caa a22 4500 388032367 CHVBK 20180307124955.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199803 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S026505170000379X doi S026505170000379X pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S026505170000379X Adolescence, Singing Development and National Curricula Design [Elektronische Daten] Adolescence is characterised by a distinctive phase of vocal development which bridges childhood and adulthood. Various research studies over the past twenty years have demonstrated that the physical maturation of the adolescent voice mechanism produces a systematic change in both the male and female singing voice. Longitudinal research data indicate that there are distinctive features to each stage of adolescent voice change and that, with an appropriate matching of repertoire, it is possible for all young people to continue to sing successfully throughout this period. The traditional and stereotypical notion that adolescent male voices ‘break' is untenable in the light of this research evidence and it is suggested that a concept of adolescent singing voice ‘transformation' or ‘change' is a more accurate representation of the physiological reality. It is a weakness of the revised National Curriculum for Music (1995) that it makes no appropriate reference to this unique period of adolescent voice change and, as a result, teachers receive inadequate statutory guidance on the development of singing at Key Stage 3. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998 Cooksey John M. Welch Graham F. British Journal of Music Education Cambridge University Press 15/1(1998-03), 99-119 0265-0517 15:1<99 1998 15 BME https://doi.org/10.1017/S026505170000379X text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S026505170000379X text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cooksey John M. NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Welch Graham F. NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- British Journal of Music Education Cambridge University Press 15/1(1998-03), 99-119 0265-0517 15:1<99 1998 15 BME CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge