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An Examination of Choral Rehearsal Technique

An Examination of Choral Rehearsal Technique . Ignacio Angulo-Pizarro Ronald E. McNair Scholar Mentor - Dr. Duane Cottrell. Personal Experiences. What is choir all about?!. re·hears·al ( riˈhərsəl ). Practice session preceding a public appearance.

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An Examination of Choral Rehearsal Technique

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  1. An Examination of Choral Rehearsal Technique Ignacio Angulo-Pizarro Ronald E. McNair Scholar Mentor - Dr. Duane Cottrell

  2. Personal Experiences

  3. What is choir all about?!

  4. re·hears·al (riˈhərsəl) Practice session preceding a public appearance

  5. Manner and ability with which an artist, writer, dancer, athlete, or the like employs the technical skills of a particular art of field of endeavor tech·nique (tekˈnēk)

  6. re·hears·altech·nique(riˈhərsəltekˈnēk) Manner and ability with which a musical artist employs his or her technical skills to accomplish a practice session, whether private of public, preceding a public performance

  7. cho·ralre·hears·altech·nique(ˈkôrəlriˈhərsəltekˈnēk)cho·ralre·hears·altech·nique(ˈkôrəlriˈhərsəltekˈnēk) Manner and ability with which a choral conductor employs his or her technical skills to accomplish a private practice session preceding a public performance

  8. “I hope to exploit this opportunity to cross the next threshold in the pursuit of musical perfection – knowing there’s really no such thing, but yet it’s so worth the pursuit.” ~ Dr. Paul D. Head

  9. Research Questions

  10. Technical vs. Interpretive

  11. Literature Review

  12. Rehearsal Organizational Structures Used by Successful High School Choral Directors-Cox (1989)

  13. Prediction of Performer Attentiveness Based on Rehearsal Activity and Teacher Behavior-Yarborough and Price (1981)

  14. Effect of Magnitude of Conductor Behavior on Students in Selected Mixed Choruses-Yarborough (1975)

  15. The Effect of Observation Focus on Evaluations of Choral Rehearsal Excerpts-Yarbrough and Henley (1999)

  16. Research in Choral Music: A Perspective-Gonzo(1973)

  17. Proposed Methodology • Video /Audio Observations • Survey • Interviews • Ex post facto analysis

  18. ‎"Our responsibility as choral musicians does not stop with the teaching of music. We must find time and energy for thought and study so that we can help teach people how to live.” ~ Howard Swan

  19. Special Thanks • My Research Mentor - Dr. Duane Cottrell • The inspirational conductors in my life - Dr. Paul D. Head, Andrew Kreckmann and Michael Semancik • My McNair Mentors - Dr. Kimberly Saunders, Tiffany Scott, Brenna James • My friends and colleagues – The 2011 McNair Scholars

  20. References • Cox, J. “Rehearsal Organizational Structures Used by Successful High School Choral Directors.” Journal of Research in Music Education, 1989, 37, 201-218. • Gonzo, C. “Research in Choral Music: A Perspective”. Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 1973, 33, 21-33. • Henley, P. and Yarbrough, C. “The Effect of Observation Focus on Evaluations of Choral Rehearsal Excerpts.” Journal of Research in Music Education, 1999, 47, 308-318. • Price, H and Yarbrough, C. “Prediction of Performer Attentiveness Based on Rehearsal Activity and Teacher Behavior.” Journal of Music Education,1981, 29, 209-217 • Yarbrough, C. "Effect of magnitude of conductor behavior on students in selected mixed choruses." Journal of Research in Music Education, 1975, 23, 134-146.

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