The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing, Volume II : Education.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (531 pages)
- The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing Series .
- The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing Series .
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface: Singing - The challenge of interdisciplinarity -- Note about Ancillary Website -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Singing and Education - Learning to Sing and Singing to Learn -- PART I: Learning to Sing Naturally -- 1. Learning to Sing Naturally: Section Introduction -- 2. Informal Singing Practices of Children: A Theoretical Review Focusing on Play Theory and Communication Theory -- 3. Singing Acquisition in the First Years of Life -- 4. Children Learning to Sing in Everyday Family Life in Minority World Homes -- 5. The songs children sing: Music-theoretic analysis in the context of children's and classroom cultures -- 6. Functions of Singing and Songs in the Lives of Brazilian Children -- 7. Musical Features and Community Thematic of Selected Children's Songs of the Wagogo People of Central Tanzania -- 8. Field Recordings of Children's Singing: An Examination of Internet-based Resources -- 9. Singing through Childhood: The Role of Song in Girl's Initiation Schools in Vhavenda Communities, South Africa -- 10. Singing in South African Schools -- 11. Vocal Self-Image of Chinese Adults -- 12. Adults Learning Traditional Icelandic Vocal Music in a Semi-Formal Setting -- 13. Antecedents to the Career of Singer-Songwriter as Revealed by Interviews and On-line Surveys -- PART II: Formal Teaching of Singing -- 14. The Formal and Non-formal Teaching of Singing in the Studio and Choral Environment: Exploring Diverse Views -- 15. Science-Informed Vocal Pedagogy: Motor Learning, Deliberate Practice and the Challenge of Cognitive Dissonance -- 16. Interdisciplinary Breath Connections: Training Singers Using Dance Applications. 17. Using the International Phonetic Alphabet as a Tool to Teach Singing -- 18. Multimodal Analysis of Indian Vocal Music Training -- 19. The Singer as Researcher: Exploring the Development and Use of Performance Cues -- 20. How Professional and Student Singers Cope with Performance Anxiety -- 21. Evaluation Tools in Singing Education: A Comparison of Human and Technological Measures -- 22. Art Song Pedagogy and Performance Practice: Re-envisioning the Realm in the 21st Century -- 23. Teamwork: Teaching Solo Singers in the University Choral Ensemble -- 24. Choral Practice and Research at the Beginning of the 21st Century -- 25. Fostering Transformative Singing Engagement with Secondary School Students -- 26. Pedagogical strategies for influencing the pubertal male singer -- 27. The Lifecycle of the Female Singing Voice -- 28. Rehearsal Techniques for Youth and Senior Voices in Intergenerational Choir Singing -- PART III: Using Singing to Teach -- 29. Using Singing and Songs to Learn and to Teach: Section Introduction -- 30. Relationships Between Intrinsic and Broader Educational Benefits of Singing Training -- 31. Singing: A Pathway to Friendship, Empathy and Language in Children from Different Backgrounds -- 32. Singing to Support Foreign Language Learning: Examples from Two Cultural and Developmental Contexts -- 33. Can singing facilitate acquisition of second-language morphosyntax in native speakers of Chinese? An artificial language study -- 34. Do Singing and Music Enhance Language Learning, Including Perception and Pronunciation? -- 35. Singing and Moving: Theorizing Children's Self-Directed Musical Play -- 36. Singing in Instrumental Music Instruction -- 37. Making Mathematics Special through Song: What Math Experiences are Worth Singing About? -- Conclusion: Singing Education and Singing in Education - from Nursery to Concert Hall -- Index.
The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing, Volume II: Education examines the many methods and motivations for vocal pedagogy, promoting singing not just as an art form but also as a means of communication with social, psychological, and didactic functions.