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researcher found that boys who enjoy choir in middle school may not always go on to high school choir because it simply does not fit into their schedules. Some research speculates that one reason that boys' participation in choir is so low is because the U.S. does not encourage male singers. Often, schools will have a women's choir, which helps the balance issues mixed choirs face by taking on extra female singers. However, without a men's choir also, this can make the problem worse by not giving boys as many opportunities to sing as girls. Other researchers have noted that having an ensemble, or a workshop dedicated to male singers, can help with their confidence and singing abilities. British cathedral choirs are usually made from pupils enrolled in schools.
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Opponents argue that this method loses the spatial separation of individual voice lines, an otherwise valuable feature for the audience, and that it eliminates sectional resonance, which lessens the effective volume of the chorus. For music with double (or multiple) choirs, usually the members of each choir are together, sometimes significantly separated, especially in performances of 16th-century music (such as works in the
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people singing regularly in a choir. Over 30 percent of the groups listed described themselves a community choirs, half of the choirs listed sing contemporary music although singing classical music is still popular. Most choirs are self funding. It is thought that the increase in popularity of singing together in groups has been fed to some extent in the UK by TV progammes such as
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The all-female and mixed children's choirs tend to be professionally less prevalent than the high voiced boys' choirs, the lower voiced men's choruses, or the full SATB choirs. This is due to some extent to lack of scholarships and other types of funding, and a lack of professional opportunities for
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More experienced choirs may sing with the voices all mixed. Sometimes singers of the same voice are grouped in pairs or threes. Proponents of this method argue that it makes it easier for each individual singer to hear and tune to the other parts, but it requires more independence from each singer.
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There are various schools of thought regarding how the various sections should be arranged on stage. It is the conductor's decision on where the different voice types are placed. In symphonic choirs it is common (though by no means universal) to order the choir behind the orchestra from highest to
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accompaniment is often used, even if a different instrumentation is planned for performance, or if the choir is rehearsing unaccompanied music. With the new prevalence of electronic devices, small groups can use these together with learning tracks for both group rehearsals and private practice.
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The Big Choral Census online survey was established to find out how many choirs there were in the UK, of what type, with how many members, singing what type of music and with what sort of funding. Results estimated that there were some 40,000 choral groups operating in the UK and over 2 million
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In most choirs, the same individual acts as musical director (responsible for deciding the repertoire and engaging soloists and accompanists), chorus master/mistress (or répétiteur) (responsible for training and rehearsing the singers), and conductor (responsible for directing the performance).
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Many choirs perform in one or many locations such as a church, opera house, school or village hall. In some cases choirs join up to become one "mass" choir that performs for a special concert. In this case they provide a series of songs or musical works to celebrate and provide entertainment to
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Nationally, male students are enrolled in choir at much lower numbers than their female students. The music education field has had a longtime interest in the "missing males" in music programs. Speculation as to why there are not as many boys in choir, and possible solutions vary widely. One
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One of the main classifications of choirs is by gender and age since these factors have traditionally been thought to affect how a choir sounds and what music it performs. The types are listed here in approximate descending order of prevalence at the professional and advanced amateur or
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voice is also used (e.g., SATBarB), often sung by the higher basses. In smaller choirs with fewer men, SAB, or soprano, alto, and baritone arrangements allow the few men to share the role of both the tenor and bass in a single part and altos may also sing the tenor
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became more interested in choral music near the end of his life following his visits to England in the 1790s, when he heard various Handel oratorios performed by large forces; he wrote a series of masses beginning in 1797 and his two great oratorios
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or choirmaster/mistress or a choir director. Most often choirs consist of four sections intended to sing in four part harmony, but there is no limit to the number of possible parts as long as there is a singer available to sing the part:
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used groups of strings and winds. Many churches which use a contemporary worship format use a small amplified band to accompany the singing, and Roman Catholic Churches may use, at their discretion, additional orchestral accompaniment.
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Consideration is also given to the spacing of the singers. Studies have found that not only the actual formation, but the amount of space (both laterally and circumambiently) affects the perception of sound by choristers and auditors.
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or piano-accompanied situations it is not unusual for the men to be in the back and the women in front; some conductors prefer to place the basses behind the sopranos, arguing that the outer voices need to tune to each other.
