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	Singing school - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Singing schools are often associated with churches that have an a cappella tradition, such as the Church of Christ and Primitive Baptists.
		Singing schools were often taught by traveling singing masters who would stay in a location for a few weeks and teach a singing school.
		Singing schools underwent many changes as cities grew and the population moved away from an agrarian lifestyle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Singing_school (2043 words)

	Shape-Note Singing
		Singing schools arose from British antecedents around 1700 as part of an effort to reform congregational singing in colonial churches.
		Singing schools existed in the South as early as 1710, when they are mentioned in the diary of William Byrd II of Virginia.
		The spread of singing schools through the South was aided by the invention of shape or patent notes.
	www.arts.state.ms.us /crossroads/music/sacred_harp/mu4_text.html (854 words)

	Westville Mirror December 2001 Time Travels
		Singing schools, however, were conducted outside of church in order to improve singing skills, which then could be used in church.
		Singing schools and patent notes were established with ease in the South.
		Singing schools quite suddenly became a Southern and rural—-and neither an urban nor a New England—-phenomenon.
	www.westville.org /Newsletters/Nine/timetravels.htm (1003 words)

	Singing School
		Singing School was founded in Lahti, Finland 1990.
		The studying in the 2nd to 4th year goes deeply into the Singing School singing methods and into the knowledge of those aspects of the human being which are relevant for singing.
		The School Year is from the beginning of September to the beginning of June with approximately 3 weeks vacation at Christmas and 2 weeks at Easter.
	www.laulukoulu.fi (664 words)

	Hymnology: The Singing School Movement
		Singing schools and the new technique of singing with notes were not accepted by everyone.
		The older singing proponents were decidedly against it and viewed the singing school as an example of worldliness which had invaded the church.
		Also, because the singing schools had taken on a more social function, the music associated with them, particularly the fuging tunes, were seen as insidious, rhythmical, sensuous, worldly and consequently had no place in the true worship of God.
	www.smithcreekmusic.com /Hymnology/American.Hymnody/Singing.Schools/Singing.School.movement.html (1241 words)

	Springfield-Greene County Library -- Bittersweet
		Once singing schools were a common occurrence in most every community in the Ozarks where everyone from babies to grandfathers attended daily for two to three weeks for music instruction.
		Singing schools were once an integral part of life in the rural community.
		Singing schools have, over the years, evolved from community affairs which everyone attended into specialized affairs which teach shape notes and music rudiments to congregations of certain denominations such as the Churches of Christ that continue using songbooks written in shape notes.
	thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org /lochist/periodicals/bittersweet/fa74b.htm (4844 words)

	Shape Note Singing: An American Musical Treasure
		Singing was so popular that many communities had their own "singing society." Although singing schools helped, many people still struggled with reading music.
		The itinerant singing-school teachers began to take their singing schools south and west, to where it was still difficult for an organ to travel.
		Unlike the singing schools in the north, which were dying out, those in the south and the west were beginning to flourish.
	www.southernreader.com /SouthRead6.6.html (686 words)

	Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers
		During a typical convention singing the participants arrange themselves in a square according to voice part, the basses facing the trebles, and the tenors facing the altos.
		The important innovation introduced into the singing school tradition during the "Second Great Awakening" in the early nineteenth century was the idea, first utilized by New Englander William Law, of assigning different shaped note-heads corresponding to the fa sol la and mi syllables.
		Young children are taught in singing school to mark time with their right arm while holding the book in their left.
	www.arts.state.al.us /actc/compilation/pisgah.html (2079 words)

	A Short Shaped-Note Singing History
		The singing school, a vigorous social institution developed in the English parish country side, was continued in eighteenth century New England.
		It was in the south where the marriage of the New England singing school music forms to the oral Celtic folk tune heritage was completed, and the folk-hymn was born.
		Potlucks at the singing ("dinner on the grounds") mixed socializing with the singings, and young singers fresh from recent singing schools were given an opportunity to try out their newly honed skills.
	fasola.org /introduction/short_history.html (669 words)

	Stories
		On the first night of the singing school the flag was lifted onto the school’s flag pole to fly proudly over the school.
		When singing school students grew up, got married, and started their family it was not unusual for these men to look for opportunities to drive through Sabinal to show their wives and children where they had learned to be a song leader.
		During the peak years of the school in the 1970’s there was a large number of boys to come to the school from several large churches in Middle Tennessee.
	www.singingschool.org /singing_school_stories.htm (3416 words)

	WILLA Volume 2 - When Is a Singing School (Not) a Chorus?
		For me, "the Singing School" has become a metaphor for what we might think of as a "dream class," that is, one in which achieving the objectives of a course becomes seamlessly incorporated into the process itself, and where the joy of teaching is indistinguishable from being a student of the students' learning.
		A few days later she confessed her anxieties about remaining in graduate school: the course had triggered in her feelings of futility about academic work, and she thought that perhaps she should return to high school teaching.
		A staunch feminist as an undergraduate, she'd expected that by now feminism would have "moved ahead to something more inclusive." This, in face of the fact that figuring in her present crisis was that she was mourning the murder of one of her own female students.
	scholar.lib.vt.edu /ejournals/old-WILLA/fall93/l-bogdan.html (4463 words)

