Download or read book Building Choral Excellence written by Steven M. Demorest and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003-04-10 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Excellence in Singing written by Robert Caldwell and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Prescriptions for Choral Excellence written by Shirlee Emmons and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-02-02 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Excellence In Music written by Brad Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-07 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excellence in Music is a 7-volume work. Each volume includes a workbook and 24 recorded lessons that can be accessed online without charge. When all seven volumes are completed, the student will have a 7-volume reference with over 600 pages. This course covers lessons in music history, practice tips, technique, sight singing, melodic, harmonic and rhythmic dictation, modes, performance tips and dealing with performance anxiety, composition, harmony, counterpoint, the lives and works of the great composers, musical style, musical form, analysis and more. All of this is in a sequential, easy to use format.
Download or read book Creating Artistry Through Choral Excellence written by Henry Leck and published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Methodology Chorals). Henry Leck, Founder and Artistic Director of the Indianapolis Children's Choir and Director of Choral Activities at Butler University, has influenced thousands of young musicians and teachers through his dedication to choral excellence and the idea that children can perform music with artistry and understanding. This comprehensive text, written with Dr. Flossie Jordan, is an insightful guide for choral directors in the field and in training to help develop the teaching skills, leadership abilities, conducting technique, knowledge of repertoire and organizational skills necessary for success. Chapters include: 1. Going Beyond the Craft of Music Making 2. Vocal Techniques for the Young Singer 3. Director Preparation 4. Musical Expression through Visualization 5. Dalcroze Techniques in the Choral Rehearsal 6. Creating Artistry Through a Kodaly Curriculum 7. The Boy's Expanding Voice: Take the High Road 8. Leadership Style 9. Organization 10. Epilogue As an added bonus, the book includes a CD-ROM with dozens of helpful forms and documents from the Indianapolis Children's Choir covering organizing a children's choir, auditions, governing documents, managing volunteers, fundraising, grant writing and much more!
Download or read book Singing Excellence and How to Acheive It written by Dr. James Myron Holland Ph.D. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-08-27 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your exciting book on singing presents wonderful new ideas; and, these principles have obviously proven themselves many times over! I congratulate you for the important work you have accomplished in this splendid book. ~Jo Ann Ottley, prima donna soprano Emeritus, Utah Opera Co. & official vocal coach to the 360 singers of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir This 'vocal manifesto,' if universally applied, would usher in a Millennium of vocal opulence and splendor, as its founder asserts; for it is an Elijah's chariot to heaven of vocal power, effciency, facility and magnificence.~Dr. John T. Mize, past President of the Assoc. of American Musicologists & Director of Musical Organizations for General Motors [From International Who's Who]I want to study your book on singing thoroughly. It is, truly, a most remarkable work; and, it ought to be found in every major opera house and School of Music in America, and throughout the world! ~Maestro Michael Ballam, a Doctor of Music with Distinction (D. Mus. D.) & General Director of Utah Festival Opera Co. I shall consume your brilliant treatise on singing with utmost enthusiasm! It is a great and monumental, albeit, heretical, masterpiece! ~ Lester Morris, Australian tenor, Impresario & Artistic Director of the Rockdale Opera Co.
Download or read book Practical Vocal Acoustics written by Kenneth Bozeman and published by National Association of Teachers of Singing Books. This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Kenneth Bozeman distills the most important vocal acoustics principles and insights for contemporary teachers and singers. With concise and easy-to-understand language, the book takes these complex concepts and imparts practical tips and strategies that anyone can use in their teaching and singing"--
Download or read book Musical Excellence written by Aaron Williamon and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-06-17 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers performers, teachers, and researchers, new perspectives and practical guidance for enhancing performance and managing the stress that typically accompanies performance situations. It draws together the findings of pioneering initiatives from across the arts and sciences.
Download or read book Growing As a Prophetic Singer written by Anna Blanc and published by . This book was released on 2013-07-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing as a Prophetic Singer addresses practical issues of the heart and offers instruction on how to grow vocally and how to develop in the Word. This informative, and approachable resource is for any singer or worship leader who is involved, or who desires to be involved, with a house of prayer or a church worship team.
Download or read book The Inner Game of Music written by Barry Green and published by Doubleday. This book was released on 1986-02-21 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suggests techniques for overcoming self-consciousness and improving musical performances, shares a variety of exercises, and includes advice on improving one's listening skills.
Download or read book The Essentials of Beautiful Singing written by Karen Tillotson Bauer and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2013-07-29 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Voice research has revealed much about the singing voice, but science without practical application may fall short of fine singing. In The Essentials of Beautiful Singing: A Three Step Kinesthetic Approach, performer and scholar Karen Tillotson Bauer bridges the gap between science and singing. It reframes the complexities of voice science with a cultivated simplicity of style and terminology that speaks directly to the singer’s experience of singing, a kinesthetic one. Although well grounded in science, Bauer’s book does not linger in scientific terminology, but rather focuses on an action-based pedagogical approach that speaks to the kinesthetic nature of singing. The skillful use of the body as a musical instrument is the source of fine singing and only through heightened kinesthetic awareness can vocal skills be achieved and refined. Fact-based explanations of kinesthetic singing processes are remarkably clear and replace vague notions about good breath management, rich resonance, and clear enunciation. Guided exercises inform both the body and the mind as a kinesthetic unit. The Essentials of Beautiful Singing has received praise in the Journal of Singing, Choice Reviews for Academic Music Libraries, and the International Choral Bulletin, among others. Its practical perspective reflects the efforts and goals of singer, voice teacher, and choral director. Paired with a science focused text in a voice pedagogy class, it provides a needed balance between science and singing.
Download or read book Singing written by Dan Marek and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Italian singing technique Bel Canto instructs, "He who knows how to breathe and how to pronounce, knows how to sing." Singing: The First Art incorporates the techniques of Bel Canto along with those of masters like Berton Coffin and Manuel Garcia to promote and facilitate vocal excellence. Many concepts are described, from correct posture and alignment to improving and maintaining proper breathing, from good pronunciation and diction to producing an even, pure tone, and from vocal ranges to singing within and smoothly shifting between vocal registers. Mannes Vocal Faculty member Dan H. Marek effectively breaks down these complicated concepts with clear exercises, helping the vocal student to achieve freedom and complete control over his or her instrument. A primary section on the history of singing stresses the importance of understanding vocal history while inspiring and motivating the student through the experiences of opera stars such as Enrico Caruso, Maria Callas, and Jussi Björling. The second section explains vocal techniques, including the use and proper pronunciation of the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet), and provides 64 specific exercises with clearly defined goals designed to overcome faults and to develop vocal virtuosity. Complete instructions for transposing the exercises for both male and female voices are included, as well as drawings of the exercises, musical examples from vocal literature, excellent anatomical illustrations by Frank Netter, MD, and copious photographs of opera stars. Singing: The First Art is an invaluable text for students, professionals, singers, conductors, composers, and vocal medical professionals, or anyone interested in understanding and appreciating the vocal art.
Download or read book Better Get It In Your Soul written by Steve Rush and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers hope to the parish that is searching for a way to make their liturgies more meaningful in the local context. Written by a priest and musician who have worked together for many years in the Canterbury House ministry at the University of Michigan, the methods described here demonstrate a respect for others' gifts and skills, discernment of the spiritual needs of the community, and actively welcoming the creative force of the Holy Spirit to work even in the planning process. Based on the liturgical format of the Book of Common Prayer, Hamilton and Rush nevertheless outline their experience and ideas in ways that will be useful to all liturgical denominations.
Download or read book Vocal Training for Praise Singers written by Julie Alice Kinscheck and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2021-12-11 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vocal Training for Praise Singers is a training manual for Christian vocalists of all kinds. Worship leaders, choir directors and members, and Christian artists will all benefit from such practical tools as the 85 voice exercises, (with downloadable audio tracks), discussion of vocal anatomy and health issues and a primer on reading music. Richly complimented with scripture and personal experience, all sections include helpful graphics and are supported with examples from traditional and contemporary Christian music. What Readers are Saying: Here you will find a humble, vulnerable, experience-informed guide to all things having to do with leading or participating in contemporary worship, from musical notation, to vocal technique and health, to group dynamics, to spiritual counsel. Thank you, Julie, for gleaning from your years of experience as a singer, worship leader, and follower of Jesus to assemble this spiritually sensitive guide for your fellow servants of God. -Kenneth Bozeman, Professor Emeritus http: //www.kenbozeman.com Kinscheck has produced here an almost encyclopedic guide to everything pertaining to vocal excellence. Her love for God and the church bleeds off of these pages. I commend this work for anyone who sings in a worship team or choir, has ambition to sing for a living, or just wants to improve their singing technique to glorify God in the congregation. -Dave Eastman Minister and Author https: //www.lifechangingworship.com/video-lessons/ Julie Kinscheck, Assistant Professor at Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA, is a Christian artist, songwriter, worship leader, wife, Mom of teen twins and disciple of Jesus. Raised in Ithaca, NY, she holds a Bachelor of Music from Berklee College of Music and studied classical music at Oberlin Conservatory. Her Masters of Vocal Pedagogy at Westminster Choir College is expected in 2022. She has released four full length albums, gigs regularly, and runs a private voice studio in Billerica, MA. Please visit www.julieksings.com
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Singing written by John Potter and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-04-13 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ranging from medieval music to Madonna and beyond, this book covers in detail the many aspects of the voice. The volume is divided into four broad areas. Popular Traditions begins with an overview of singing traditions in world music and continues with aspects of rock, rap and jazz. The Voice in the Theatre includes both opera singing from the beginnings to the present day and twentieth-century stage and screen entertainers. Choral Music and Song features a history of the art song, essential hints on singing in a larger choir, the English cathedral tradition and a history of the choral movement in the United States. The final substantial section on performance practices ranges from the voice in the Middle Ages and the interpretation of early singing treatises to contemporary vocal techniques, ensemble singing, the teaching of singing, children's choirs, and a comprehensive exposition of vocal acoustics.
Download or read book Diction for Singers written by Joan Wall and published by Ingram. This book was released on 2009 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise reference and text for undergraduate classes in diction
Download or read book Singing the Glory Down written by William Lynwood Montell and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2015 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The editors, William J. Devlin and Shai Biderman, have compiled an impressive list of contributors to explore the philosophy at the core of David Lynch's work. Lynch is examined as a postmodern artist and the themes of darkness, logic and time are discussed in depth.
