Queering Vocal Pedagogy: A Handbook for Teaching Trans and Genderqueer Singers and Fostering Gender-Affirming Spaces

Queering Vocal Pedagogy offers a new perspective on gender-affirming vocal music education, exploring the experiences, perspectives, and training of trans and genderqueer singers. It provides practical and theoretical knowledge for teachers, choral directors, and music educators, including strategies for teaching, repertoire considerations, professional responsibility, and socio-emotional support in the studio.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 306 pages
Publication date: 15 May 2022
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Queering Vocal Pedagogy offers a fresh perspective on gender-affirming vocal music education, delving deeply into the experiences, perspectives, and vocal training of trans(gender) and genderqueer singers. This groundbreaking text skillfully intertwines singers' narratives with the practices and pedagogies of their teachers, offering a model for training gender expansive vocalists. William Sauerland advocates for a two-pronged approach: first, fostering gender-affirming practices in teaching trans and genderqueer singers, and second, decoupling vocal pedagogy from practices and traditions that have historically perpetuated cisgender narratives. Through case studies representing diverse identities within the gender expansive population, this book offers an insider's view into lesson pacing, vocal exercises, repertoire, and processes for vocal development. Sauerland provides a wealth of practical and theoretical knowledge for teachers, choral directors, and music educators, including: The impact of gender and identity in teaching singers Inclusive language, particularly for voice classifications Strategies for teaching Repertoire considerations Professional responsibility and socio-emotional support in the studio

Weight: 485g
Dimension: 220 x 154 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781538166673