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What role does contemporary choral activity play in the construction of social and musical meaning? How can historical knowledge and analysis shed light on contemporary choral problems and possibilities? And how can choral research promote the development and expansion of new music today? Questions like these are addressed in this anthology from a wide range of disciplines and perspectives. The book comprises a selection of papers presented at the International Conference on the Concepts and ...

Choral singing --- Singing --- History.

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A Queerly Joyful Noise examines how choral singing can be both personally transformative and politically impactful. As they blend their different voices to create something beautiful, LGBTIQ singers stand together and make themselves heard. Comparing queer choral performances to the uses of group singing within the civil rights and labor movements, Julia "Jules" Balén maps the relationship between different forms of oppression and strategic musical forms of resistance. She also explores the potential this queer communal space creates for mobilizing progressive social action. A proud member of numerous queer choruses, Balén draws from years of firsthand observations, archival research, and extensive interviews to reveal how queer chorus members feel shared vulnerability, collective strength, and even moments of ecstasy when performing. A Queerly Joyful Noise serves as a testament to the power of music, intimately depicting how participation in a queer chorus is more than a pastime, but a meaningful form of protest through celebration.

Choral singing --- Gay choirs --- Gay choruses --- Choirs (Music) --- Singing --- Social aspects --- Political aspects

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Barbership singing is often dismissed by its critics as merely an enjoyable hobby. Though long popular with both its public and participants, it has been relatively neglected in the field of music studies. Robert A. Stebbins demonstrates that barbershop singing is an elaborate and complicated form of serious leisure that provides its participants with distinctive lifestyles. The Barbershop Singer is a unique case study of this significant musical genre, describing the social world of the barbershop singer and exploring its appeal for both male and female singers. Robert Stebbins traces the history of barbershop singing and compares and contrasts the worlds of jazz, classical music, and barbershop as serious leisure pursuits. Stebbins also reveals its costs and rewards, its complex organizational structures, the social marginality felt by its more dedicated participants, and the main problems facing the art today.Although barbershop singing is clearly a circumscribed social world, understanding how it works expands current knowledge of the variant forms of social participation available to citizens of the modern world. The Barbershop Singer will be of interest to sociologists as well as those involved in the world of barbershop.

Barbershop singing. --- Music --- Music and society --- Barbershopping --- Singing, Barbershop --- Barbershop quartets --- Choral singing --- Ensemble singing --- Social aspects. --- Alberta

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The vast array of skills needed by today's conductor of children's choirs is covered in this text. Everything from the development of musicianship through singing & literacy in the choral setting, to the challenges of conducting an orchestra, working with parents & working with staff, is outlined.

Choral conducting. --- Children's choirs. --- Choral singing --- Conducting, Choral --- Conducting --- Children's choruses (Musical groups) --- Choirs, Children's --- Choirs (Music) --- Instruction and study

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The ideal text for voice teachers, choral conductors, church musicians, and professional and amateur singers who wish to develop strategies for lifelong singing.

Choral singing --- Choral conducting. --- Voice --- Voice, Protection of --- Throat --- Conducting, Choral --- Conducting --- Vocal technique --- Instruction and study. --- Care and hygiene. --- Diseases