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Sweet, Bridget M Barrett, Janet R. Gallo, Donna J. Brand, Michael Carlton 2019-08-23T20:02:09Z 2019-08-23T20:02:09Z 2019-04-25 2019-05 The purpose of this phenomenological study was to investigate male high school students’ perceptions of choral singing. Focus was maintained on three categories of students: choir students, ex-choir students, and never-enrolled students. Data included individual interviews with eleven male high school students from the three aforementioned categories. Four themes emerged through phenomenological reduction: Clan Association, Motivation, Gender Norms, and Casual Singing. Analysis of the data revealed that males tended to perceive choir as an activity more suited for girls. Students with ensemble experiences viewed singing mostly as a learned skill, whereas students without ensemble experience associated singing more with innate ability. Analysis also revealed a disconnect between student perceptions of singing: as either a performance-based activity, or a participatory activity. The essence of this study was that male high school students’ perceptions of choral singing are disconnected from their perceptions of casual singing. Regardless of prior musical experiences, self-perceived abilities, social influences, or perceptions of choral singing, high school males are predisposed to sing given the right circumstances. Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2019-08-22 without embargo terms The student, Michael Brand, accepted the attached license on 2019-04-24 at 14:34. The student, Michael Brand, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2019-04-24 at 14:46. This Thesis was approved for publication on 2019-04-25 at 11:10. DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #13886 on 2019-08-22 at 14:46:38 Made available in DSpace on 2019-08-23T20:02:09Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 BRAND-THESIS-2019.pdf: 955431 bytes, checksum: f6b7bedb3a88b7fd7973dd32650ef118 (MD5) LICENSE.txt: 4210 bytes, checksum: 866f15b4fac37d5cf9e1240adb5ed8a8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2019-04-25 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2142/104928 en Copyright 2019 Michael Carlton Brand choir male singing experiences choral singing missing male Male high school students’ perceptions of choral singing text text Music Music Education University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Thesis M.Mus.