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  • The Singer's Anatomy: investigating singers' experiences of performance through reflection on underlying processes

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    Author(s)
    Cotterell, Leah F.
    Primary Supervisor
    Bartleet, Brydie-Leigh
    Other Supervisors
    Bartlett, Irene M
    Year published
    2021-02-08
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    Abstract
    Considering the ubiquitous nature of singing performance, and how celebrated the singer’s role is in our culture, it is surprising that singers’ experiences seem to be so poorly represented in academic research. This doctoral study investigates the view that singing performers may share common experiences that transcend matters of style or context, and that an understanding of such common ground may offer valuable information about the performer’s experience of performance states, thereby assisting a developed sense of wellbeing. In this study three distinct approaches were employed to gather information on the experiences ...
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    Considering the ubiquitous nature of singing performance, and how celebrated the singer’s role is in our culture, it is surprising that singers’ experiences seem to be so poorly represented in academic research. This doctoral study investigates the view that singing performers may share common experiences that transcend matters of style or context, and that an understanding of such common ground may offer valuable information about the performer’s experience of performance states, thereby assisting a developed sense of wellbeing. In this study three distinct approaches were employed to gather information on the experiences of singers as performers. This data was triangulated through the application of a novel framework that explicated seven processes of performance to enable the systematic analysis of the singers’ experiences. In addition to an autoethnographic account, a survey was used to gather the reflections of 33 singers who perform across diverse music styles, and a third method collected interviews with three experienced singing teachers (specialising in jazz, classical, and musical theatre). Together these methods generated rich, detailed descriptions of the underlying processes of singers’ lived experiences of performance. At multiple levels the results generated useful insights for both the study participants and the researcher, and point to the need for further investigation of the complexities of singers’ experiences of performance.
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    Thesis Type
    Thesis (Professional Doctorate)
    Degree Program
    Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA)
    School
    Queensland Conservatorium
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.25904/1912/4086
    Copyright Statement
    The author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise.
    Subject
    Singing performance
    underlying processes of performance
    self-reflection
    insight
    well-being
    performance autoethnography
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/402268
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    • Theses - Higher Degree by Research

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