Practice makes perfect! So the expression goes and of course we all know that to get the best from your choir one really does need to rehearse a great deal. To help encourage singers to reach their potential we offer here several techniques and methods to get the most from the rehearsal time and to make it as enjoyable and productive as possible.
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The Spiritual/Human Alchemy of the Choral Rehearsal The Tethered Rehearsal Encouraging the Inner Journey: Choirs on the Edge Contextualizing the Choral Experience Teaching Ensemble Silence The Perceiving Choir Selecting Literature for your Ensemble The Rehearsal Atmosphere The "It" of Rehearsal: Setting the Mimetic of the Room The Willful Choir The Energy Dynamic of the Rehearsal: Pacing and Energy The Door Into Musical Style: Timbre Preferences Breathing New Life Into Renaissance Choral Music Determining Tempos for Performance and Rehearsal A Voice Teacher's View of the Rehearsal Score Preparation: A Kaleidoscopic Process The Quantum Conductor e Begin with Aural Study: Ear Before Eye Analysis of Tune and Text Part Five Vocal Score Study Part Five The Rite, Passage, and Necessity of Score Marking for Conductor and Choir Deciphering the "code" of Renaissance Composers Understanding the Journey of Texts The Historical and Structural Analyses of Choral Works Schenkerian Analysis as an Analytical Tool For Performance Preparation Using the Principles of Laban Movement Score Analysis Audiation and Imaging: The Key "Practicing" Conducting Rehearsal Planning Checklists: Covering all steps The Moment Prior to Rehearsal Postscript: The Rehearsal as a Connecting Experience |
For the first time in a single volume, this book provides choral directors with a comprehensive guide to score analysis techniques used by the world’s leading choral conductors and innovators. Together with the companion Volume I: The Choral Rehearsal—Techniques and Procedures (and DVD), this series is an essential guide to productive and musical choral rehearsals written by a leading voice in choral pedagogy. This volume deals with the preparation of both the psychological and spiritual aspects of the choral rehearsal. Designed for use by all conductors, this text is a valuable and groundbreaking resource for choral conductors at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
| 6824 BOOK $39.95 |
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Estabilishing the Spirit of the Rehearsal Planning and Preparing For Rehearsal Teaching Listening Conducting Gesture As A Rehearsal Technique The Accompanist and the Rehearsal Philosophy of Skill Teaching Within The Rehearsal Teaching Rhythm In All Its Dimensions Teaching Artistic Phrasing Through Movement Rehearsal Accountabiity Inward Bound |
In this ambitious yet practical text, the author and a team of expert contributors give preactical insights drawn from many decades of experience int he rehearsal room. Just a few of the topics covered in this volume include: approaches to teaching rhythm, using recording tehnology as part of the rehearsal process, introducing your choir to IPA, incorporating Dalcroze and Laban into the rehearsal, and the count singing system of Robert Shaw. This book is destined to become a trusted companion to anyone seeking to make the most of the choral rehearsal.
| 6470 BOOK $39.95 |
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Part One: Planning the Trip - Before the First Rehearsal Why Are You Embarking on This Choral Journey What Kind of Conductor/Tour Guide Are You? Selecting the Destination Who Will Help You Along the Way? Mapping Out the Trip/Rehearsals Packing for the Trip - Physically and Emotionally Timing Is Everything Recruitment and Motivation for Those Traveling Part Two: Hitting the Road - Rehearsals Begin Buckle Your Seatbelts Start Your Engines TMI and TLC in Rehearsal Vocal Health in Rehearsal Expect Detours! Maintaining Control What Happens If You Don't Arrive on Time? The Warm-up Before the Performance Part Three: The Trip Home Saying 'Thank You' With Grace Evaluating the Trip and the Tour Guide Part Four: Souvenirs - the Kitchen Sing(k) Rehearsal Technique (Dr. Jo-Michael Scheibe) To Memorize or Not to Memorize The Perfect Blend Not Your '50s Family Vacation |
If it seems like you never have enough time for rehearsal, maybe what you really need is a different rehearsal style. The Perfect Rehearsal is a resource that will help maximize your rehearsal time to the fullest…and lead to more efficient, effective, productive rehearsals... and to a better choir. This sequel to Dr. Seelig's The Perfect Blend takes you on an entertaining journey through the ins and outs of rehearsing your choir. You will never look at rehearsals the same way again. We promise.
