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The International Journal of Research in Choral Singing is Making space for inclusive approaches:
a publication of the American Choral Directors Asso- A review of adolescent gender identity in high
ciation. This journal welcomes studies that apply rig- school choirs
orous, systematically-grounded methodologies, either Anthony Young and Jason Goopy
quantitative or qualitative, to investigate phenomena Volume 12, pages 1-22
of potential interest to all who sing in, work with, or
are otherwise interested in choral ensembles. The Gender identity has received significant attention in
IJRCS was founded in 2002 by editor James Daugh- choral music education, perhaps more than any other
erty and an international interest group composed of field of music education research. Issues concerning
choral conductor-teachers and voice scientists, each gender in choirs continue to prove challenging for ad-
of whom was an established researcher and an ac- olescents and secondary school teachers. This article
tive choral musician. The Journal publishes one vol- synthesizes a narrative literature review on gender iden-
ume annually, with articles added as they are accepted tity research in high school choirs, offers suggestions
throughout the year. The editorial board welcomes for inclusive choral practices, and raises possibilities for
manuscripts that reflect well executed research em- future research. Gender research in Western cultural
ploying quantitative, philosophical, historical, or qual- school choral contexts over the last century focused on
itative methodologies. Reviews of empirical research, a preoccupation with the shortage of male singers. Fe-
meta-analyses, etc. will also be considered for publica- male participation in choir was considered common-
tion. Score studies, choral literature reviews, composer place and taken for granted, resulting in females being
biographies, or purely anecdotal speculations will not neglected in research until recently. Early material on
be considered. View submission guidelines and the full male adolescent choral involvement tended to make
archives at acda.org/ijrcs. For more information or to very broad generalizations situated in hegemonic mas-
submit an article, email ijrcs@acda.org. ACDA thanks culinity. By the 1990s, writers such as Koza were noting
Patrick Freer for his years of service. Bryan E. Nichols that these approaches to the issue had been unsuccess-
began his term as IJRCS editor as of January 2025. ful, and recent writers have exposed the rich personal
and contextual aspects of singers and their approaches
to singing. Research in the past decade has attempted

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