Choral arrangements aren’t that difficult to find – what can be a lot harder to find are manuals and instructional guides, not on what to do, but on how to do it. Everything from rehearsal technique to tone and intonation, singing in multiple languages to music with changing anchor notes. This is the chance to pick up insider techniques - we’ve got books from educators in a number of countries, imparting the techniques they’ve used to teach their students for decades. What could be better than learning from the experts who have been teaching this stuff for years?
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Breath Management Diction And Intelligibility Tone And Intonation The Individual Singer The Warmup And Training Period Some Practical Solutions to Leadership Issues Leadership Theory For Reference Practice And Imagery Mental Skills |
In shaping choral tone, directors often wish to improve the sound of their choir, but are challenged to pinpoint underlying problems or to guide singers toward solutions. Now, in Prescriptions for Choral Excellence, skilled vocal pedagogue Shirlee Emmons and leading choral director Constance Chase equip choral directors with the practical tools they need to help singers achieve peak choral performance. Drawing on years of experience, Emmons and Chase help choral directors and singers effectively diagnose and resolve problems. They cover topics ranging from breath management and diction to range and intonation, and much more. Beyond describing vocal difficulties, the book provides concrete instructions on how to apply the concepts in day-to-day rehearsal and performance. The numerous practical exercises and planning aides allow directors to maximize both time and talent to elicit the highest potential from their singers. While grounded in the most up-to-date research in voice science, the discussion of vocal anatomy and function is accessible to readers with no previous knowledge of voice science. Going beyond other vocal and choral guidebooks, the authors also apply the most current theories in leadership principles and group dynamics to choral settings, helping directors translate their natural musicality and charisma into inspiring and motivational leadership. A comprehensive and unique blend of practical expertise, voice science, and leadership psychology, Prescriptions for Choral Excellence is an invaluable guide for all choral directors seeking to create memorable and remarkable performances.
| 6316 BOOK $29.95 |
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Safety First Emotional Vulnerability Truth, Tone, & Technique Analyze the Text Plot & Character Words & Pictures The Singer Acts Personal Matters That's Nonsense When the Music Changes Exercises |
Are you a choral director who would love your singers to be more expressive? Are you a singer who wants to sing with passion and authenticity? Are you a voice teacher who would like to help your students sing with greater presence? This book presents a comprehensive approach, offering techniques and exercises for performers, directors and teachers at all levels. These skills and insights enable you to bring even more humanity into your singing, teaching or directing. The heart, mind, body and spirit can work together to make singing even more fulfilling.
| 6266 BOOK $14.95 |
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Introduction Purpose of the Text A Brief Survey of the Growth of Pop, Jazz and Show Choirs The Well-balanced Choral program Show Choir vs. Jazz Choir Literature Conceptualization and Hierarchy of learning The Vocal Ensemble Intonation and Tuning Rehearsal Techniques Conducting the Ensemble Stylistic Considerations Affecting Interpretation Rhythmic Intensity Linear Intensity Through Melodic Interpretation Chordal Intensity Through Harmonic Considerations Overall Intensity Through Contrast Repertoire Selection Programming Decisions Altering a Pulished Piece of Music Use of Recorded Tracks Use of Outside Help |
This handbook contains more than 300 pages of techniques and concepts for pop, jazz, and show choir style and interpretation that have been proven effective through years of use in graduate schools and choral-conducting seminars and workshops. The handbook comes with two CDs containing numerous musical examples notated in the book. Topics include: developing the appropriate choral tone, rehearsal techniques, conducting, chord tuning, rhythmic intensity, melodic interpretation, repertoire selection, programming decisions, and much more.
| 6224 BOOK & 2 CDs $34.95 |
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Part I: Why Teach Sight-Singing? A History of Sight-Singing Instruction in the United States What Research Offers Teachers Part II: How to Teach Sight-Singing System and Methods of Instruction Sight-Singing Lesson Models Integrating Sight-Singing into the Choral Rehearsal Sight-Singing Assessment Procedures Part III: What Materials Are Available? Materials |
Designed for both the practicing choral director and the choral methods student, this is a compact and comprehensive overview of the many teaching methods, strategies, materials, and assessments available for choral sight-singing instruction. Sight-singing is an important, if sometimes neglected, facet of choral music education that often inspires fear and uncertainty in student and teacher alike. Written in an accessible style, this book takes the mystery out of teaching music reading. Topics covered include the history of sight-singing pedagogy and research, prominent methods and materials, and practical strategies for teaching and assessment. This is the only book to provide such a wealth of information under one cover and will become an essential part of every choral conductor's library.
