An Analysis of Choral Development Practices in Hungarian Music Education

Authors

Karissa Baker, Brigham Young University
Jerry Jaccard, Brigham Young University

Keywords

choral development practices, Hungarian music education, music educators

College

Fine Arts and Communications

Department

Music

Abstract

For my ORCA research project, I spent two weeks in Hungary studying the Hungarian music education system, with a particular emphasis on choral development. From May 4 through May 18, I traveled with my faculty mentor, Jerry Jaccard, and three other student researchers: Catherine Golding, Bethany Richards, and Christy Ripa. We divided our time in Hungary between the cities of Budapest, Kecskement, Debrecen, and Nyiregyhaza, observing music classes and private lessons, interviewing conductors, teachers, and school administrators, and attending musical performances. In so doing, we were exposed to many practices, philosophies, and ideas that will inform our future teaching as music educators. Detailing all of these experiences would take far more than two pages, so in this report I will focus on those experiences that seem most relevant to choral education.

Recommended Citation

Baker, Karissa and Jaccard, Jerry (2013) "An Analysis of Choral Development Practices in Hungarian Music Education," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 2328.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/2328