I just finished my Master's Thesis. Ask me anything.

[ChoralScholar]

My first question is for me:

I Can Has Master's Degree?

[XemaSab]

1. Here's the question?

What was your thesis on?

CONGRATULATIONS! :toast:

[ChoralScholar]

2. Vocal Development Curriculum for Adolescent Singers...

quite the page turner.

[XemaSab]

3. Sounds like a good time

:party:

[DarkTirade]

37. I kinda jumped over the 'development' thing... went straight from high soprano to low bass between

semesters. :P

[murielm99]

4. Congrats.

It must feel great to have your hard work pay off.

[ChoralScholar]

5. Thanks.

I think the best feeling is not having to feel guilty for doing something OTHER than work on it.

Make sense?

I've been depriving myself from everything for what seems like forever. If I sat down to play a video game to blow off some steam, I felt guilty because I SHOULD be working on the thesis.

No more of that, though!!!!

[Captain Hilts]

11. It's like running. It feels great when you stop.

I'm THIS close to finishing a dissertation.

[deepthought42]

25. damnit...

I was ignoring my guilt until now! I should be writing my thesis, but, uh...damnit! :hide:

[PaddyBlueEyes]

6. How yr boys do in recruiting?

[ChoralScholar]

7. #14 class nationally, I think.

I've been living under a rock, so I'm not sure.

I'm looking forward to the next year or two - if he can keep his head above water one more year, then it's gonna get interesting in the SEC.

ON EDIT: I checked - it was 14, not 13.

[PaddyBlueEyes]

8. Im a Big Ten guy myself

But im hoping someone can take Florida down..

[ChoralScholar]

9. Well, the last time they won the NC, we handed them the ball game

with a muffed kick...

Stupid Fish. Gotta catch the ball before you can run with it, ya know!

[ChoralScholar]

10. kickety for the AM crowd

EOM

[Lydia Leftcoast]

12. Yea, Choral Scholar!

from a choral singer :-)

[ChoralScholar]

13. Thanks - LL

[Tuesday Afternoon]

14. Congrats on a major (!) accomplishment

:fistbump:

my question: What Now?

[ChoralScholar]

18. Put in another five years or so teaching High School.

Then I'd like to get into the PhD program for Music Cognition at Northwestern.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

22. Admirable Goals. Best wishes for continued success!

:yourock:

[Wapsie B]

34. Congrats!!!

What would one do with a Music Cognition degree?

[ChoralScholar]

35. It would make me very qualified to teach

Choral Methods, and other Education and Pedagogy classes.

[Shell Beau]

15. So you can finally breathe a sigh of relief?

Yay!! :bounce: Congrats!!!!

[ChoralScholar]

19. A little - I still have a short round of edits later this week, but for the most part,

it's off my shoulders!

:)

[Richardo]

16. Did you save it to at least two places?

[ChoralScholar]

20. Four, if you count my cell phone's memory card. EOM

[Bake]

17. How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat????

And congrats on finishing the thesis!

:hi:

Bake

[ChoralScholar]

21. Thanks, friend. It feels good.

And great Pink Floyd reference.

[MilesColtrane]

23. How can you develop a thirteen year old male's voice?

Like with a knuckleballer nobody knows where the pitch is going to end up...not even the thrower.

[ChoralScholar]

28. You meet them where they are, and work your way outwards.

And you should encourage them to work on both sides of the voice break. But they have to keep singing - as frustrating as it is.

The changing male voice is akin to this:

If you woke up in the morning - and your hand was twice to three times the size it normally is - how long would it take you to become proficient with your new appendage? It would take you a while to master the new, larger musculature, and to develop the fine motor skills you previously enjoyed. But you couldn't just wait for it to happen - you'd have to use it to develop the skills.

Adolescent boys' larynxes increase in size in this manner - and developing the fine motor skills of the musculature that surrounds the larynx and controls the vocal fold tension - takes time, and practice.

The most difficult area of the voice to negotiate is the voice break (the crack in a pubertic boy's voice). This is the handoff of control from one set of muscles to the other. The more they can sing over their voice break, the more practice they get at this 'muscle handoff' - and consequently, the quicker they will come along.

[deepthought42]

24. Will you write mine for me?

I'm supposed to start today. I've got about a month to write it all. All the notes are organized and ready to go. *bats eyes*


BTW...CONGRATS ON FINISHING YOUR THESIS!!! :party::toast::party::toast::party:

[SallyMander]

26. Are you going to make everyone call you "Master" now?

Or was it just my crazy husband who did that? :rofl:

Congrats!!! :toast:

[ChoralScholar]

29. Hehe... I should.

I could start signing my name Choral Scholar, MME.... or would that be too pretentious?

[MilesColtrane]

33. I dig Barbara Eden too, but that's taking it too far.

[tigereye]

27. nice work!

:toast:

[ChoralScholar]

30. Thank you. I'm in a much better mood now - but that goes without saying.

[crimsonblue]

31. How much does a bushel of rice cost in Kuala Lumpur? n/t

[ChoralScholar]

36. According to this article,

Rice is not welcome in Kuala Lumpur.

http://www.forum-asia.org/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=101

[seaker]

32. Yes!

You done did it!!!