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An Exploration of Collegiate Glee Club Participation and the Identities of Male Novice Choral Singers

Falkofsky, Jason Robert
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3942-9846
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case165485992443609

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2022, Doctor of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University, Music Education.
“I’m definitely happy to report on the growth that I’ve gained from being in a group like this. It’s been very valuable to me” (Jeff, participant). Males like Jeff often acknowledge benefitting from choral ensemble participation. Despite possible benefits, the male participation rate in many choral ensembles remains low. Males, however, continue to populate collegiate glee clubs and frequently join these ensembles with little to no prior choral singing experience. Reasons why males who lack prior choral experience decide to participate in a collegiate glee club are underexamined in music education research. The purpose of this study, then, was to explore factors related to males’ participation in a collegiate glee club. The following research questions guided this exploration: (1) What factors contribute to a male individual’s decision to participate in a collegiate glee club? (2) What factors contribute to a male individual’s nonparticipation in a choral ensemble prior to joining a collegiate glee club? (3) In what ways do a male individual’s person, role, and social identities emerge in contexts related to choral ensemble participation? (4) In what ways does collegiate glee club participation affect a male individual’s person, role, and social identities? Participants were nine novice choral singers, all self-identified as male and were members of a collegiate glee club. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews, analyzed using descriptive coding, then arranged into categories of meanings, which were further grouped in relation to the four research questions. Themes were identified exemplifying the participants’ experiences and views. Thematic findings revealed an array of factors contributed to the participants’ decisions to participate in a collegiate glee club, including serendipitous situations that served as the catalyst for participation; how the participants found glee club to be a good fit for them personally and musically; and the ability of the participants to navigate challenges experienced in the glee club. The findings also indicated that glee club participation activated, affirmed, and shaped various facets of the participants’ identities. Participants revealed they were impacted most by the social aspects of their glee club experience. Implications and suggestions for future research were also addressed.
Matthew Garrett (Advisor)
Kathleen Horvath (Committee Member)
Nathan Kruse (Committee Member)
Susan Hinze (Committee Member)
317 p.
Gender; Music; Music Education; Social Psychology
Glee Club; Collegiate Choirs; Male Choral Participation; Novice Singers; Identity; Identity Theory

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  • Falkofsky, J. R. (2022). An Exploration of Collegiate Glee Club Participation and the Identities of Male Novice Choral Singers [Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case165485992443609

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Falkofsky, Jason. An Exploration of Collegiate Glee Club Participation and the Identities of Male Novice Choral Singers. 2022. Case Western Reserve University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case165485992443609.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Falkofsky, Jason. "An Exploration of Collegiate Glee Club Participation and the Identities of Male Novice Choral Singers." Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case165485992443609

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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