Turning points in shaping choral conducting practice
Six tales of Norwegian conductors’ professional development
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21717710 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dag Jansson (0000-0001-7453-5276, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University, corresponding author), Anne Haugland Balsnes (0009-0002-8116-1932, University of Ager) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 195-208 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Music Education Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1461-3808 • E-ISSN: 1469-9893 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14613808.2022.2053507 |
| OpenAlex | W4220757472 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 41 |
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 experience – lived life is told life – and a methodology where the narrative analysis is the researchers’ integral retelling of fragments and episodes provided by the informants. The article draws on sensemaking theory to understand how the conductors attend to certain experiences, whether painful or pleasurable, and make their ongoing practice meaningful by modifying course of action as well as identity. A common theme is how they unexpectedly were thrown into the conductor position in their youth. Formal conductor education seems to take a highly ambiguous position in their developments, for some productive – and for some, even disruptive
Art · Choir · Linguistics · Music education · Norwegian · Pedagogy · Professional development · Sociology · Visual arts · Diverse Music Education Insights · Music Therapy and Health · Philosophy · Theatre and Performance Studies
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| Citations per year | 3 |
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| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |