Description
As the landscape of choral education changes - disrupted by Glee, YouTube, and increasingly cheap audio production software - teachers of choral conducting need current research in the field that charts scholarly paths through contemporary debates and sets an agenda for new critical thought and practice. Where, in the digitizing world, is the field of choral pedagogy moving? Editor Frank Abrahams and Paul D. Head, both experienced choral conductors and teachers, offer here a comprehensive handbook of newly-commissioned chapters that provide key scholarly-critical perspectives on teaching and learning in the field of choral music, written by academic scholars and researchers in tandem with active choral conductors.As chapters in this book demonstrate, choral pedagogy encompasses everything from conductors' gestures to the administrative management of the choir. The contributors to The Oxford Handbook of Choral Pedagogy address the full range of issues in contemporary choral pedagogy, from repertoire to voice science to the social and political aspects of choral singing. They also cover the construction of a choral singer's personal identity, the gendering of choral ensembles, social justice in choral education, and the role of the choral art in society more generally. Included scholarship focuses on both the United States and international perspectives in five sections that address traditional paradigms of the field and challenges to them; critical case studies on teaching and conducting specific populations (such as international, school, or barbershop choirs); the pedagogical functions of repertoire; teaching as a way to construct identity; and new scholarly methodologies in pedagogy and the voice.
Table of Contents
Table of ContentsTheoryI. Challenging Traditional Paradigms1. Critical Pedagogy as Choral PedagogyFrank Abrahams2. Choral Pedagogy Responds to the Media: American Idol, Glee, The Voice, The Sing-Off, and DELPatricia Madura Ward-Steinman3. The Choral Experience - Turned Inside OutPaul Head4. Going Green: The Application of Lucy Green's Informal Music Learning Strategies in High SchoolChoral EnsemblesFrank Abrahams5. "Let the Whole World Rejoice!" Choral Music Education: The Kodály PerspectiveLászló Norbert NemesII. Construction of Identity and Meaning6. Fostering Musical and Personal Agency: Considering the ConductorDaniel Abrahams7. Choral Pedagogy and the Construction of IdentityLiz Garnett8. Choral Pedagogy and the Construction of Identity: BoysScott Harrison and Anthony Young9. Choral Pedagogy and the Construction of Identity: GirlsMatthew Owens and Graham Welch10. Collaboration and Meaning-Making in the Women's Choral RehearsalNana Wolfe-Hill11. Choral Pedagogy and the Construction of MeaningFrank Abrahams and Daniel AbrahamsIII. World Perspectives12. The Framing of Choirs and the Conductors: A U.K. PerspectiveColin Durrant13. Striving for Authenticity in Learning and Teaching South African Choral MusicMollie Stone14. Conducting Corporate Choirs in BrazilEduardo Lakschevitz15. Investigating Choral Pedagogies: The State of the Choral Art in GermanyMartin RamrothPracticeIV. Repertoire as Pedagogy16. The Art of Successful Programming: Study, Selection, and SynthesisRichard Bjella17. Choral Repertoire as Pedagogy: Western Art MusicDennis Shrock18. Diverse CulturesMary GoetzeV. Teaching and Conducting Diverse Populations19. Adult Community Choruses: A Lifespan PerspectiveSusan Avery20. "A different kind of goose bump": Notes towards an LGBTQ Choral PedagogyCharles Beale21. The Inclusion Conundrum and Community Children's Choirs in CanadaDeborah Bradley22. Professional Adult ChoirsJason Vodicka and Simon Carrington23. Teaching and Conducting Diverse Populations: BoychoirCraig Denison24. Black Gospel Choral Music: Identity, Race, Religion, and CommunityJ. Donald Dumpson25. The Gang Mentality of Choirs: How Choirs Have the Capacity to Transform LivesArreon Harley26. Collegiate Men's ChorusPaul RardinVI. Choral Pedagogy and the Voice27. Vocal Pedagogy in the Choral RehearsalDuane Cottrell