	Singing School articles by Eddie Lenz
		Premiers bass, Eddie Lenz, is a contributing writer to Singing News Magazine, writing the monthly column called "Singing School." The article provides helpful hints and tips for aspiring Southern Gospel artists for issues relating to vocal and performance techniques.
		Singing with the Premiers in recent months, we felt as though our performances weren’t “flowing” as they should, so we decided to take a fresh look at our repertoire, our speaking moments, and staging.
		New singing names must be given to the tones of the scale when they are sharped or flatted.
	www.thepremiers.com /singing_school.htm (5155 words)

	'Freedom of song' thwarted: Police muzzle high school choir singing to Statue of Liberty [Free Republic]
		Shouting loudly over the strains of young voices singing, a government policeman recently stopped a high school choir's spontaneous, patriotic concert at the foot of the Statue of Liberty because the students did not have a proper permit in hand that would have allowed them to perform on public property.
		Members of the Viewmont High School Choir from Bountiful, Utah, were so impressed by their recent visit to "Lady Liberty" that they began to sing the national anthem on the spur of the moment, impressing bystanders, but not the National Park Service rangers.
		The parents were pleased that their children wanted to sing in front of a famous symbol of freedom, and had a hard time understanding why the Park Service would want to prevent such wholesome activity, explained Burton.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3905ebd3792d.htm (2162 words)

	Atlanta Sacred Harp
		Check our upcoming singings page for a list of singings this month in Georgia and eastern Alabama.
		We sing not for performance but for the joy of singing and the community of singers, to which newcomers are always welcome.
		New singers from many different backgrounds are attracted to the powerful old songs and find that shape note singing is not only a release for the spirit, it's also a lot of fun.
	www.atlantasacredharp.org (307 words)

	Jaanz School of Singing, Singing School, Singing Tuition, Singing Lessons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Jaanz School of Singing is an industry recognised leader in the field of singing, performance and talent development.
		The Jaanz School of Singing combines a tried and tested teaching method with a nurturing environment marked by encouragement, family involvement and community building.
		The Jaanz Children's Singing Academy, for young aspiring performers, aims is to provide a personal, nurturing environment in the classroom.
	www.jaanz.com.au (511 words)

	SINGING, Singing Lessons, Singing School, Singer, Singers, Voice, Sing, How to Sing, MELBOURNE, singing audition
		But after I left school and discovered a learning system that could have helped me - along with thousands of other disgruntled students - I realized why the majority of teaching systems are old-fashioned, outdated and ineffective.
		Most singing teachers claim to teach 'correct posture', but the simple fact is, their knowledge of anatomy and muscle coordination is usually based on ignorance.
		Peter Davies sings 'Advance Australia Fair' at the 2003 Cranbourne Cup to a live audience of 15 000 and a TV audience of 1 million viewers.
	www.invisibleworld.com.au (2754 words)

	Stormonth Elementary School - Music - Singing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Singing is a joyful, soulful musical activity that will last a lifetime.
		Therefore, learning to sing is one of the most important aspects of the music curriculum at Stormonth School.
		Singing is taught by beginning where a child is at any given time in his or her musical development.
	www.foxbay.k12.wi.us /stormonth/music/singing.html (129 words)

	Singing Schools
		singing school is a brief course of musical instruction devoted to the rudiments of note-reading and sight-singing, with a focus on sacred music.
		Early singing schools often lasted two or three months, usually during a season of slack agricultural work (the winter months, or midsummer "laying-by" of crops).
		The Epworth Old Harp Singers of Knoxville, Tennessee sponsored a singing school for beginners and experienced singers, between April 13 and April 22, meeting on Tuesdays and Thursdays (April 13 and 15, and April 20 and 22) at 7:30 pm at the home of Kathleen Mavournin and Bob Richmond, 344 Seven Oaks Drive.
	www.mcsr.olemiss.edu /~mudws/schools.html (848 words)

	Old Harp #22 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A group of high school students and their instructors are making a cross-country tour of the U.S.A. They will be in Asheville, NC, the Sunday of March 22, and in Atlanta the evening of March 25.
		This Singing is held at the Chapel in Dollywood.
		We sing the shapes in the tradition of learning, as a reminder to bring the least of our brethren and sisters into the fold, be they young or old or indifferent or fervent.
	web.utk.edu /~tkoosman/oldharp/harpnews.html (3913 words)

	ABC News: School Talent Show Draws Secret Service
		Threatening the president is a federal crime, so the Secret Service was called to the school to investigate.
		We were just singing Bob Dylan's song … If you think it has to do with Bush that's because you're drawing your own conclusions.
		The principal of the school said he stands behind the students.
	abcnews.go.com /US/story?id=247437&page=1 (390 words)

