Coros Amateurs: metodologías para el aprendizaje de su dirección

Raquel Almudéver; Fernanda Peset

doi:10.35699/2317-6377.2024.53467

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Raquel Almudéver Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5327-8589
Fernanda Peset Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3706-6532

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35699/2317-6377.2024.53467

Keywords:

Amateur choirs, Conduncting education, Choral singing, Process Study, Research in music education

Abstract

This article investigates the procedures used by amateur choir conductors for learning scores. For this purpose, a mixed-methodology approach has been designed, allowing for a dual focus. On one hand, the procedures recommended in a bibliographic selection of three choir conducting treatises are analyzed. On the other hand, a semi-structured interview was conducted with five Valencian female conductors, all of whom have more than six years of experience. The results highlight the significant differences between theoretical recommendations and the participants' practice. It is concluded that the existing theory does not meet the needs of amateur choir conductors. Therefore, this article compiles procedures that satisfy the needs of this sector in the specific Spanish socio-cultural context.

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Raquel Almudéver, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain

Raquel is a music teacher at a Secondary School (IES) in Spain. She worked as a temporary teacher from 1998 to 2008 and from 2017 to 2023. Since 2023, she has been a tenured public servant. She was also a teacher of music theory, piano, and the director of the adult choir at the Kodály School of Music in Meliana from 2007 to 2023. She directed amateur choirs from 2006 to 2023 and has taught music in various disciplines, including clarinet, choir, and music theory, since 1996. Regarding her academic background, she holds a Master’s in Music from UPV (2017), a Degree in Conducting (2016), and a Higher Diploma in Choir Conducting (2002) from the Conservatory of Music of Valencia (CSMV). She also earned the Higher Diploma in Music specializing in clarinet in 1999 at CSMV, with honors. Currently (2024), she is a PhD candidate at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, within the Doctoral Program in Art: Production and Research, since 2017. Her research focuses on the learning process of amateur choir conductors for concert performance, using qualitative information-gathering techniques.

Fernanda Peset, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain

She is a Full Professor at the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), in the Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics (DCADHA), within the Faculty of Business Administration since December 2020. Prior to this, she worked as a civil servant in the Bibliographic Information Service at the University of Valencia until 1999. She earned her PhD from the University of Murcia in 2002 and coordinated the Doctoral Program in Communication and Cultural Industries until 2018. Her teaching and research focus on scientific communication, open access, the implementation of the OAI-PMH protocol, information standardization, document description, museum documentation systems, linked and open data, data governance, and data analytics. Her publications are available since 2011 at https://datause.es/publicaciones/. She has been awarded five research evaluation periods (four for research and one for knowledge transfer).Fernanda is part of the editorial teams for journals like El profesional de la información, Textos Universitarios en Biblioteconomía y Documentación, and Data Science Journal. She serves as an evaluator for agencies such as ANECA, ANEP/State Research Agency, and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center. She has also been involved in various evaluation panels at UPV and acts as a reviewer for national and international conferences and journals. She is the founder of E-LIS (OAI repository for Information Sciences), the CIEPI Group, and projects such as IraLIS and ODiSEA. She has acted as an external consultant for FAO-UN, leading multiple I+D projects, including Datause and Extended/ODASCI. She has been part of thematic networks like MAREDATA and global initiatives like GODAN. Her latest projects focus on blockchain technology and data reuse in agriculture. Currently, she coordinates OpenFutureLab and is a member of the interdisciplinary group MADphy.

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methodologies for its conducting learning

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