• Choral conducting competences: Perceptions and priorities 

      Jansson, Dag; Døving, Erik; Elstad, Beate (Research Studies in Music Education;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Choral conducting is a complex and multi-faceted leader role. Leading music is a particular kind of leadership through the prominence of gestural communication, and it is a ubiquitous phenomenon across a variety of social ...
    • Choral conducting education: The lifelong entanglement of competence, identity and meaning 

      Jansson, Dag; Balsnes, Anne Haugland (Research Studies in Music Education;First Published April 8, 2020, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-04-08)
      Choral singing is one of the most widespread musical activities, and choral conductors work in a variety of social settings that involve every imaginable type of choir and musical genre. The conductor role draws on a number ...
    • The gesture enigma: Reconciling the prominence and insignificance of choral conductor gestures 

      Jansson, Dag; Balsnes, Anne Haugland; Durrant, Colin (Research Studies in Music Education;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-08-02)
      Curious as to why conducting gesture are both acknowledged and ignored by choral singers, this article investigates the enigmatic nature of the act of conducting. Education and research are biased toward gestural aspects ...