The purpose of this study is to examine the frequency and intensity of middle and high school choral directors' voices and to compare choral directors' voices with vocally trained and untrained singers and trained healthy and dysphonic voices using a voice range profile. Results indicated that (a) choral directors' vocal intensity range was significantly smaller than both healthy and dysphonic trained voices, (b) choral directors' minimum intensity was significantly higher than healthy and dysphonic trained voices, and (c) vocal frequency ranges of choral directors were reduced as compared with trained and untrained singers and healthy trained voices. The results of this study provide evidence that choral directors are at risk for developing vocal problems. Preservice vocal health training is recommended to reduce voice problems among choral directors

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