A shade of grey: Negative associations with amateur choral singing

Gunter Kreutz · Peter Brünger

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Background: Amateur choral singing has been associated with a range of beneficial influences on perceived mental and physical well-being and health. However, it is unclear to what extent negative experiences exist that may be related to singing in choral societies. Aims: The main focus of this study was to explore negative experiences of longstanding members of choral societies. In particular, themes of such experiences were to be identified as well as their prevalence. Methods: Written responses to open-ended questions (n = 753) from a large-scale survey (N = 3145) on negative experiences in association with choral singing were submitted to content analysis to identify themes and issues. Two independent jurors then assessed a random selection of a 100 responses to assess the prevalence of themes. Results: Conductor (prevalence: 50%), fellow choristers (prevalence: 38.1%), and performance aspects (prevalence: 13.6%) were identified as main themes of negative experiences in both content and simple kappa analyses. Conclusions: These results suggest that social problems as well as conflicting aesthetic goals dominate negative associations with amateur choral singing.

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