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Singing down the barriers: Encouraging singers of all racial backgrounds to perform music by African American composers
Author(s) -
Helton Caroline,
Stephens Emery
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
new directions for teaching and learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.192
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1536-0768
pISSN - 0271-0633
DOI - 10.1002/tl.288
Subject(s) - singing , african american , music education , vocal music , racial differences , visual arts , psychology , sociology , art , ethnic group , music , acoustics , anthropology , physics
This chapter investigates the barriers faced by singers of all racial backgrounds when performing spirituals and African American art songs and suggests ways to eliminate those barriers.