Developing choral skills at a young age through choral singing

Abstract

In this study we will present an experiment performed on a group of children who were selected based on musical aptitude tests and were included in an experimental group. In this group we found children with various musical abilities: some have a very good hearing but do not always sing correctly, some did not get good results in testing melodic hearing but have rhythmic problems, others fail to reproduce the rhythm. Thanks to the systematic choral activities carried out over a period of 8 months, most children were able to achieve coordination between hearing and voice and to develop musically. If the children benefit from a specialized guidance, they can obtain expressive and technical performances through highly artistic interpretations. If the conductor manages to win the children's trust, to form their artistic discipline and to breathe into them a love for music, the satisfactions will be as grand as those received from a choir of professionals.