NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Enduring Impacts of Cathedral Choral Training on Choristers' Lives
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Barrett, Margaret S.; Zhukov, Katie – Music Education Research, 2022
Investigations of the English Cathedral Choral tradition have ranged from studies of the pedagogical practices and environmental affordances and constraints that support choral excellence to the introduction of female voices into a male-dominated musical practice. Studies of choral participation have investigated the health and wellbeing outcomes…
Descriptors: Music Education, Singing, Music Activities, Participation
Choral Flourishing: Parent and Child Perspectives on the Benefits of Participation in an Excellent Youth Choir
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Barrett, Margaret S.; Zhukov, Katie – Research Studies in Music Education, 2023
Over the last decade research has reported a range of positive life and learning outcomes for adult and child choristers through first-person accounts derived through surveys and interviews. Little is known regarding parent and child perspectives on choral learning, particularly regarding the impacts of participating in excellent choirs on musical…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Music Education, Music Activities, Singing
Attending to "Culture in the Small": A Narrative Analysis of the Role of Play, Thought and Music in Young Children's World-Making
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Barrett, Margaret S. – Research Studies in Music Education, 2016
Whilst the role of interactive play, thought and language in children's development has been acknowledged, less is known of the role of interactive play, thought and "music." Children's early music-making is both generative and performative in nature and provides a means by which they engage with self and others. Their independent…
Descriptors: Young Children, Music, Music Education, Child Development
Motivation to Study Music in Australian Schools: The Impact of Music Learning, Gender, and Socio-Economic Status
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
McPherson, Gary E.; Osborne, Margaret S.; Barrett, Margaret S.; Davidson, Jane W.; Faulkner, Robert – Research Studies in Music Education, 2015
This study extends an eight-country mapping exercise (McPherson & O'Neill, 2010; see "Research Studies in Music Education" issues 2010-2011) to include students' motivation to study music within the Australian context. It sought to determine whether music learners (students learning an instrument or voice), might be more motivated to…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Gender Differences, Music Education, Music
Musical Narratives: A Study of a Young Child's Identity Work in and through Music-Making
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Barrett, Margaret S. – Psychology of Music, 2011
The investigation of infants' and young children's early musical engagement as singers, song-makers, and music-makers has provided some insight into children's early vocal and musical development. Recent research has highlighted the vital role of interactive vocalization or "communicative musicality" in infants' general development, including…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Music Education, Music, Singing
The Inter-Reflexive Possibilities of Dual Observations: An Account from and through Experience
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Barrett, Margaret S.; Mills, Janet – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2009
In this article, we explore the methodological possibilities of dual observation and "inter-reflexive" interpretation as we have experienced this in a longitudinal ethnographic case study of music teaching and learning in an English cathedral choir school. Our intent here is to understand the ways in which our particular historical,…
Descriptors: Observation, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Ethnography