Fieldwork Project

I will be doing my study on the church choir that performs during Sunday services in Manning Chapel. After talking with the choirmaster, I have a bit of a feel for the type of performance group they are; this has inspired my preliminary questions:

1) Which is more important in this group: technical facility or the spirit of the performance?

2) Is the group more in touch with their musical roots or their cultural/religious sources?

3) What drew this group together out of the larger population at Brown University?