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The interaction of sung voices in Renaissance polyphony influenced Western music for centuries. Composers are routinely trained in the "Palestrina style" to this day, especially as codified by the 18th century music theorist
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setting, originated at this period. Although madrigals were initially dramatic settings of unrequited-love poetry or mythological stories in Italy, they were imported into England and merged with the more dancelike
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is probably suitable only for the grandest ceremonies due to its length, difficulty and large-scale scoring. He also pioneered the use of chorus as part of symphonic texture with his
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In the United States, middle schools and high schools often offer choir as a class or activity. Some choirs participate in competitions. One kind of choir popular in high schools is
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This descriptive study is an investigation into the history of the formation of the nation's first gay men's chorus, and its relevance to the lesbigay community as a social service.
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were choral, sung by choirs of great skill and distinction all over Europe. Choral music from this period continues to be popular with many choirs throughout the world today.
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motet, describes a composition with different texts sung simultaneously in different voices. The first evidence of polyphony with more than one singer per part comes in the
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if the choir is singing a piece for choir and orchestra. They may also attend to organizational matters, such as scheduling rehearsals, planning a concert season, hearing
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Apart from their roles in liturgy and entertainment, choirs and choruses may also have social-service functions, including for mental health treatment or as therapy for
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choir, though there is some dispute over the role of instruments during certain periods and in certain areas. Some of the better-known composers of this time include
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Composers of the late 18th century became fascinated with the new possibilities of the symphony and other instrumental music, and generally neglected choral music.
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as suited to church or to chamber singing. Monteverdi, himself a singer, is documented as taking part in performances of his Magnificat with one voice per part.
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Fisher, Ryan A. (1 October 2014). "The Impacts of the Voice Change, Grade Level, and Experience on the Singing Self-Efficacy of Emerging Adolescent Males".
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also exploited the grandeur offered by instrumental accompaniment. Oratorios also continued to be written, clearly influenced by Handel's models. Berlioz's
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In the 19th century, sacred music escaped from the church and leaped onto the concert stage, with large sacred works unsuitable for church use, such as
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A choir can be a subset of an ensemble; thus one speaks of the "woodwind choir" of an orchestra, or different "choirs" of voices or instruments in a
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now refers to the latter, rather than to madrigals proper, which refers to a poetic form of lines consisting of seven and eleven syllables each.
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written specifically for such an ensemble to perform or in other words is the music performed by the ensemble. Choirs may perform music from the
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discourages this usage in favor of "unaccompanied", since a cappella denotes singing "as in the chapel" and much unaccompanied music today is
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is for three choirs of 16 voices each, a total of 48 parts. Other than four, the most common number of parts are three, five, six, and eight.
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being a prime example), though the Lutheran church cantata did not assume its more codified, recognizable form until the early 18th century.
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and his Eighth Book of Madrigals, which call for great virtuosity on the part of singers and instruments alike. (His Fifth Book includes a
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Elpus, Kenneth (2 January 2015). "National estimates of male and female enrolment in American high school choirs, bands and orchestras".
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or old style continued to be written well into the 19th century. Choirs at this time were usually quite small and that singers could be
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Male choir (or choir of men & boys) with the same SATB voicing as a mixed choir, but with boys singing the upper part (often called
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system. The figured bass part was performed by the basso continuo group, which at minimum included a chord-playing instrument (e.g.,
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Hilliard, R. E. (2002). "The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus: A historical perspective on the role of a chorus as a social service".
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performs in theatres or concert halls, but this distinction is not rigid. Choirs may sing without instruments, or accompanied by a
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Integrated signing and singing choir, using both sign language and voices and led by both a signductor and a musical director
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Sweet, Bridget (25 February 2010). "A Case Study: Middle School Boys' Perceptions of Singing and Participation in Choir".
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are in the category. Schubert, Mendelssohn, and Brahms also wrote secular cantatas, the best known of which are Brahms's
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Adult mixed choir (with male and female voices) is perhaps the most common and dominant type, usually consisting of
