Fay Magee | University of Divinity (original) (raw)
Musician and music educator; completed MA in theology and music 2013 examining contemporary congregational song.
Strong interest in developing the possibilities for congregational singing linked with encouraging community-based music-making.
Four decades of experience as classroom music educator applying Kodaly-based pedagogy.
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My grateful thanks are due to my supervisors, the Rev Dr Ron Dowling, the Rev Dr David Cole, and ... more My grateful thanks are due to my supervisors, the Rev Dr Ron Dowling, the Rev Dr David Cole, and the Rev Garry Deverell. Their various contributions to and encouragement of my thinking have been invaluable and vital to my completion of this project. My thanks also to Rev Dr Charles and Rev Dr Peta Sherlock whose conversations and encouragement over many years have been part of the forming of this topic. My appreciation is also due to my family and many friends who have been part of my journey with congregational song.
What Christians sing as they worship is a focus of considerable attention in the contemporary chu... more What Christians sing as they worship is a focus of considerable attention in the contemporary church and yet it has been a contentious issue at almost every period of Christian history. Since the mid-twentieth century, significant social, cultural, and technological changes, all against a backdrop of increasing global consciousness, have affected the way music functions and the ways opinions about repertoire and performance practices are formed. The primary focus of this project is the analysis of eight songs composed between 1983 and 2001. The essential question is how musical analysis contributes to a greater understanding of the nature of contemporary congregational song and various performance practices. This project will focus on analysis of harmonic structures as the major element. This will provide a framework from which comparisons of other musical elements can lead to a greater awareness of the issues of music and worship, and of music and theology. Developing a greater und...
What Christians sing as they worship is a focus of considerable attention in the contemporary chu... more What Christians sing as they worship is a focus of considerable attention in the contemporary church and yet it has been a contentious issue at almost every period of Christian history. Since the mid-twentieth century, significant social, cultural, and technological changes, all against a backdrop of increasing global consciousness, have affected the way music functions and the ways opinions about repertoire and performance practices are formed.
My grateful thanks are due to my supervisors, the Rev Dr Ron Dowling, the Rev Dr David Cole, and ... more My grateful thanks are due to my supervisors, the Rev Dr Ron Dowling, the Rev Dr David Cole, and the Rev Garry Deverell. Their various contributions to and encouragement of my thinking have been invaluable and vital to my completion of this project. My thanks also to Rev Dr Charles and Rev Dr Peta Sherlock whose conversations and encouragement over many years have been part of the forming of this topic. My appreciation is also due to my family and many friends who have been part of my journey with congregational song.
What Christians sing as they worship is a focus of considerable attention in the contemporary chu... more What Christians sing as they worship is a focus of considerable attention in the contemporary church and yet it has been a contentious issue at almost every period of Christian history. Since the mid-twentieth century, significant social, cultural, and technological changes, all against a backdrop of increasing global consciousness, have affected the way music functions and the ways opinions about repertoire and performance practices are formed. The primary focus of this project is the analysis of eight songs composed between 1983 and 2001. The essential question is how musical analysis contributes to a greater understanding of the nature of contemporary congregational song and various performance practices. This project will focus on analysis of harmonic structures as the major element. This will provide a framework from which comparisons of other musical elements can lead to a greater awareness of the issues of music and worship, and of music and theology. Developing a greater und...
What Christians sing as they worship is a focus of considerable attention in the contemporary chu... more What Christians sing as they worship is a focus of considerable attention in the contemporary church and yet it has been a contentious issue at almost every period of Christian history. Since the mid-twentieth century, significant social, cultural, and technological changes, all against a backdrop of increasing global consciousness, have affected the way music functions and the ways opinions about repertoire and performance practices are formed.