The Oxford Handbook of Choral Pedagogy

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ID8117183
AuthorsPaul Head
EditorsFrank Abrahams (corresponding author), Paul D Head
Year2017
Pages568
Publication date2017-03-06
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueThe Oxford Handbook of Choral Pedagogy (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199373369.001.0001
OpenAlexW2610938557
Open LibraryOL27416206M
ISBN9780199373369
LanguageEN
Citations received14

This text explores varied perspectives on teaching, learning, and performing choral music. Authors are academic scholars and researchers as well as active choral conductors. Topics include music programming and the selection of repertoire; the exploration of singer and conductor identity; choral traditions in North America, Western Europe, South America, and Africa; and the challenges conductors meet as they work with varied populations of singers. Chapters consider children’s choirs, world music choirs, adult community choirs, gospel choirs, jazz choirs, professional choruses, collegiate glee clubs, and choirs that meet the needs of marginalized singers. Those who contributed chapters discuss a variety of theoretical frameworks including critical pedagogy, constructivism, singer and conductor agency and identity, and the influences of popular media on the choral art. The text is not a “how to” book. While it may be appropriate in various academic courses, the intention is not to explain how to conduct or to organize a choral program. While there is specific information about vocal development and vocal health, it is not a text on voice science. Instead, the editors and contributing authors intend that the collection serve as a resource to inform, provoke, and evoke discourse and dialogue concerning the complexity of pedagogy in the domain of the choral art

Aesthetics · Art · Choir · Identity (music · Literature · Music education · Musicology · Pedagogy · Repertoire · Singing · Sociology · Visual arts · Diverse Musicological Studies · Choral singing · Singing, instruction and study

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