Anne Haugland Balsnes
Biographic Data
| ID | 6678480 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anne Haugland Balsnes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anne Haugland |
| FAMILY NAME | Balsnes |
| SIGNATURE | BALSNES A H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Agder |
| ORCID | 0009-0002-8116-1932 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Contextual and dispositional predictors of student teachers’ intended use of singing in the classroom
This study explores the contextual and dispositional factors influencing student teachers’ intended use of singing in their future classroom practice. Utilising a national survey of 466 final-year student teachers in Norway, we examined the impact of early experiences, teacher education, and attitudes towards singing using regression analysis. Drawing on Blömeke and Kaiser’s and Kunter et al.’s models of teacher professional competence, we invest…
Choral leadership research 1996–2024
This study reviewed research on choral conducting that has been published since 1996. The review was done partly as a full scan of key journals in the period 1996–2024 and partly as a keyword search in Google Scholar and Scopus. A total of 406 potential records were identified. We applied a series of exclusion criteria to reduce the number of articles for further scrutiny. We chose to focus solely on empirical research, leaving conceptual and tut…
Serious musicking
The voice plays a paradoxical role – it is inclusive because everyone has one, and it is exclusive as it is used to falsely separate ‘singers’ and ‘non-singers’. A new choral movement has emerged, with a low threshold for participation and inclusive practices, where one of the early offerings was Everyone Can Sing (ECS) in Norway. As a low-threshold choir, it focused on solid vocal training as well as the advanced features of the music. This stud…
Turning points in shaping choral conducting practice
Based on narratives on six choral conductors’ unfolding careers, the article investigates significant moments in professional trajectories – turning points – and how these shaped ongoing practices. The empirical material comprises interviews with conductors that represent different pre-conducting platforms – musicologist, music therapist, music educator, instrumentalist, singer, and church musician. Narratives present both an ontological view of …
The gesture enigma
Curious as to why conducting gesture are both acknowledged and ignored by choral singers, this article investigates the enigmatic nature of the act of conducting. Education and research are biased toward gestural aspects of the choral conductor role. At the same time, research shows that gestural skills rank strikingly low compared with other musical skills and interpersonal skills. This study endeavors to unpack this enigma, based on 40 intervie…
Choral conducting education
Choral singing is one of the most widespread musical activities, and choral conductors work in a variety of social settings that involve every imaginable type of choir and musical genre. The conductor role draws on a number of skills and competencies that are partly acquired through education but, equally importantly, through experience. Choral conductors shape their practice in highly individual fashions as amalgamations of background, formal ed…
The Silver Voices
Every Tuesday morning, 150 people from the age of 62 and above gather to sing in Kilden Performing Arts Centre, Kristiansand, Norway. A case study of this choir, The Silver Voices, was conducted. The aim of the study was to understand the practice and how an art institution can play a role in developing such an activity. As a point of departure the following questions were formulated: What is going on in the choir? Why and how is the activity org…
Hospitality in multicultural choral singing
According to Higgins, hospitality is the central characteristic of community music. This article discusses how hospitality is expressed in so-called ‘multicultural choirs’ – which exist in several Norwegian cities – and the impact, if any, such hospitable musical and social environments have on members with a refugee background. Based on a case study of KIA Multicultural Gospel Choir in Kristiansand, Norway, using collection techniques such as pa…
Unfreezing identities
The topic of this article is the emerging trend of singing at work. The discussion is exemplified by results from case studies of singing interventions carried out at two different work places. The research comprised group interviews, participant observation and questionnaires. Our phenomenological and hermeneutic approach focuses mainly on the employees’ experience of singing at work. The analysis was driven by thematic coding. The discussion is…
Research Note
The performance of Bach's Passion of St. Matthew in the Cathedral of Kristiansand (Norway) in 2010 is examined here as a characteristic cultural encounter with sacred symbols in a late modern context. The present study attempts to illuminate how modern participants reflect on the sacred origin of the work and its emotive appeal. The study is interdisciplinary, combining musicology and sociology of religion. Our methodological approach comprises o…
Choral singing, health and quality of life
Objective: To explore through a detailed individual case study the contributions of choir membership and choral singing to health and well-being. Methods: An individual case study of Diana, one member of a Norwegian mixed amateur choir. Data gathered by means of participant observation and interviews and analysed drawing on a theoretical framework developed by Ruud on the links between music-making and well-being. Results: Findings from the analy…
Choral singing, health and quality of life
Objective: To explore through a detailed individual case study the contributions of choir membership and choral singing to health and well-being. Methods: An individual case study of Diana, one member of a Norwegian mixed amateur choir. Data gathered by means of participant observation and interviews and analysed drawing on a theoretical framework developed by Ruud on the links between music-making and well-being. Results: Findings from the analy…
Choral singing, health and quality of life
Objective: To explore through a detailed individual case study the contributions of choir membership and choral singing to health and well-being. Methods: An individual case study of Diana, one member of a Norwegian mixed amateur choir. Data gathered by means of participant observation and interviews and analysed drawing on a theoretical framework developed by Ruud on the links between music-making and well-being. Results: Findings from the analy…
Research Note
The performance of Bach's Passion of St. Matthew in the Cathedral of Kristiansand (Norway) in 2010 is examined here as a characteristic cultural encounter with sacred symbols in a late modern context. The present study attempts to illuminate how modern participants reflect on the sacred origin of the work and its emotive appeal. The study is interdisciplinary, combining musicology and sociology of religion. Our methodological approach comprises o…
Unfreezing identities
The topic of this article is the emerging trend of singing at work. The discussion is exemplified by results from case studies of singing interventions carried out at two different work places. The research comprised group interviews, participant observation and questionnaires. Our phenomenological and hermeneutic approach focuses mainly on the employees’ experience of singing at work. The analysis was driven by thematic coding. The discussion is…
Hospitality in multicultural choral singing
According to Higgins, hospitality is the central characteristic of community music. This article discusses how hospitality is expressed in so-called ‘multicultural choirs’ – which exist in several Norwegian cities – and the impact, if any, such hospitable musical and social environments have on members with a refugee background. Based on a case study of KIA Multicultural Gospel Choir in Kristiansand, Norway, using collection techniques such as pa…
The Silver Voices
Every Tuesday morning, 150 people from the age of 62 and above gather to sing in Kilden Performing Arts Centre, Kristiansand, Norway. A case study of this choir, The Silver Voices, was conducted. The aim of the study was to understand the practice and how an art institution can play a role in developing such an activity. As a point of departure the following questions were formulated: What is going on in the choir? Why and how is the activity org…
Choral conducting education
Choral singing is one of the most widespread musical activities, and choral conductors work in a variety of social settings that involve every imaginable type of choir and musical genre. The conductor role draws on a number of skills and competencies that are partly acquired through education but, equally importantly, through experience. Choral conductors shape their practice in highly individual fashions as amalgamations of background, formal ed…
Turning points in shaping choral conducting practice
Based on narratives on six choral conductors’ unfolding careers, the article investigates significant moments in professional trajectories – turning points – and how these shaped ongoing practices. The empirical material comprises interviews with conductors that represent different pre-conducting platforms – musicologist, music therapist, music educator, instrumentalist, singer, and church musician. Narratives present both an ontological view of …
The gesture enigma
Curious as to why conducting gesture are both acknowledged and ignored by choral singers, this article investigates the enigmatic nature of the act of conducting. Education and research are biased toward gestural aspects of the choral conductor role. At the same time, research shows that gestural skills rank strikingly low compared with other musical skills and interpersonal skills. This study endeavors to unpack this enigma, based on 40 intervie…
Serious musicking
The voice plays a paradoxical role – it is inclusive because everyone has one, and it is exclusive as it is used to falsely separate ‘singers’ and ‘non-singers’. A new choral movement has emerged, with a low threshold for participation and inclusive practices, where one of the early offerings was Everyone Can Sing (ECS) in Norway. As a low-threshold choir, it focused on solid vocal training as well as the advanced features of the music. This stud…
Contextual and dispositional predictors of student teachers’ intended use of singing in the classroom
This study explores the contextual and dispositional factors influencing student teachers’ intended use of singing in their future classroom practice. Utilising a national survey of 466 final-year student teachers in Norway, we examined the impact of early experiences, teacher education, and attitudes towards singing using regression analysis. Drawing on Blömeke and Kaiser’s and Kunter et al.’s models of teacher professional competence, we invest…
Choral leadership research 1996–2024
This study reviewed research on choral conducting that has been published since 1996. The review was done partly as a full scan of key journals in the period 1996–2024 and partly as a keyword search in Google Scholar and Scopus. A total of 406 potential records were identified. We applied a series of exclusion criteria to reduce the number of articles for further scrutiny. We chose to focus solely on empirical research, leaving conceptual and tut…
Choir (9 works) · Pedagogy (9 works) · Diverse Music Education Insights (8 works) · Singing (8 works) · Art (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Music education (6 works) · Music Therapy and Health (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Visual arts (5 works)