Download or read book Conducting Women s Choirs written by Debra Lea Spurgeon and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conducting Women's Choirs: Strategies for Success is a pioneering yet practical book and DVD devoted to all aspects of the women's choir--a groundbreaking contribution and a true collaborative effort from top professionals in the field. For the first time in a book, choral leaders bring together historical, philosophical, psychological, sociological, pedagogical, and real-world considerations to the women's choir--information missing from most choral methods and conducting texts. Areas of focus include: working with beginning, high school, collegiate, and community women's choirs; improving the sound of women's choirs; suggested repertoire for women's choirs; composing for women's choirs; building community within the ensemble; warm-ups and rehearsal strategies; building excellence in women's choirs. Sections also focus on mentoring, auditions, seating arrangements, historical women's repertoire, healthy vocal development, gender issues, history, status of the women's choir, and much more. This book features research, practical insights, and round-table discussions. The included DVD demonstrates choral techniques and teaching ideas with two women's choirs: Aurora, from Luther College, conducted by Sandra Peter; and The University of Kentucky Women's Choir, conducted by Lori Hetzel [Publisher description]

Download or read book The Complete Choral Warm up Book written by Jay Althouse and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete sourcebook for choral directors of all levels, as well as choral methods classes. Contains 211 warm-ups with information on usage, photos illustrating correct posture and vowel formation, and a well organized index to make finding the right warm-up a snap. Belongs in every choral director's library.

Download or read book Essential Musicianship written by Emily Crocker and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1995-08-01 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Essential Musicianship, Book 1," recommended for Grades 6-8 or other beginning groups, is a sequential choral method that helps the beginning singer develop a strong foundation of musical skills. In each of the twenty chapters a concept is p

Download or read book Teaching Kids to Sing written by Kenneth H. Phillips and published by Schirmer G Books. This book was released on 1994-03-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A series of 6 videocassettes (levels 1-6), each with 15 lessons of progressive difficulty focusing on respiration, phonation, tone production, diction and expression. Kenneth H. Phillips teaches 5 students the fundamentals of singing.

Download or read book Choral Singing written by Ursula Geïsler and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-16 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What role does contemporary choral activity play in the construction of social and musical meaning? How can historical knowledge and analysis shed light on contemporary choral problems and possibilities? And how can choral research promote the development and expansion of new music today? Questions like these are addressed in this anthology from a wide range of disciplines and perspectives. The book comprises a selection of papers presented at the International Conference on the Concepts and Practices of Choral Singing in Lund, Sweden, in October 2012. The aim of the conference was to highlight the contemporary dynamic developments in choral research, and to explore interdisciplinary investigations and interaction between practice-based and historical approaches. The conference was also the fourth meeting of the network “Choir in Focus”, which was initiated in 2009 at Southern Choral Centre (Körcentrum Syd), a joint venture between Malmö Academy of Music, the Department of Musicology, Odeum (all at Lund University), Malmö Symphony Orchestra and Music South (Musik i Syd), Sweden. The continuous ambition of the network has been to provide a forum for co-operation across national and disciplinary borders and to encourage debates around the musical and social function of choirs in modern society as mirroring collective and individual needs for meaning, music-making and well-being. In the introductory chapter, the editors describe choral practice as a field of simultaneous (re)presentation, (re)production and (re)creation, and suggest that these three aspects may be seen as umbrella themes for the fifteen chapters of the anthology. The authors come from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Estonia, Germany, United Kingdom, Portugal and Belgium, and explore choral practice from differing theoretical and methodological starting points. Together, they contribute to a transdisciplinary discussion about the origins, functions and meanings of choral singing.

Download or read book Voice Building for Choirs written by Wilhelm Ehmann and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Choirs of Angels written by Barbara Drake Boehm and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2008 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This delightful book describes and illustrates the Metropolitan Museum's collection of nearly 40 illuminations from Italian choral manuscripts. Representing the work of Gothic and Renaissance masters both celebrated and anonymous, these precious paintings in miniature---with their compelling narrative, brilliant color, and shining gold---bear witness to exceptional aesthetic accomplishment. The choir books they illuminate are a rich source of information about the development of chant, whose unexpected transcendent tonalities have abiding appeal today. They also serve as primary sources for the study of the lives of religious communities and of the philosophy and faith that infused medieval Europe, offering a glimpse of Italy at the dawn of the Renaissance.

Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Choral Music written by André De Quadros and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-16 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together perspectives on history, global activity and professional development, this Companion provides a unique overview of choral music.

Download or read book Habits of a Successful Choir Director written by ERIK WILKINSON; SCOTT RUSH. and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Habits of a Successful Choir Director presents effective teaching principles and provides a practical approach to everyday issues choir directors face. Building on the successful Habits series, Eric Wilkinson and Scott Rush have created a practical guide to all aspects of a successful choral program...This is a comprehensive book that will exponentially inspire as teaching skills grow. It will serve as a constant and essential companion throughout the career of any choir director" -- Back cover.

Download or read book Before the Singing written by Barbara Tagg and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-25 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written for the collaborative community that supports children's choirs in school, church, and community contexts, Before the Singing is appropriate for artistic directors, conductors, music educators, board members, volunteers, administrators, staff, and university students studying music education or nonprofit arts management.

Download or read book Directing the Choral Music Program written by Kenneth Harold Phillips and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its second edition, Directing the Choral Music Program is a comprehensive introduction to developing and managing choral music programs for elementary, high school, and adult levels. Broad in scope and practical in orientation, this text is structured around three basic units: theadministrative process, rehearsal and performance planning, and choral techniques.

Download or read book Choral Pedagogy and the Older Singer written by Brenda Smith and published by Plural Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-30 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Conducting Choirs Volume 1 The Promising Conductor A Practical Guide for Beginning Choral Conductors written by David P. DeVenney and published by Roger Dean Publishing Company. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended for beginning conductors, this volume offers a conceptual approach to conducting rather than an imitative one. Students begin by building right-hand and then left-hand gestures and are provided with exercises designed to increase independence and expressiveness. Approaches to repertory and programming are also introduced, as are score marking, rehearsal strategies and preparation, and singing technique. In total, it is a concise guide that offers a wealth of practical information and stands alone as a resource for even part-time choir directors.

Download or read book The Choral Choir written by William Oscar Perkins and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Choral Music Methods and Materials written by Barbara A. Brinson and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 2012-12-20 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essential text provides choral music educators with a well-organized, practical introduction to directing choirs and managing choral programs at the middle-school through high-school level. It offers step-by-step advice on designing and administering a choral program, from curricula to repertoire to performance, and helps instructors develop a personal philosophy of music education. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Download or read book Dalcroze Eurhythmics in the Choral Classroom written by David Frego and published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 2021-03 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Choral). "This book is well organized, clearly written and broadly applicable to multiple teaching contexts. I highly recommend this as an essential resource in every choral educators' library." So says master teacher and acting ACDA executive director Hilary Apfelstadt. Written by two of the world's leaders in Dalcroze Eurhythmics, Marla Butke and David Frego, this resource brings together all of the elements that make teaching with movement such a success with choral music. Twenty-six videos have been created using choirs and students at every level from elementary to college. Video is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded.

Download or read book Choral Singing Step by Step written by James Mark Jordan and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distills the essentials of good choral vocal technique into eleven concise lessons.--