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An investigation of rhythm reading practices in Texas middle school choirs
The purpose of this study was to investigate rhythm reading instructional practices used in the middle school choral classroom. The study included an assessment of the amount of time spent on rhythm instruction per week, an examination of choral sight reading method books and pedagogical techniques …
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Heavenly choirs in early medieval England: A study of topoi in their contexts
This thesis tracks ideas about choirs of angels and righteous souls from their early manifestations in the Bible and late antique texts through to their ramifications in Anglo-Saxon and early Anglo-Norman England (up to 1116). It does so by tracing changes in topoi, commonplaces that form part of …
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THE COMMISSIONED FLUTE CHOIR PIECES PRESENTED BY UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE FLUTE CHOIRS AND NFA SPONSORED FLUTE CHOIRS AT NATIONAL FLUTE ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONVENTIONS WITH A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FLUTE CHOIR AND ITS REPERTOIRE
… Convention Performers Competition, Flute Choirs Competitions, Professional, Collegiate, High School, and Jazz Flute Big Band, and a Masterclass Competition. These competitions provide opportunities for flutists ranging from amateurs to professionals. University/college flute choirs perform …
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The short-form choral works of Florence B. Price: compelling music for a range of choirs
… music for study and performance by high school choirs, collegiate choirs, and community choirs with intermediate and advanced ability levels. The presentation and supporting document organized the music on a spectrum of difficulty, primarily according to harmonic and textural complexity. The …
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"You are important to me, I need you to survive": constructing community through college gospel choirs
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-12-04 without embargo terms
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The experiences of cooperation and leadership amongst choristers and conductors to reach performance flow in university choirs
… have reached performance flow in six university choirs. Each of these university choirs reflected a leadership style that could be described as democratic, coaching, and commanding (Pellegrini & Scandura, 2008). An overarching question and four sub-questions guided this study: What were the …
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The Technique of Oral Choirs in Secondary Schools as a Classroom Medium for Teaching an Appreciation of Poetry
Many students, especially boys, often express a definite dislike and, at times, an aversion to poetry when the poems are long. At the same time they show great lack of appreciation for the inspiring, engaging and the enriching of emotional life values of this—the greatest of the fine arts.|Now the …
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The impact of having a choir in the community
… the communities, some are singing in church choirs, some are singing in school choirs and some are singing in community choirs. To sustain a church choir and a school choir is relatively possible because there is some sort of support coming from these institutions as the choir serves as the …
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The Effects of Circular Singer Gestures on Acoustic and Perceptual Measures of Middle School and High School Choral Singing
… performed by nine middle and high school choirs while singing. Recordings were analyzed on acoustic (long-term average spectra [LTAS]) and perceptual (singer and expert listener preferences) measures. Among primary findings: (a) results of a repeated measures ANOVA of LTAS data indicated a …
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Robert Schumann and the Gesangverein: The Dresden Years (1844 - 1850)
… Germany. Gesangvereinen: mixed voice choirs) soon broke into segregated choirs known as Liedertafeln: male voice choirs) and Frauenchoren: female voice choirs). These segregated choirs became a phenomenon and established themselves throughout middle-class Germany and the surrounding …
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"The choir Is dead, long live the choir" : contemporary worship music and the transformation of the church choir.
Church choirs in North America have undergone substantial transformations in the early twenty-first century due to the steady increase of informal worship practices and the continuing decrease of formal worship elements within North American congregations. These changes have resulted in conflicting …
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Activities and philosophical principles employed in selected Indiana high school choral departments
… of both traditional and specialized choirs, and perceived influences of specialized choirs is also presented.Main Conclusions1. Statistical information revealed five of the departments to be strong in swing/show choircharacteristics, three to be strong in traditional choir …
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A study of the collegiate non-auditioned, mixed choral ensemble : its purpose, its peculiarities, and its potential
… was garnered through observations of the five choirs, through surveys of the group participants, and through interviews with the conductors.A total of 372 participants completed surveys. The surveys contained a variety of questions regarding group demographics, reasons for participating, …
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Haiku Seasons
… Spread throughout the performance space, four choirs (SATB, 3/part) depict larger parts of the pastoral scene (i.e., mountains, the moon, etc.). Soloists depart from the choirs in order to perform solo, duo, trio, and quartet passages, which take place throughout the work. If enough singers are …
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Stylistic Characteristics of Randall Thompson's Choral Music
… performed by professional groups, colleges, and choirs from public schools, establishes this composer as one of the foremost in contemporary music. In view of such popularity, it would seem that choral directors should more fully acquaint themselves with some of the idiomatic characteristics of …
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British influence on New Zealand choral traditions: a study of the relationship between choral festivals and societies in the United Kingdom and in New Zealand, with focus on New Zealand's high school festival 'The Big Sing'
… is a competitive festival for secondary school choirs, I believe that the choral traditions represented in and supported by the festival, both competitive and non-competitive, are a product of British colonial influence. Also influential in the development and success of the festival has been …
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Medierande verktyg i körledarpraktik – en studie av arbetssätt och handling i körledning med barn och unga.
… while working with their children and youth choirs. They also took part in semi-structured interviews. The empirical data material consists of observation notes, reflective writing, individual interviews, focus conversations, videotapes and stimulated recall interviews. The results …
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A Singer's Perspective on Recruitment, Auditioning, and Vocal Technique in the Choral Program
… has been a part of culture for centuries. Choirs are comprised of singers with a near endless variety of experience levels in terms of training and technique. Three problems that face directors of choirs are: 1) How to recruit and retain students for their programs, 2) How to audition and …
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