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Children's mixed choir (with male and female voices), often two-part SA or three-part SSA, sometimes more voices.
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Daugherty, J. "Spacing, Formation, and Choral Sound: Preferences and Perceptions of Auditors and Choristers."
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However, these roles may be divided, especially when the choir is combined with other forces, for example in
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was a pioneer) extended this concept into concert-length works, usually based on Biblical or moral stories.
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Conductors act as guides to the choirs they conduct. They choose the works to be performed and study their
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The conductor or choral director typically stands on a raised platform and he or she may or may not use a
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A point of hot controversy today is the so-called "Rifkin hypothesis," which re-examines the famous "
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from the 1600s to the 1750s, conductors performing in the 2010s may lead an ensemble while playing a
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Choirs can sing with or without instrumental accompaniment. Singing without accompaniment is called
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is very often applied to groups affiliated with a church (whether or not they actually occupy the
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to larger groups (whose proportions are still quite different from modern orchestra choruses):
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alternated accompanied solos with choral sections; the best-known composers of this genre were
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Independent instrumental accompaniment opened up new possibilities for choral music.
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Egyptian Alexandria Jewish choir of Rabbin Moshe Cohen at Samuel Menashe synagogue,
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In the United States, development of mixed choirs was pioneered by groups such as
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or large pop ensembles, there may be occasional spoken instructions). However, in
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lowest voices from left to right, corresponding to the typical string layout. In
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Demorest, Steven M. (January 2000). "Encouraging male participation in chorus".
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A pinnacle of baroque choral music, (particularly oratorio), may be found in
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attempted a restoration of the pure Renaissance style in Catholic churches.
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Christian churches, some American Protestant groups, and traditional Jewish
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Robinson, Russell L. (September 2007). "Junior High/Middle School Choirs".
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was only sung by soloists. Further developments of this technique included
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do not accompany their songs with musical instruments. In churches of the
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history, leading an ensemble while playing an instrument was common. In
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Some choirs are categorized by the type of music they perform, such as
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Choirs are also categorized by the institutions in which they operate:
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was created from a revision of this article dated 6 May 2005
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and service music, some church choirs sing full liturgies, including
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The oldest unambiguously choral repertory that survives is that of
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A Short but Most Necessary Draft for a Well Appointed Church Music
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in music is associated with the development around 1600 of the
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Cambiata choirs, for adolescent boys whose voices are changing.
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who reinforce rather than slavishly double the vocal quartet.
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women such as that of being lay clerks or musical directors.
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the accompanying instrument is usually the organ, although in
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in mind. A few sets of original performing parts include
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comments that it is no longer believed to be authentic.
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churches; far more common however is the performance of
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A few composers developed a cappella music, especially
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concludes that Bach's music was normally written with
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in D minor, the latter of which is highly regarded).
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composition. In typical 18th century to 21st century
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Lutheran composers wrote instrumentally accompanied
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surfaced in the 18th century. However, musicologist
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Update: Applications of Research in Music Education
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Index

Choral
coral
Choir (disambiguation)

Evensong
Blue Coat CE School Choir, Coventry
quire
York Minster
Music education

Kodály method
Orff Schulwerk
Dalcroze Eurhythmics
Suzuki method
School band
Choir
Concert band
Marching band
Youth orchestra
International Society for
Music Education

International Association for
Jazz Education

National Association for
Music Education

Music Teachers National
Association

American Choral Directors
Association

American String Teachers
Association

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