Contents
Section One: WHY DO WE SING?
1. Because we can
2. To create identity
3. To express emotion
4. To express words
5. To revisit the past
6. To tell stories
7. To shape the future
8. To enable work
9. To exercise our creativity
10. To give of ourselves
Section Two: WHY DO SOME PEOPLE NOT SING?
1. Vocal disenfranchisement
2. The fallout from a performance culture
3. Places and spaces
4. Bad leadership
Section Three: THE AMBIGUITY OF COMMUNICATION
Tailpiece: AU REVOIR
John Henderson –
“I found that like a good novel, I could not put this book down and so read it through at one sitting… the commonsense pouring from these pages is not to be missed… a truly uplifting book.” – JOHN HENDERSON (in CHURCH MUSIC QUARTERLY)