Coral Vergeio Cantado : percurso e desafios de um coral comunitário em Salvador

Abstract

This participatory ethnomusicological research is based on a qualitative approach and aims to identify the motivations, meanings and perceptions of the participants of the Coral Vergeio Cantado (Salvador) between 2008 and 2017 and the consequences of this experience in their lives, in addition to understanding which and how many recurrent processes were more significant for the constitution and motivation of this group. Through an analytical retrospective with elements of ethnography and self-ethnography, the aim is to relate internal and personal factors with sociocultural conditions constituted in the territory/space of a social project in a popular neighborhood. This analysis, which has Ethnomusicology as its starting point, also sought support in the theories of Comprehensive Sociology, Performance Studies in Anthropology, Music Therapy and texts on human motivation in the field of Psychology, in addition to frequent dialogues with Music Education. The study allowed us to understand how much the choir participants and the sociocultural conditions acted mutually in their constitution, configuration and profile, thus promoting content, procedures and work strategies. The analysis of motivational aspects, based on the Self-Determination Theory, also pointed out that the participants were active agents of their motivations, from insertion in the workshop, permanence and involvement, and that the sociocultural conditions and participatory mediation processes that occurred allowed dialogue with the needs basic psychological aspects of each participant, favoring the maintenance of their motivations through the sense of autonomy, competence and belonging. This research proposes to contribute to reflections on choral singing practices that can better consider musical and musical diversities, with more contextualized and multicultural approaches in favor of more dialogic, participatory and integrative approaches.