A critical investigation of the effectiveness of warm-ups as technical exercises for the improvement of choral tone : a case study of the Eastern Cape Children's Choir
- Authors: Van Zyl, Lionel
- Date: 2006
- Subjects: Choral singing Studies and exercises , Choral singing -- Instruction and study , Music rehearsals
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MMus
- Identifier: vital:8513 , http://hdl.handle.net/10948/634 , Choral singing Studies and exercises , Choral singing -- Instruction and study , Music rehearsals
- Description: This is a research project based on the author’s experience of more than 20 years as conductor of the Eastern Cape Childrens Choir. It investigates the effectiveness of technical exercises - with special reference to selected “warm-up” exercises - in creating a superior choral tone in the children’s choir. The investigation is motivated by the fact that it is an ongoing challenge to effectively overcome problems with intonation and poor choral tone, problems which are mostly caused by lack of attention to pure vowel formation. Toward this end, a practical “tool box” of vocal exercises for the children’s choir is ultimately proposed. The toolbox is based on one single exercise with different variations. Each variation is designed to address multiple vocal needs and to correct vocal production during singing. In this manner a great many technical aspects are covered with the simplest of means and in the shortest possible time, bearing in mind that the rehearsal session allows limited time to focus on such matters to the exclusion of all else.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2006
- Authors: Van Zyl, Lionel
- Date: 2006
- Subjects: Choral singing Studies and exercises , Choral singing -- Instruction and study , Music rehearsals
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MMus
- Identifier: vital:8513 , http://hdl.handle.net/10948/634 , Choral singing Studies and exercises , Choral singing -- Instruction and study , Music rehearsals
- Description: This is a research project based on the author’s experience of more than 20 years as conductor of the Eastern Cape Childrens Choir. It investigates the effectiveness of technical exercises - with special reference to selected “warm-up” exercises - in creating a superior choral tone in the children’s choir. The investigation is motivated by the fact that it is an ongoing challenge to effectively overcome problems with intonation and poor choral tone, problems which are mostly caused by lack of attention to pure vowel formation. Toward this end, a practical “tool box” of vocal exercises for the children’s choir is ultimately proposed. The toolbox is based on one single exercise with different variations. Each variation is designed to address multiple vocal needs and to correct vocal production during singing. In this manner a great many technical aspects are covered with the simplest of means and in the shortest possible time, bearing in mind that the rehearsal session allows limited time to focus on such matters to the exclusion of all else.
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- Date Issued: 2006
Constructing a web of culture: the case of akKOORd, an Overberg community choir
- Authors: Jacobs, Sunell Human
- Date: 2010
- Subjects: Choral music -- South Africa -- Overberg , Choirs (Music) , Overberg (South Africa) -- History , City and town life -- Social aspects
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MMus
- Identifier: vital:8506 , http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1254 , Choral music -- South Africa -- Overberg , Choirs (Music) , Overberg (South Africa) -- History , City and town life -- Social aspects
- Description: akKOORd, a community choir in the relatively small southern region of the Overberg, was formed in 2006, and although the choir has only a brief history, its spirit, activities, and concerts have inspired and touched many people. This qualitative study pays attention to aspects of the choir’s history, its performance practice and of the “web” of community members connected to and involved in its activities. Through interviews and personal notes this in-depth study provides a “micronarrative” of this choir within the “web” of the Overberg community itself. It aims to not only interpret this narrative with regard to the meaning behind actions and their symbolic importance in society, but also to explore its relevance in the broader context of current South African cultural discourse. During this research it became evident that policy makers and potential funders regard this predominantly white choir with its Western repertoire as a form of undesirable exclusivity and elitism. This study opposes such a point of view, contending instead that elitism in the form of excellence has the power to defy barriers of social standing and ethnicity, and to unite people through a collective sense of ownership.
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- Date Issued: 2010
- Authors: Jacobs, Sunell Human
- Date: 2010
- Subjects: Choral music -- South Africa -- Overberg , Choirs (Music) , Overberg (South Africa) -- History , City and town life -- Social aspects
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MMus
- Identifier: vital:8506 , http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1254 , Choral music -- South Africa -- Overberg , Choirs (Music) , Overberg (South Africa) -- History , City and town life -- Social aspects
- Description: akKOORd, a community choir in the relatively small southern region of the Overberg, was formed in 2006, and although the choir has only a brief history, its spirit, activities, and concerts have inspired and touched many people. This qualitative study pays attention to aspects of the choir’s history, its performance practice and of the “web” of community members connected to and involved in its activities. Through interviews and personal notes this in-depth study provides a “micronarrative” of this choir within the “web” of the Overberg community itself. It aims to not only interpret this narrative with regard to the meaning behind actions and their symbolic importance in society, but also to explore its relevance in the broader context of current South African cultural discourse. During this research it became evident that policy makers and potential funders regard this predominantly white choir with its Western repertoire as a form of undesirable exclusivity and elitism. This study opposes such a point of view, contending instead that elitism in the form of excellence has the power to defy barriers of social standing and ethnicity, and to unite people through a collective sense of ownership.
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- Date Issued: 2010
Title not specified
- Choir by men and women, Performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Choir by men and women , Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa country not specified city not specified f-
- Language: English
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/347771 , vital:63561 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP4079-000b
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Choir by men and women , Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa country not specified city not specified f-
- Language: English
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/347771 , vital:63561 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP4079-000b
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Title not specified
- Choir by men and women, Performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Choir by men and women , Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa country not specified city not specified f-
- Language: English
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/347766 , vital:63560 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP4078-000b
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Choir by men and women , Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa country not specified city not specified f-
- Language: English
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/347766 , vital:63560 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP4078-000b
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Qubula inkosi
- Men and women of the Shembe Church choir, performer not specified, Isaiah Shembe, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Men and women of the Shembe Church choir , performer not specified , Isaiah Shembe , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1955
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Kwazulu Natal f-sa
- Language: Zulu
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/356387 , vital:64618 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP4346-0001b
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1955
- Authors: Men and women of the Shembe Church choir , performer not specified , Isaiah Shembe , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1955
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Kwazulu Natal f-sa
- Language: Zulu
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/356387 , vital:64618 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP4346-0001b
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1955
Be alright
- Botha, Karika (Recorded by), Sesotho women choir (Performer), Composer not specified
- Authors: Botha, Karika (Recorded by) , Sesotho women choir (Performer) , Composer not specified
- Subjects: Shongoane village , Lephalale , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Religious music , Church music , Choral
- Language: English
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15635 , JKC17a-06 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008824 , Tape number: JKC17 , Original tape number: 17 , Track number: 06
- Description: Unaccompanied church song , Refer to last page of Jaco Kruger recording card book II
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Botha, Karika (Recorded by) , Sesotho women choir (Performer) , Composer not specified
- Subjects: Shongoane village , Lephalale , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Religious music , Church music , Choral
- Language: English
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15635 , JKC17a-06 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008824 , Tape number: JKC17 , Original tape number: 17 , Track number: 06
- Description: Unaccompanied church song , Refer to last page of Jaco Kruger recording card book II
- Full Text: false
Title not specified
- Choir by men and women, Performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Choir by men and women , Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa country not specified city not specified f-
- Language: English
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/347754 , vital:63559 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP4077-000b
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Choir by men and women , Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa country not specified city not specified f-
- Language: English
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/347754 , vital:63559 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP4077-000b
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Lalela Zulu
- Men and women of the Shembe Church choir, performer not specified, Isaiah Shembe, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Men and women of the Shembe Church choir , performer not specified , Isaiah Shembe , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1955
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Kwazulu Natal f-sa
- Language: Zulu
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/356382 , vital:64617 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP4346-0001a
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1955
- Authors: Men and women of the Shembe Church choir , performer not specified , Isaiah Shembe , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1955
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Kwazulu Natal f-sa
- Language: Zulu
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/356382 , vital:64617 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP4346-0001a
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1955
Ka tsatsi lengwe Jesu re tla mmona
- Botha, Karika (Recorded by), Sesotho women choir (Performer), Composer not specified
- Authors: Botha, Karika (Recorded by) , Sesotho women choir (Performer) , Composer not specified
- Subjects: Shongoane village , Lephalale , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Religious music , Church hymn , Choral
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:16085 , JKC17a-24 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1009274 , Tape number: JKC17 , Original tape number: 17 , Track number: 24
- Description: English translation of title: 'One day we shall see Jesus' , Unaccompanied Sesotho church hymn , Refer to last page of Jaco Kruger recording card book II
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Botha, Karika (Recorded by) , Sesotho women choir (Performer) , Composer not specified
- Subjects: Shongoane village , Lephalale , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Religious music , Church hymn , Choral
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:16085 , JKC17a-24 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1009274 , Tape number: JKC17 , Original tape number: 17 , Track number: 24
- Description: English translation of title: 'One day we shall see Jesus' , Unaccompanied Sesotho church hymn , Refer to last page of Jaco Kruger recording card book II
- Full Text: false
Title not specified
- Choir by men and women, Performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Choir by men and women , Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa country not specified city not specified f-
- Language: English
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/347797 , vital:63563 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP4080-000b
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Choir by men and women , Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa country not specified city not specified f-
- Language: English
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/347797 , vital:63563 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP4080-000b
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Sweet Jesus
- Botha, Karika (Recorded by), Sesotho women choir (Performer), Composer not specified
- Authors: Botha, Karika (Recorded by) , Sesotho women choir (Performer) , Composer not specified
- Subjects: Shongoane village , Lephalale , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Religious music , Church music , Choral
- Language: English
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15784 , JKC17a-16 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008973 , Tape number: JKC17 , Track number: 16 , Original tape number: 17
- Description: Unaccompanied religious choral Sesotho song , Refer to last page of Jaco Kruger recording card book II
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Botha, Karika (Recorded by) , Sesotho women choir (Performer) , Composer not specified
- Subjects: Shongoane village , Lephalale , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Religious music , Church music , Choral
- Language: English
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15784 , JKC17a-16 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008973 , Tape number: JKC17 , Track number: 16 , Original tape number: 17
- Description: Unaccompanied religious choral Sesotho song , Refer to last page of Jaco Kruger recording card book II
- Full Text: false
Title not specified
- Choir by men and women, Performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Choir by men and women , Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa country not specified city not specified f-
- Language: English
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/347745 , vital:63558 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP4077-000a
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Choir by men and women , Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa country not specified city not specified f-
- Language: English
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/347745 , vital:63558 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP4077-000a
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Title not specified
- Choir by men and women, Performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Choir by men and women , Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa country not specified city not specified f-
- Language: English
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/347783 , vital:63562 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP4080-000b
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Choir by men and women , Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa country not specified city not specified f-
- Language: English
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/347783 , vital:63562 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP4080-000b
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Pula tsa leklogonolo
- Botha, Karika (Recorded by), Sesotho women choir (Performer), Composer not specified
- Authors: Botha, Karika (Recorded by) , Sesotho women choir (Performer) , Composer not specified
- Subjects: Shongoane village , Lephalale , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Religious music , Church hymn , Choral
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15709 , JKC17a-01 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008898 , Tape number: JKC17 , Original tape number: 17 , Track number: 01
- Description: Unaccompanied Sesotho church hymn , Refer to last page of Jaco Kruger recording card book II
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Botha, Karika (Recorded by) , Sesotho women choir (Performer) , Composer not specified
- Subjects: Shongoane village , Lephalale , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Religious music , Church hymn , Choral
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15709 , JKC17a-01 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008898 , Tape number: JKC17 , Original tape number: 17 , Track number: 01
- Description: Unaccompanied Sesotho church hymn , Refer to last page of Jaco Kruger recording card book II
- Full Text: false
Ku Mchisi kuli mtengo
- Visanza girls school choir, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Visanza girls school choir , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1958-05-28
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Visanza f-mw
- Language: Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/252142 , vital:52205 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT592-M64 , Research no. M3H4
- Description: A nsita dance song for women about the water the women used to drink from the tree accompanied by clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-05-28
- Authors: Visanza girls school choir , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1958-05-28
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Visanza f-mw
- Language: Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/252142 , vital:52205 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT592-M64 , Research no. M3H4
- Description: A nsita dance song for women about the water the women used to drink from the tree accompanied by clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-05-28
An exploratory study of South African choral identity with specific reference to three regional children's choirs
- Authors: Swart, Jan-Erik
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: Children's choirs , Cultural pluralism
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MMus
- Identifier: vital:8519 , http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1013205
- Description: This qualitative mini-treatise explores how South African choral identity is perceived by three regional children’s choirs, facing challenges of representing cultural diversity against the background of an ongoing process of social transformation. The study proposes that choirs from South Africa project a distinctly South African “choral” identity which they themselves have constructed by fabricating a mental representation of themselves, and which they project outwardly by means of a range of musical and extra-musical elements observable in the cultural product and artifacts generated over time. The researcher has analyzed a selection of cultural products and artifacts of the Eastern Cape Children’s Choir, the Cantare Children’s Choir and the Tygerberg Children’s Choir, in order to identify common practices among three subject choirs which sustain their continuity, in terms of Richard’s definition of identity (in Torres 2008: 3): “to name a set of practices which subjects may adopt in sustaining both the individual and, to varying degrees, collective continuity”. Research findings indicate that subject choirs are perceived, and project their choral identities, according to their musical ability to communicate and interact with other world-class choirs. Recurring practices undertaken by each subject choir, in order to maintain their international perspective, are identified as key to sustaining their continuity. Choral identity is furthermore strongly influenced by the choral tradition of the choir and the role of the conductor in developing their choral tone. This study is significant to regional children’s choirs seeking to overcome challenges of renegotiating cultural identity, as well as sustaining and expanding choral singing as an art form in South Africa.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2012
- Authors: Swart, Jan-Erik
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: Children's choirs , Cultural pluralism
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MMus
- Identifier: vital:8519 , http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1013205
- Description: This qualitative mini-treatise explores how South African choral identity is perceived by three regional children’s choirs, facing challenges of representing cultural diversity against the background of an ongoing process of social transformation. The study proposes that choirs from South Africa project a distinctly South African “choral” identity which they themselves have constructed by fabricating a mental representation of themselves, and which they project outwardly by means of a range of musical and extra-musical elements observable in the cultural product and artifacts generated over time. The researcher has analyzed a selection of cultural products and artifacts of the Eastern Cape Children’s Choir, the Cantare Children’s Choir and the Tygerberg Children’s Choir, in order to identify common practices among three subject choirs which sustain their continuity, in terms of Richard’s definition of identity (in Torres 2008: 3): “to name a set of practices which subjects may adopt in sustaining both the individual and, to varying degrees, collective continuity”. Research findings indicate that subject choirs are perceived, and project their choral identities, according to their musical ability to communicate and interact with other world-class choirs. Recurring practices undertaken by each subject choir, in order to maintain their international perspective, are identified as key to sustaining their continuity. Choral identity is furthermore strongly influenced by the choral tradition of the choir and the role of the conductor in developing their choral tone. This study is significant to regional children’s choirs seeking to overcome challenges of renegotiating cultural identity, as well as sustaining and expanding choral singing as an art form in South Africa.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2012
Confronting Afrikaans diction challenges in non-Afrikaans mother tongue choirs
- Authors: Botha, Charlotte
- Date: 2014
- Subjects: Choral singing -- Diction , Afrikaans language -- Diction
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MMus
- Identifier: vital:8529 , http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020956
- Description: This study is an initial attempt to identify the most common Afrikaans diction challenges experienced by non-Afrikaans mother tongue speaking choirs, and to explore means of confronting these challenges. No dedicated source exists for choral diction in Afrikaans as a foreign language. This study reviews personal views and literature from various fields that would inform several key elements necessary for the creation of such a source. The primary data for this study was collected through study questionnaires, completed by expert choral conductors who are highly regarded for their success in teaching and performing Afrikaans diction in non-Afrikaans mother tongue speaking choirs, in performance settings such as the ATKV-Applous Choir Competition. Through its proposition of methods for the improvement of Afrikaans diction practices in the non-Afrikaans choral setting, the study promotes the prolific composition of Afrikaans choral literature, and its ubiquitous inclusion in choral repertoire both in South Africa and abroad.
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- Date Issued: 2014
- Authors: Botha, Charlotte
- Date: 2014
- Subjects: Choral singing -- Diction , Afrikaans language -- Diction
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MMus
- Identifier: vital:8529 , http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020956
- Description: This study is an initial attempt to identify the most common Afrikaans diction challenges experienced by non-Afrikaans mother tongue speaking choirs, and to explore means of confronting these challenges. No dedicated source exists for choral diction in Afrikaans as a foreign language. This study reviews personal views and literature from various fields that would inform several key elements necessary for the creation of such a source. The primary data for this study was collected through study questionnaires, completed by expert choral conductors who are highly regarded for their success in teaching and performing Afrikaans diction in non-Afrikaans mother tongue speaking choirs, in performance settings such as the ATKV-Applous Choir Competition. Through its proposition of methods for the improvement of Afrikaans diction practices in the non-Afrikaans choral setting, the study promotes the prolific composition of Afrikaans choral literature, and its ubiquitous inclusion in choral repertoire both in South Africa and abroad.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2014
Re Boke
- Dutch Reformed Church Choir, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Dutch Reformed Church Choir , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 0000-00-00
- Subjects: Popular music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Johannesburg f-sa
- Language: Sesotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/245566 , vital:51382 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , CR3267 , 1804
- Description: Unaccompanied Sesuto choral hymn sung by men and women
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 0000-00-00
- Authors: Dutch Reformed Church Choir , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 0000-00-00
- Subjects: Popular music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Johannesburg f-sa
- Language: Sesotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/245566 , vital:51382 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , CR3267 , 1804
- Description: Unaccompanied Sesuto choral hymn sung by men and women
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 0000-00-00
Letsatsi Lahao Morena
- Dutch Reformed Church Choir, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Dutch Reformed Church Choir , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 0000-00-00
- Subjects: Popular music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Johannesburg f-sa
- Language: Sesotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/245589 , vital:51385 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , CR3271 , 1800
- Description: Unaccompanied Sesuto choral hymn sung by men and women
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 0000-00-00
- Authors: Dutch Reformed Church Choir , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 0000-00-00
- Subjects: Popular music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Johannesburg f-sa
- Language: Sesotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/245589 , vital:51385 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , CR3271 , 1800
- Description: Unaccompanied Sesuto choral hymn sung by men and women
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 0000-00-00
Opela utumiza
- Visanza girls school choir, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Visanza girls school choir , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1958-05-28
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Visanza f-mw
- Language: Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/252163 , vital:52207 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT592-M64 , Research no. M3H5
- Description: A nsita dance song for women about a man who went away to look for his employer and returned cloth.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-05-28
- Authors: Visanza girls school choir , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1958-05-28
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Visanza f-mw
- Language: Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/252163 , vital:52207 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT592-M64 , Research no. M3H5
- Description: A nsita dance song for women about a man who went away to look for his employer and returned cloth.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-05-28