| 6057 BOOK $19.95 |
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Realizing The Potential Of Young Singers Designing The Voice Class Teacher Guidelines Choral Techniques The Conductor's Ear Auditions Singing In Multiple Languages Ear Training Tonality Diction Writing Minor Scales Intervals and Triads Chromaticism |
This book was written to assist the conductor of choral music in the educational process of improving the choral sound, especially in the junior high/middle school and senior high school. A highly practical approach has been taken in presenting various tops: how to work with the voice as a changing and growing musical instrument; how to develop a "characterist" coral sound; how to organize rehearsal time and effort; how to utilize multiple languages in choral singing; and, how to develop a curriculum for taining the voice and musical "ear."
| 6274 BOOK $33.95 |
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The Teaching of Intonation Skills Keyality and Tonality The Importance and Potency of Aural/Oral Teaching The Foundation of Good Ensemble Listening Solfege System: Fixed or Movable Do? Chromatic Syllables/Solfege Syllable Pronunciation Guide Chromatic Syllables Practicing the Singing of Modes Analysis for Aural Ensemble Teaching On a Key vs. In a Tonality Music with Changing Anchor Notes Exercises for Understanding Harmonic Context Exercises for Understanding Tonality Musical Line and Intonation: Important Partners |
Forced to find a way to correct persistent intonation problems in his own choir, author James Jordan with the help of Matthew Mehaffey embarked on the development of a new method of choral ensemble solfege. Choral Ensemble Intonation: Method, Procedures, and Exercises presents this innovative new method, along with procedures and exercises, sure to improve the aural skills of any choir. Not just a temporary fix, this method encourages the building of intonation skills within the confines of the choral ensemble rehearsal. The method includes overall steps for reading a new work and teaches how solfege syllables can promote good intonation through good diction. In addition, the authors provide techniques for maintaining a consistent tempo, running a choral warm-up, and utilizing the accompanist to achieve better intonation. Jordan and Mehaffey also share listening techniques for the choir and discuss how the use of physical movement can assist intonation and good vocal production. Plus, conductors are given tools for modal analysis that will greatly improve the teaching and learning process.
| 6253 BOOK $24.95 |
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The Choral Discipline - A Distictive Aristic Endeavor The Ears Conducting Techniques Efficient Use Of The Voice Voice Individualities And Sectional Personalities Of Choral Ensembles Influence Of Personnel Placement On Choral Blend Choral And Instrumental Combinations Breate From The Diaphragm…Where/ Vowel Coloring And Historical Implications A Few Thoughts About Rehearsal Organization Programming: A Demanding Art Sight-Reading The Church Choir: Atypical Solutions For Typical Problems Some Miscellaneous "Whys" The Art Of Choral Accompanying |
This book has everything you wanted to know about choral techniques, but were afraid to ask! Deral Johnson, Professor Emeritus at the University of Western Ontario where he was Director of Choral Activities for 23 years, has left no stone unturned to give us the countless tips on how to become a successful choral director
| 6283 BOOK $6.95 |
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Who The Score The Craft The Instrument The Ensemble: Vocal Considerations The Ensemble: Choral Considerations The Ensemble: Sisters The Process Them Us |
Dr. William Dehning has been the head of the Choral Department at University of Southern California since 1992. His choirs have wowed audiences worldwide and at the ACDA National Convention. Employing his no-nonsense tone, dry wit and deep passion, he tells all that is good and all that should be changed in the world of choral conducting. Never has so much valuable information been included with so much personality. Laugh and learn with this spectacular book!
| 6354 BOOK $24.95 |
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Singing is a Physical Reaction to a Mental Conception Posture-Breathing-Attack Making a Choal Tone Warming Up to Sing The Communicative Power of Choral Music Spinning a Choral Line Making Choral Music Musical The Flexibility of the Human Voice The Quality of Dynamics Mood Establishes Tonal Qualities Modification of the Vowel and the Lift Seating Formations for Choral Groups The Conductor's Responsibility In Making Choral Tone |
This excellent resource was designed particularly for the director of amateur choirs.
