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The influence of Co-Conducting on the competency areas of choir conductors Team teaching has become a prominent topic in education worldwide. It describes a teaching model where two teachers share responsibility for organizational tasks, pedagogical planning, and student care. Research indicates that this collaborative approach can lead to positive outcomes such as workload reduction, increased…

Voice pedagogy and functional orientation Objectives: The aim of the study is to investigate to what extent functional orientation (FO) is currently used within the teaching of singing at Bavarian music schools. Another objective is to find out the extent of the variety of methods (MV) and whether there is a connection between FO and…

The lecturer presents his book „Faszination Lied“ (50 masterpieces explained – Art Songs from Austria and all over the World) and his whole music mediation project of the same title, which is based on the passion for art song and its mediation to all interested people. Afterwards he shows some exemples from his book using…

Acoustic Measurements in the Original KinEmission Method

On the enchanting musical educational work of Swiss missionary Martin Schmid in Bolivia

Terminological and non-terminological descriptions of singing voices “Sun above high fog“, “raw minced meat”, and “peach soft”: All of these are colorful and extravagant images used to describe the human singing voice in journalistic texts, professional singing lessons and interviews. But what exactly do these above mentioned things sound like? This question and the widespread…

There is much discourse in relation to the early onset of puberty in adolescents in general society, and a wealth of research into the subject of adolescent voice change. Much research has focussed on the varying stages and changes that a child moves through as they enter puberty. However, the subject of early and late…