Article Title

I Sing In A Choir But I Have “No Voice!”

Authors

Patricia O'Toole

Abstract

In this article, I argue that the conventions of choral pedagogy are designed to create docile, complacent singers who are subject to a discourse that is more interested in the production of music than in the laborers. Consequently, I present my choral experience from a critical feminist perspective in an attempt to expose the web of power relations that one enters during choral rehearsals. I use critical feminist strategies, and the theories of power described by Michel Foucault, to question meanings and expose the constitution of the power.

Recommended Citation

O'Toole, Patricia (2005) "I Sing In A Choir But I Have “No Voice!”," Visions of Research in Music Education: Vol. 6, Article 4.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/vrme/vol6/iss1/4