A Music Therapy Vocal Intervention To Address Self Esteem And Resilience In Female Adolescents At Risk For School Failure

Author : Cathy Nichols May Dunstan
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 275 pages
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Download or read book Factors Contributing to the Development of Vocal Self-concept in Adolescent Females Experiencing Vocal Expansion written by Cathy Nichols May Dunstan and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this research was to identify factors contributing to the development of vocal self-concept in adolescent females who are experiencing vocal expansion, previously called vocal mutation. The central question for this study was: What are the factors contributing to the development of musical self-concept in adolescent females experiencing vocal expansion? The guiding questions sought to find the rehearsal practices, rehearsal experiences, and outside influences that have an effect, either positive or negative, on vocal self-concept (VSC). Case study method was used so that information to answer these questions could come directly from individuals whose VSCs were currently developing. Four adolescent females experiencing vocal expansion served as participants for this study. All four females participated in the chorus of a racially diverse middle class suburban middle school. Data were the statements from the participants, statements from the choral director, and observations of the researcher. Each participant was a bounded case. The researcher coded the data, analyzed each case according to the research questions, and performed cross case analysis to derive meanings from the data. Fourteen themes emerged from the analysis. Participants stated that the following affected their vocal self concept: vocal technique instruction, education about vocal expansion, confidence, the disposition of the teacher, sight singing instruction, hard work, experiencing vocal expansion, and comments from others. The voice part to which they are assigned and literature choice only affected their vocal self concept as it applied to keeping them in a range in which they could sing. The following experiences did not affect the VSC of these participants: the inclusion of non-singing state standards, changes in instruction, the attitudes of others toward rehearsal, and the attitudes of others outside of chorus. Two rehearsal practices that affected VSC relate directly to vocal expansion, vocal technique instruction and education about vocal expansion. Vocal technique instruction, breath management and vocal focus, was the only rehearsal practice that improved vocal expansion characteristics. Education about vocal expansion and the characteristics also raised VSC. These females needed to know that vocal disturbances they were experiencing were normal and most importantly would go away with growth and development..