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Choral conductors and clinicians often focus on honing the technical and artistic elements of their choir''s performance, but what is the true purpose of choral singing? Choral performances sound beautiful, but they also tell stories, say something to someone, and create change in them. In that fundamental sense, they are always activist. In Transforming Choral Singing: An Activist''s Guide for Choir Directors, author Charles W. Beale draws from his nearly 20 years of leading major choirs in the LGBTQIA+ choral movement internationally as well as his long experience as a singer, organist, conductor, and educator to put forth a new vision for choral singing: to move audiences and change the world. Four main principles underpin this vision: connection, impact, social justice, and stylistic openness. Beale lays down a non-canonical and inclusive framework, grounded in critical musicology and pedagogy, for mission-driven and activist-oriented engagement with the choral arts, and provides p
