The abcd Choral Research Journal is a peer-reviewed academic research journal published by abcd with the aim of promoting research informed practice and a scholarly approach to all aspects of collective singing.
Read all the current articles here.
Find out more information for authors here.
To submit an article at any time for our journal, please email abcd General Secretary Rachel Greaves.
Since 2023, there have been no discrete volumes or issues. Articles are published immediately as open-access on completion of the peer-review and proof-reading processes.
All articles are double-blind peer reviewed after initial scrutiny for suitability by the editor-in-chief. Reviewers may be members of the editorial board or recognised scholars whose work in a similar field to that of the submission has previously been published in the journal.
There is no Article Processing Charge (APC) for abcd members. Non-members wishing to submit articles may either pay an APC equivalent to one year’s abcd subscription or become members.
Authors are strongly encouraged to present their work and engage with choral practitioners through presenting in research strands at abcd‘s national events, or where appropriate on-line through abcd‘s webinars.
Articles are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence.
The journal adheres to the ethical code of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). For fuller details of the submission and review process, go to the information for authors.
Professor Martin Ashley recently stood down as Editor-in-Chief and we’d like to thank him for his contribution over the years, not least in setting our journal up.
Current members of the editorial board are:
- Dr Michael Bonshor
- Dr Colin Durrant
- Dr Liz Garnett
- Professor David Howard
- Esther Jones
- Dr Katie Overy
- Dr Jenevora Williams
- Professor Magnus Williamson
- Dr Karen Wise
Papers are welcome at any time covering aspects of choral singing that fall within the remit of the journal. The list below gives an indication of topics, but is not exhaustive.
- Conducting technique and choir direction
- Conductor training and development
- Management of choirs
- Choral Acoustics
- Choral pedagogy
- Vocal technique and the healthy use of the choral voice
- Singing and wellbeing
- Programme planning and concert arrangement
- Recruitment of singers
- Historically informed performance
- Education, schooling and youth choirs
- Elder choirs and care in the community
- Musical literacy
- Choral genres – from early music to “pop”
- Choral composing and the commissioning of works
- Neuroscience and choral singing
- Social identity and choral singing, including class and ethnicity