The Singing Thing: A Case for Congregational SongGIA Publications, 2000 - 158 pages |
Contents
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To create identity | 17 |
To express emotion | 21 |
To express words | 29 |
To revisit the past | 37 |
To tell stories | 47 |
To exercise our creativity | 73 |
To give of ourselves | 77 |
Section Two WHY DO SOME PEOPLE NOT SING? 1 Vocal disenfranchisement | 95 |
The fallout from a performance culture | 113 |
Places and spaces | 121 |
Bad leadership | 131 |
Section Three THE AMBIGUITY OF COMMUNICATION | 135 |
Tailpiece AU REVOIR | 158 |
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