| 6375 BOOK $10.95 |
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Introduction: Trusting Your Music Instincts Alignment: Creating the Inner Space for Breath Understanding Your Structure: Following Gravity and Releasing the Muscles Your Movement Potential and Conducting: Consistent Tempo: A Prerequisite Skill for the Conductor Opening Oneself: The Anticipatory Position - Readiness to Receive Sound and Breath Breathing and Dropping In: Fundamentals of Connection Initiating Sound: Impulse Gesture, Ictus, the Freedom of Dropping In Gestural Vocabulary: Allowing the Body to Teach the Body Receiving the Sound, Listening, and Active Reaction to the Sound Natural Impulse and Ictus: Initiation of the Musical Line Music Aptitude: Measuring and Realizing Your Music Potential As a Conductor Preparing the Score: Allowing the Music to Speak Giving Meaning to the Music Through the Text Trust and Conducting: Interpreter or Transmitter? Literature for Study and Self-Evaluation A Primer for Rehearsal Technique |
Evoking Sound takes a fresh look at the critical link in the choir: the conductor. And it starts from the very first breath. The importance of such a ground-zero approach is fundamental-before one can conduct, one must inspire those being conducted. Only then can the desired end result-a performance that lives up to its full potential-be achieved. Evoking Sound introduces the subtle but important premusical factors that determine a choir's performance. These include the conductor's stance, breathing, and movement. Written by a professor and conductor at Westminster Choir College, this book questions the basics at the most fundamental level, doing so in a way that will engage and inspire the conductor in you. You'll come away from Evoking Sound feeling a renewed sense of the totality of the conducting endeavor, as well as a grasp of how to better evoke sound from many, unique human instruments.
| 6246 BOOK $34.95 |
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Ownership No More Compromises Selecting Literature For Performance Out Here On My Own Tradition! Tradition! Recruiting Bragging As An Art Form No Choir Is An Island Concerts, Contests and Competitions All For One! One For All Evaluating Excellence |
Hours of college methods can only begin to prepare you for the realities of the music classroom. Only experience will teach you some of the material never mentioned in methods classes, and this handbook will be an enormous practical guide to help you with the rest. This “hands-on” guide has hundreds of practical suggestions, tips and ideas for running a successful secondary choral music program. A “must-read” for any beginning teacher, and a motivational “shot-in-the-arm” for veterans.
| 6269 BOOK $16.95 |
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Rhythmic Backgrounds Motive and Accent Arsis and Thesis Motion in Music Movement and Rhythm Motion and Expression Note Grouping Fundamental Theory Even Note Values Uneven Note Values Musical Phenomena Application and Use Pedagogy and Performance Teaching the Method The Role of the Barline Rhythmic Figures |
Fully explains through musical example, the concept of expressive musicianship as taught by Anton Horner, William Kincaid and Marcel Tabuteau. This book clearly illustrates how to teach students to sing with expression, musicianship and style and will help to make your performances “come alive”. Foreword by Weston H. Noble.
| 6585 BOOK $29.95 |
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The Jazz / Show Choir Scene Making It Happen Organizing The Choir Rehearsing The Choir Making Your Own Arrangements Rhythmic Understanding Voice Production And Tone Color Improvisation Ballad Interpretation Accompianment Amplification The Presentation Festivals Retreats Travel, Trips, Tours Summer Camps Listen! Common Jazz Rhythms Conducting Patterns |
This is a re-publication of Doug's famous "Red Book," Jazz and Show Choir Handbook, published by Hinshaw Music, which has been expanded from 150 pages to over 330 pages. Doug Anderson is among the pioneers in vocal jazz development in the Pacific Northwest with 30 years of high school teaching experience. He is the past National Chairman of the ACDA Jazz and Show Choir Committee and a frequent judge at vocal jazz and show choir festivals across America. In this book Doug shares his experiences and wealth of knowledge and includes Kirk Marcy's Soundsation CD, "Simple Gifts," mounted in the back with a listening guide cross-reference throughout the book. This wonderful book is also written to be a supplemental text for a college choral methods class or as a guidebook for the school jazz or show choir.
| 6449 BOOK & CD $29.95 |
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Part I. THE CHORAL EXPERIENCE The Choral Experience in Historical Perspective The Conductor and the Choral Experience The Individual Singer and the Choral Experience Part II. REHEARSAL TECHNIQUE Choral Sound Choral Diction Rehearsal and Performance Part III. BASIC MUSICIANSHIP Rhythm Pitch Harmony and Texture Form Part IV. PERFORMANCE PRACTICES The Renaissance Period The Baroque Period The Classical Period The Romantic Period The Twentieth Century |
Described as “an unusual experience of communication between a composer and a singer,” the choral experience is thoroughly explored in this detailed and readable text. Designed specifically for the practicing choral conductor and the student training for a career in choral music, fundamentals of the choral experience such as vocal production, choral diction, and basic musicianship are included to help the singer extend his or her musical experience beyond the immediate rehearsals and performances of the choral ensemble to other realms of music. Special features include: provides numerous illustrations, tables, and examples intended to enrich the learning experience; includes end-of-chapter summaries; examines important components such as the vocal mechanism, posture, diction, and breathing and breath control; offers recommended reading lists for further in-depth study.
