Kerry Boyle is a choral director specialising in upper voice choirs, and she works as Lecturer, Associate Researcher and vocal tutor at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. Aoife Hiney is a choral conductor and singer. She is Lecturer at the Escola Superior de Educação, Porto, Portugal, and a member of the CIPEM/INET-md research centre.Lynn Revell was Professor and Director of Research in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Education at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK.

• IntroductionChapter 1: ParticipationChapter 2: What is in a name? Choirs, community choirs and collective singing groups Chapter 3: Choir practicesChapter 4: Questions of LeadershipChapter 5: Questions of RepertoireChapter 6: Choirs as CommunitiesChapter 7: The Role of Choirs in CommunitiesChapter 8: The Role of Faith in Choral SingingChapter 9: Choirs and CultureChapter 10: The Role and Meaning of Choirs in Participants’ Lives Chapter 11: Choirs During the COVID Pandemic

Kerry Boyle is a choral director specialising in upper voice choirs, and she works as Lecturer, Associate Researcher and vocal tutor at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. Aoife Hiney is a choral conductor and singer. She is Lecturer at the Escola Superior de Educação, Porto, Portugal, and a member of the CIPEM/INET-md research centre.Lynn Revell was Professor and Director of Research in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Education at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK.

• IntroductionChapter 1: ParticipationChapter 2: What is in a name? Choirs, community choirs and collective singing groups Chapter 3: Choir practicesChapter 4: Questions of LeadershipChapter 5: Questions of RepertoireChapter 6: Choirs as CommunitiesChapter 7: The Role of Choirs in CommunitiesChapter 8: The Role of Faith in Choral SingingChapter 9: Choirs and CultureChapter 10: The Role and Meaning of Choirs in Participants’ Lives Chapter 11: Choirs During the COVID Pandemic