Vokalista Divina: Penerapan Eksistensi Transjender pada Paduan Suara Sebagai Sebuah Identitas Sosial

Abstract

Vocalista Divina is a choir group in Semarang that is supported by the transgender singer's members. The existence of transgender always serves pros and cons among the public, especially in Indonesia, and they are often opposed by some part of the community. However, if we scrutinize more carefully, they have actually been legitimized and institutionalized through cultural practice of Indonesian arts. However, not all of Indonesian people could accept their existence and identity. A group identity, such as owned by the Vocalista Divina, is built through individual's identity of its members. Theoretically, within the increase of positive identity, there are three basic strategies that can be done, namely individual mobility, social creativity, and social competitions. Group identity of the transgender can be seen from the way they are exposing their existence. When they are focused on their own activities people could identify them according to what they are doing. Although there are numbers of Indonesian transgender groups who still haven't dare to show their identity, there are several groups who have already been assimilating into public art activities, such as a choral art in particular. Realizing this reality, the researcher was interested to study the Vocalista Divina transgender choir in Semarang city. The existence of transgender through choir activities became a social identity that is currently known by the public. To uncover their existence, this research utilized a qualitative method through case studies approaches. Through this approach, comprehensive findings have been obtained that social identity of the transgender can be built through the mediation of choir activity. Although their existence cannot fully accept by the public at least this study may inspire other groups to practice other positive activities like choir rehearsal. AbstrakVocalista Divina adalah kelompok paduan suara di Semarang yang didukung oleh para penyanyi transjender. Keberadaan transjender selalu memicu pro dan kontra di kalangan masyarakat, khususnya di Indonesia, dan seringkali mereka ditentang oleh sebagian masyarakat tersebut. Namun demikian jika kita amati lebih cermat, para transjender sebenarnya telah dilegitimasi dan diinstitusionalkan melalui praktik kebudayaan seni-seni di Indonesia. Walaupun demikian tidak semua masyarakat di Indonesia dapat menerima keberadaan dan identitasnya. Suatu identitas kelompok, seperti terdapat pada Vokalista Divina, terbangun dari identitas individual para anggotanya. Pada peningkatan identitas positif terdapat tiga strategi dasar, yaitu mobilitas individual, kreativitas social, dan kompetisi social. Identitas kelompok tranjender dapat terlihat dari cara mereka menunjukkan eksistensinya. Ketika mereka terfokus pada aktivitasnya sendiri masyarakat dapat mengidentifikasi mereka melalui apa yang mereka lakukan. Walaupun sejumlah jumlah besar kelompok tranjender di Indonesia masih enggan menunjukkan identitasnya terdapat beberapa kelompok yang mulai berasimilasi ke dalam aktivits seni di masya...

Pembelajaran Teknik Vokal Dalam Paduan Suara

“…Paduan suara adalah salah satu bentuk kegiatan sosial yang sangat sukses dalam ranah seni, dan memiliki manfaat yang besar (Fauziah, 2017;Nugroho & Sadewo, 2023). Paduan suara merupakan organisasi kegiatan dasar yang dapat diselenggarakan dan disutradarai oleh kelompok paduan suara serta penyutradaraan (Olong, 2023;Sitinjak, 2016). Dalam konteks paduan suara, berbagai suara bergabung membentuk ansambel vokal dengan peran masing-masing, seperti sopran, alto, tenor, atau bass (SATB).…”