| 6392 BOOK $49.95 |
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Principles of Part Writing for Voices Four Part Writing Accompaniments Three Part Writing Two Part Writing Unison Writing Special Techniques Contrapuntal Techniques Special Mixed Voice Groupings Treble Voice Choruses Male Choruses Key and Tempo Changes Introductions and Endings Resources in Combination Planning Arrangements Scoring Arrangements Chorus with Instrumental Groups Recent Trends in Choral Writing Recent Trends in Accompaniment Styles |
A unique book that authoritatively discusses how to create effective vocal arrangements and techniques in virtually every major kind of vocal ensemble; sacred, secular and Baroque to Jazz. Contains more than 270 illustrated examples, plus an index, study suggestions and a comprehensive bibliography. Hawley Ades had many years experience arranging for choral groups and is particularly known as the long-time arranger for Fred Waring and his Pennslyvanians. As a standard text in the field, Choral Arranging is a must for home or class study and a valued reference source for every music library.
| 6517 BOOK $22.95 |
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Prepare to Compose Test-Poetry-The Words of a Composition Creative Decisions Pitfalls to Avoid - Guideleines to Follow The Submission Interacting with a Publisher Business-like Organization The Composer's Place in the Business of Music Appendix |
This is a terrifically valuable book for aspiring choral composers! Barbara Harlow offers very practical approaches and useful informaiton converning both the creative process involved in choral composition and guidelines to the process of publication.
| 6412 BOOK $12.95 |
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Created by Dr. James Jordan and accompanist/composer Marilyn Shenenberger, the exercises in this book are part of an innovative new ensemble solfege method that helps choirs improve intonation through improving aural skills. Each exercise provides a rich harmonic syntax for singers to hear, while singing in different modes. The book contains intonations in all modes, singing difficult intervals within each mode, modal tuning exercises, and a modal choral example. These exercises may be integrated into the choral warm-up. Using this unique method of choral solfege, your choir's hearing ability will improve exponentially as will their intonation and reading abilities. These exercises are appropriate for all ages and for singers at all levels of development.
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This book is designed to assist choral groups in the rehearsal and performance practices of Jazz and Pop styles. Although styles may at time overlap, there is a clear distinction between the following styles in Jazz/Pop choral Literature: Broadway Two-Beat, Ballad, Rock, and Swing (including both up-tempo and regular swing). For each style there are stylistic considerations, suggestions for vocal production, choral warm-ups, and rehearsal techniques. Also included are brief musical works, called Performance Exercises, in each style. Transfer what you've learned about each style into your performance of the Performance Exercise. Later, you can transfer what you've learned to the rehearsal andc performance of other works in that style. The Performance Exercises can be used not only as teaching tools, but also as "stand alone" selections for performance.
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A number of musical misconceptions are explored and exploded in this humorous and lucid disussion of the relation between the human perception of music and traditional systems of music education. Drawing on his extensive background in the music world, the author marshals an informal yet rigorous logic to guide the reader through the practical experiences and careful thinking that led him to his conclusions. Updated and refined in the light of reader feedback and more recent thinking, nagging questions such as "why does formal musical training often seem irrrelevant to musical success?" are readdressed. Seekers of musical truth stand to profit from this light-hearted assault on some of the more nebulous assumptions of the musical community.
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Master Strategies for Choir presents over 70 ready-to-use reproducible rubrics and activities for the choral rehearsal, grades 6-12. It is organized into three areas: 1) choir as a sound laboratory covering choral techniques; 2) choir as a rehearsal-classroom addressing history, style and theory; and 3) choir as a concert venue addressing concert etiquette and assessment. Add variety to your choral rehearsal with this new resource.
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This enlightening handbook is designed to provide choir members clear and concise information about their breathing so that they may sing with optimal enjoyment and beauty. Featuring dozens of detailed illustrations and explanations, this book is a crucial tool to anyone on a quest for phenomenal sound. Crucial to this quest is understanding how our own bodies work to produce sound through a technique known as Body Mapping. This handbook is perfect for use during choir warm-ups and rehearsals. Foreword by James Jordan.
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