	Marlaina Curtis Stage School Singing, Dance, Drama.
		The concept of an on going Weekend Theatre School is unique, not just because it is new to New Zealand, but because it breaks new ground in the way the arts can be taught.
		Marlaina has children of her own and as a working mother, she knows how tiring a parent can become being a taxi service to children especially when they need to be present at different locations for different activities.
		Marlaina's concept is to have dance, drama and singing under one roof for children aged between 6 to 16.
	www.artisticdreams.co.nz (231 words)

	Home of Summer Liturgical Singing School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Summer School of Liturgical Music at Holy Trinity Seminary was established with the blessing of the Rector of the Seminary, Metropolitan Laurus.
		The full course of study consists of three summer sessions, at the end of which the graduates will be certified as church choir directors and/or readers.
		The course load, full or partial, may be agreed upon in consultation with the school administration.
	sslm.hts.edu /index.do (135 words)

	Art of the States: Singing School
		Based on the traditional Scottish song "The Blue Bells of Scotland," Singing School is found in the tunebook The Social Harp (1855) and the appendix to The Sacred Harp (1850 edition).
		It is a celebration of the tradition of shape-note singing and its singing masters.
		Moss lived in Hall County, Georgia and was a singing master in Hall, Milton, and neighboring counties, as well as a travelling salesman for The Social Harp (1855).
	www.artofthestates.org /cgi-bin/piece.pl?pid=272 (331 words)

	Honky Tonks, Hymns, & the Blues
		Once the singing schools went south, a major center of shape-note music promotion, education, and publishing occurred in Northwest Virginia.
		This was a monthly periodical devoted to rural music, singing schools and their teachers, songs, and songbooks in shaped notes.
		He attended singing school, where he met his future wife.
	www.honkytonks.org /showpages/puresound.htm (2801 words)

	Shape Note Singing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Sacred Harp singing, also called "Shape note singing" is an important part of American musical history, with roots in early American folk music and early American music composition.
		The other critical event was the spread, through itinerant singing school masters, of this institution and its music into the south--what was then called the west; Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, and Missouri.
		Since most people do not have a singing or choral group at their fingertips, but may have the ability to play music with their friends, or in a professional setting with an ensemble.....
	www.nationwide.net /~amaranth/ShapeNoteSinging.htm (1085 words)

	Singing Winds School, A Waldorf Initiative - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Singing Winds, a Waldorf Initiative located in the Near West Suburbs, is educating the creative problem solvers of tomorrow!
		For the upcoming 2005-6 school year, we will be offering Parent-Child, Early Childhood and Kindergarten programs, as well as Grades 1 through 6.
		Come learn about our programs and tour the school while classes are in session.
	www.singingwinds.com (222 words)

	The Foundation of Church Singing: School and Prayer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The summer school is a unique and beautiful way to become acquainted with other Orthodox Christians from all over the United States, Canada, even Australia and, this year, Costa Rica.
		And here finally was a school, held at the main monastery of our Church Abroad, where young people are encouraged to devote their energies to adorning the services of the Orthodox Church, are taught the majestic cycle of the Orthodox life, the typicon, the eight-tone cycle, and are given musical training and practical advice.
		The school is designed to give a good introduction to the most crucial subjects of Orthodox choir conducting and then it is up to the individual to continue his education on his own.
	www.roca.org /oa/165/165f.htm (2067 words)

	Singing School \| MetaFilter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Sacred Harp singing uses a system of four shaped notes first introduced by Little and Smith in The Easy Instructor in 1801.
		With it's emphasis on participation and instruction in the moment, Sacred Harp singing is in the midst (NPR story) of a renaissance.
		Before that, singing was done in groups with projected volume, before an audience, or hollered into a sound-gathering trumpet at full volume.
	www.metafilter.com /mefi/46757 (978 words)

	Deanne Bogdan / WHEN IS A SINGING SCHOOL (NOT) A CHORUS? THE EMANCIPATORY AGENDA IN FEMINIST PEDAGOGY AND LITERATURE ...
		Deborah Britzman has analyzed her student teachers' attempts to implement critical/feminist pedagogical methods in English education at the secondary school level, detailing the complexity of the tensions and contradictions which mark "not just what it means to know and be known, but how we come to know and come to refuse knowledge."
		A few days later she confessed her anxieties about remaining in graduate school: the course had triggered in her feelings of futility about academic work, and she thought that perhaps she should return to high-school teaching.
		A staunch feminist as an undergraduate, she'd expected that by now feminism would have "moved ahead to something more inclusive" -- this, in face of the fact that figuring in her present crisis was the fact that she was mourning the recent murder of one of her own female students.
	www.ed.uiuc.edu /EPS/PES-Yearbook/93_docs/Bogdan.HTM (4226 words)

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