| 6461 BOOK $24.95 |
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Live Demonstrations Warm-ups that work Effective Discipline Meaningful Conducting Humor in Rehearsal |
An exceptional DVD showing practical and innovative rehearsal techniques for your choral classroom. Suited for choirs of all levels. There are helpful hints and ideas for every choral director and is geared for maintaining student interest and maximizing their musicianship. This program is a first-class presentation showing actual footage of Dr. Robinson in workshop events as he teaches directors creative rehearsal techniques. You will see him discuss the challenges of today's choral classroom with candor and humor, while addressing the real problems directors face and presenting practical solutions. This is a video designed for the director, not the student, and is instructional in nature. About 45 minutes in length, this piece provides a "workshop in a box," which directors and teachers can watch at home, in seminar situations, or in college methods classes. Finally a practical help for conductors of all levels!
| 6256 DVD $34.95 |
| 6256 VIDEO $29.95 |
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Volume 1: A German Requiem (Johannes Brahms) Orchestra of St. Luke's Robert Shaw, Conductor Sylvia McNair, Soprano Samuel Ramey, Bass Carnegie Hall Centenniel Chorus Robert Shaw Festival Singers Volume 2: Missa Solemnis (Ludvig van Beethoven) Orchestra of St. Luke's Robert Shaw, Conductor Benita Valente, Soprano Florence Quivar, Mezzo-Soprano Neil Rosenheim, Tenor Alastair Miles, Bass Robert Shaw Festival Chorus Robert Shaw Festival Singers |
This DVD provides a rare opportunity to witness two sessions of Carnegie Hall's Robert Shaw Choral Workshop program, featuring rehearsals and portions of performances of Brahm's A German Requiem and Beethoven's Missa solemnis conducted by the legendary Robert Shaw. Follow Maestro Shaw from his initial meeting with the musicians, through the rehearsal process, to the final concert in Carnegie Hall's Isaac Stern Auditorium. Also included in the DVD are Maestro Shaw's invaluable insights into interpretive and performance challenges raised by these two choral masterpieces. The Preparing A Masterpiece video series on the Robert Shaw workshops at Carnegie Hall provides an in-depth look at Maestro Shaw's preparation for performances of choral masterpieces. These workshops inaugurated the Professional Training Workshops, which continue to this day.
| 9876 DVD $24.95 |
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Vocal Choral Warmup Diction Singing Latin Intonation Problems And Solutions CountSinging How And Why Voicing Your Choir Seating Formations Score Study And Score Preparation Rehearsal Planning Instrumental Accompianment |
Easy to read, understand, and apply, the material in 'Beyond the Downbeat' covers many important aspects of choral leadership beyond conducting. The material is practical for choirs of any size and leaders at any level of training.
| 6443 BOOK $11.95 |
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Taking Care of Prerehearsal Necessities Preparing the Director's Score Running the Choral Tryout Solving the Problems of Rehearsal Scheduling Preparing for That First Rehearsal Conducting Subsequent Rehearsals Effectively Developing Proper Choral Tone and Style in the Rehearsal Utilizing Successful Warm Up Techniques Fashioning Techniques for the Part Rehearsal Coordinating the "Nonchoral" Rehearsal Rehearsing Chamber Choirs and Festival Choruses Rehearsing the All Male and All Female Choir Working on One Extendend Choral Piece Meeting the Problems of Contemporary Music Judging When a Choral Work is Ready for Performance Rehearsal Guide for Five Choral Works |
The amateur choral singers needs a well designed rehearsal to keep them from becoming bored, help then train and keep in good voice, to prepare for the next concert and to prove that something is being accomplished. Every experienced choral conductor knows the problem. This book in designed to help with the answers. The book is dedicated to the proposition that a rehearsal is a period of time which can be planned in a logical manner. Dr. Jack Boyd has master's degree in music composition from the University of North Texas, and a Ph.D in choral literature from the University of Iowa. Dr. Boyd has lectured on religious and congregational music in several states as well as having many published articles on religion and religious music. This book well help you get the most out of your choir’s rehearsal time making it fun and rewarding for all.
