The Show Choir Handbook

The Show Choir Handbook
Author: Alan L. Alder
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 151
Release: 2016-07-08
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1442242027

With the popularity of television shows such as Glee, American Idol, and The Voice, show choirs have become a vibrant component of college and high school music programs. Music teachers must not only know how to teach choral singing for popular music, but also be versed in show design and production. In The Show Choir Handbook, Alan L. Alder and Thalia M. Mulvihill address both song technique and show presentation, giving show choir directors the full set of tools they need for successful performances. The Show Choir Handbook is a resource for current and future music educators who administer show choirs. With most literature on the topic either out of date or focused on the teaching techniques limited to vocal jazz (drawing on the choral genre’s origins as “swing choirs”), instructors are in dire need of a resource that addresses music produced by publishers and choral arrangers.

Popular Choral Handbook

Popular Choral Handbook
Author: Scott Fredrickson
Publisher: Scottmusic.Com
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2004
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780962017711

Now you can be a more effective choral director by learning new techniques for Pop, Jazz, and Show Choirs. This new book contains hundreds of ideas, concepts, techniques, musical examples, recorded tracks, references, and bibliographic entries. There is no other Pop, Jazz, and Show Choir techniques book as comprehensive as the new "Popular Choral Handbook" by Dr. Scott Fredrickson.

The Technical Director's Toolkit

The Technical Director's Toolkit
Author: Zachary Stribling
Publisher: Focal Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9781138121423

The Technical Director's Toolkit is the first book to address every nut and bolt of this important, multifaceted job, guiding the reader though the step-by-step processes of technical direction and the responsibilities of the TD in the mounting of a theatrical production.

The Oxford Handbook of Preservice Music Teacher Education in the United States

The Oxford Handbook of Preservice Music Teacher Education in the United States
Author: Colleen Conway
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 656
Release: 2019-10-15
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0190671424

The Oxford Handbook of Preservice Music Teacher Education in the United States identifies the critical need for change in Pre-K-12 music education. Collectively, the handbook's 56 contributors argue that music education benefits all students only if educators actively work to broaden diversity in the profession and consistently include diverse learning strategies, experiences, and perspectives in the classroom. In this handbook, contributors encourage music teachers, researchers, policy makers, and music teacher educators to take up that challenge. Throughout the handbook, contributors provide a look at ways music teacher educators prepare teachers to enter the music education profession and offer suggestions for ways in which new teachers can advocate for and adapt to changes in contemporary school settings. Building upon students' available resources, contributors use research-based approaches to identify the ways in which educational methods and practices must transform in order to successfully challenge existing music education boundaries.

Show Choir! - The Musical

Show Choir! - The Musical
Author: Donald Garverick
Publisher: Steele Spring Stage Rights
Total Pages: 92
Release: 2020-07-17
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9781647230197

Long before Glee, there was Show Choir! - The Musical, a melodious mockumentary about America's favorite teen pastime? with jazz hands!Follow the journey of high school drama teacher Jake Jonathan and choir director Monica Susans as they form a show choir that unexpectedly become world-renowned pop superstars, the Symphonic Sensations. Will the choir buckle under the incredible pressures of modern celebrity of will they maintain perfect harmony?An international hit with audiences and critics alike, this hysterical and heartfelt original musical comedy is an effervescent, high-kicking delight!

The High School Theatre Teacher's Survival Guide

The High School Theatre Teacher's Survival Guide
Author: Raina S. Ames
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2013-10-08
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1135873461

A reference for high school theatre teachers covering both curricular and extracurricular problems – everything from how to craft a syllabus for a theatre class to what to say to parents about a student's participation in a school play.

Let's Put on a Musical!

Let's Put on a Musical!
Author: Peter Filichia
Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications
Total Pages: 360
Release: 1997
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780823088171

Doing a show is great fun—but how do you know which one to do? This practical resource will guide your school, community, or professional theater group to a musical that perfectly fits your budget, creative team, production capabilities, and audience. WithLet’s Put on a Musical!you’ll discover more than 200 famous and little-known shows—all cleverly categorized and described in terms of: • Story • Best-known songs • Musical requirements, including instrumentation • Chorus and dance numbers • Staging—the sets, costumes, and props you’ll need And it’s packed with nuggets about the original Broadway versions and useful tips on casting, publicity, and other practical matters relating to production. Whether it's a big classic likeMy Fair Ladyor an all-but-forgotten show likeTop Banana, if there's a musical in your future—or if you’re just a fan of the genre—Let’s Put on a Musical!will be an essential and fun-to-read addition to your theater library.