Personal value and continuous participation in choral singing at an independent South African male high school

Abstract

The aim of this study is to explore the personal value that is attributed to choral participation, as experienced and expressed by boys attending an independent boys’ high school in South Africa. In order to explore the personal value associated with choral participation, the membership benefits related to choral singing within a male adolescent choir will be explored. The study further investigates the intrinsic and extrinsic motivations of young adolescent male singers who join choirs from the onset, and the reasons why they remain. This study adds to the limited literature on the value of choral singing in South Africa and provides new research specifically pertaining to the reasons why young men sing in choirs.