| 6518 BOOK $16.95 |
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By the Way - You Start Tomorrow Night Plan on Having a Good Time Here's How: The Technical Stuff Diction: It's More Than Just Being Understood The Voice: Know Your Instruments Rhythm: Is Your Music Alive? Choice Matters But People Always Come First Tomorrow You Must Get Organized What's a Choir For? Now Do It - Week After Week After Week |
By the Way- You Start Tomorrow Night". The recruiting of a less-than-fully-trained person is usually done at the last minute, since the search for a fully trained person will continue as long as there is either time or hope. Our last-minute, inexperienced director, then will be starting immediately. This first chapter is the most light-hearted, the most general, and the most basic of the book. It is pep talk and a look at the thing to do the first night for the first Sunday. The remainder of the book covers the other ongoing aspects of planning and directing effective choral rehearsals.
| 6805 BOOK $11.95 |
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Icebreakers - Just for Fun Communication Builders - Getting to Know You Energizers - Stress Reducers and Let's Get Physical Problem Solving - Achieving Group Goals Trust Building - Establishing Leadership Goal Setting - Developing Group Dynamics Building Respect - Valuing Every Person in the Room |
For any choir, team, or class to work together in a positive manner, the members must be comfortable with each other. Long-time educator, Valerie Lippoldt Mack, gives us some of her favorite teambuilding activities she calls Ice Breakers. Tried and true, these 60 Ice Breaker activities come directly from her classroom and teach life lessons of respect, tolerance and patience. The book is divided into sections that include communication, energizers, problem solving, trust building, goal setting and building respect. Using Ice Breakers will change how you and your students approach rehearsals. The music will come alive, the group will become focused and your students will become more positive-minded musicians. This simple and affordable book packs the punch you need for dynamic success with your choir, ensemble and classroom!
| 6623 BOOK $12.95 |
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Breathing Technique Making the First Sounds Freedom and Relaxation Tone Quality Legato Sostenuto Dynamics Consonants Flexibility Synthesis Variation Aesthetic Qualities Vocalises |
Text for college classrooms, private voice studios and those who are currently in the choral classroom. A concise, yet comprehensive study of vocal technique along with an extensive collection of related vocalises. The vocalises are presented in a manner that is "user-friendly," complete with accompaniments and numerous transpositions. This book contains more than 60 different exercises each designed to address specific vocal concepts. Whether you are a student of choral/vocal pedagogy, a beginning director or a veteran of many years in the classroom in need of new and fresh warm-ups to begin your daily rehearsals, this is the text that you have been waiting for. There is an accompanying student book so that every student can see the exercises, making introduction of new material much easier and more efficient.
| 6625 BOOK $29.95 |
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Vocal Choral Warmup Diction Singing Latin Intonation Problems And Solutions CountSinging How And Why Voicing Your Choir Seating Formations Score Study And Score Preparation Rehearsal Planning Instrumental Accompianment |
Improve tone production, artistic sensibilities, and musical understanding. This excellent book offers specific exercises for posture, breathing, voice building, and use of voice training in rehearsal.
| 6252 BOOK $13.95 |
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Introduction and General Warm-Ups Broadway Two-Beat Style We're Gonna Put On A Show Rock Style They Called it Rock And Roll Ballad Style Nightingale Swing Style Swingin' The Night Away |
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.
| 6216 BOOK $3.95 |
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Rehearsal As Sound Laboratory Rehearsal As "Rehearsal-Classroom" Rehearsal As "Concert Venues" Supplemental Resources |
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.
| 6308 BOOK $24.95 |
One of America's most revered choral conductors, Dr. Ehly is Professor Emeritus at the Conservatory of Music, University of Missouri-Kansas City, where he taught for twenty-seven years. Dr. Ehly's awards for outstanding musicianship include the Luther Spade Choral Director of the Year Award and the Amoco Foundation Outstanding Teaching Award. A research article published in the American Choral Directors Journal named Ehly as one of the most sought-after choral conductors/clinicians. He guest-conducts in Carnegie Hall, New York City several times each year. He has conducted over 80 all-state choirs, and over 500 festival ensembles. As a lecturer, clinician and conductor, he has appeared in 48 states, Canada, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, several countries throughout Europe and presented on more than 100 college and university campuses. Ehly is a firm supporter of the solo voice. He emphasizes the uniqueness of the individual voice within an ensemble of developing young voices. He strives to accept blend rather than force it. This video is part of the Video Master Classes series that feature Dr. Ehly's philosophies in conducting and rehearsal techniques.
| 6259 VIDEO $29.95 |
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