• ARTICLES, Special Section, The Joint Construction of Personal Meanings in the Arts

It isn’t just the music: A PCP view of the complexities, perplexities and joys of choral singing.

Whitehead, C.

Keywords:
PCP, personal construct psychology, choral singing, music, emotion, Brahms

Abstract:
Choral singing offers the chorister many opportunities to elaborate his or her construct system musically and socially, and to experience the elation and joy that come from successful rehearsals and performances. The necessity to concentrate on the music and other elements allows the singer to remove him/herself from the everyday world for a few hours during rehearsal and performance and allows the chorister to live in a small world of music where he/she has learned to construe, predict and control with a high degree of accuracy which gives rise to a feeling of mastery and delight while still providing a stimulating variety of experience.