Child participants had no specialised singing training and all were volunteers, each participating with appropriate ethical approval). Of these, there were 10 boys and 5 girls, with 2 out of 3 children drawn from rural areas. During the pilot study, data were collected from N = 15 participant children aged 7 years, drawn from 5 Primary schools in mainland China. The prime aims of the pilot study were both to evaluate the assessment tools and protocol for the main study, which is designed to create a rounded picture of older Chinese children's singing (aged 7-11 years), and also to explore the initial pilot study data for any emergent patterns. The article reports the outcomes of a pilot study that is part of a larger investigation into Chinese Primary school children's singing behaviours, development and engagement. In each instance, the boys' choir has continued and the evidence suggests that there is now commonly mutual recognition of the value of having separate choirs of girls as well as boys – a value that is both musical as well as social and cultural. Notwithstanding these cultural dissonances, by 2020, nearly all the Anglican cathedrals have introduced girls' choirs to share the responsibility of sung services with boys across the liturgical year, occasionally combining for special festivals and musical events, such as concerts and broadcasts. The initiative at Salisbury was not (and in some instances is still not) without controversy and so opportunity is taken in the text to rehearse examples of these conflicting views by drawing on contemporary commentary, in part by using the lens of Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT). Through the analysis of contemporary texts, related literature, interviews, a small-scale survey and three illustrative in-depth case studies (Salisbury, Lincoln and Lichfield), the thesis reviews the background to this choral development and explores the immediate and subsequent impact across the sector. The thesis provides an historical context for the widely reported and seemingly ground-breaking initiative at Salisbury Cathedral in the early 1990s. That should not imply that the tradition remains identical as in past generations, but rather that a tradition should be able to respond and, if necessary, embrace new ideas. Arguably, the future of any tradition relies on the success of the present generation for its survival and continuity. The aim of this thesis has been to examine the effects that the introduction of girl choristers has had on the all-male tradition that hitherto characterised the Anglican cathedral choir. In this review, we suggest that Opera singers would benefit from educational strategies and specialized multi-sensory biofeedback tools that will a) promote their somatosensory control and b) heighten their awareness of their breathing, phonatory, and articulatory biomechanical functions and abilities. Moreover, any such tools are usually concerned specifically with the acoustic analysis and contemporary vocal performance, but rarely factor in the kinesthetic singing properties. Today, we have the technological resources and scientific data available, but they have not necessarily been widely used toward the development of tools for the aspiring operatic singers’ training. The stagnant empiric vocal pedagogy system in conjunction with other aspects of the modern way of life are possible factors impeding the achievement of such an elite level. The opera singing profession has been widely regarded as an extremely demanding specialty, requiring high levels of cognitive awareness and muscular motor control. This narrative review attempts to combine scientific research results from Physiology, Acoustics, Psychoacoustics, Sociology, and Cognitive Sciences, in order to find possible causes for such a change and suggest applicable solutions. The quality level in Operatic Singing has been repeatedly reported as declining by a number of academic scholars, music critics, and distinguished opera professionals and teachers, during the last few decades.
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