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“I’Ll Sing With My Buddies” – Fostering The Possible Selves Of Male Choral Singers, Patrick K. Freer
“I’Ll Sing With My Buddies” – Fostering The Possible Selves Of Male Choral Singers, Patrick K. Freer
Music Faculty Publications
The stories of three high school boys about their experiences in school-based choral music provide the framework for a discussion of the role music educators can play in retaining male singers. The “possible selves” construct (Markus & Nurius, 1986) is explored alongside research-based implications about specific steps toward developing boys’ identities as choral musicians. Possible selves are future conceptions of the self that are either positive (hoped-for) or negative (feared). The changing adolescent male voice occurs at approximately the same time as major social, academic, and other physical changes. It is thought that these issues coincide in a manner that …
Boys’ Descriptions Of Their Experiences In Choral Music, Patrick K. Freer
Boys’ Descriptions Of Their Experiences In Choral Music, Patrick K. Freer
Music Faculty Publications
This report centers on the words of six boys about their experiences in school choral music. The narrative excerpts are drawn from the stories of boys enrolled at a private school in the southeastern United States. The study sampled three types of boys: those who have sung continuously, those who sang but later withdrew from choral music, and those who did not sing at all. Analysis of the boys’ broad narratives revealed allusions to components of optimal ‘flow’ experiences identified by Csikszentmihalyi (1990) and others. Such ‘flow’ experiences are characterized by high levels of both perceived challenge and perceived skill, …