Habits of a Successful Choir Director

Habits of a Successful Choir Director
Author: ERIK WILKINSON; SCOTT RUSH.
Publisher:
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2021
Genre: Choral conductors
ISBN: 9781622775811

"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.

Habits of a Successful Band Director

Habits of a Successful Band Director
Author: Scott Rush
Publisher: GIA Publications
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2006
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781579995706

In Habits of a Successful Band Director Scott Rush provides: A how-to book for young teachers; A supplement for college methods classes; A commonsense approach to everyday problems band directors face; Sequential models for instruction that are narrow in scope; Solutions, in the form of information and probing questions, that allow assessment of a classroom situation; Valuable information in a new format and references to other helpful publications; A contemporary text for all band directors. Some of the topics covered in the ten chapters include: classroom organization and management, working with parents and colleagues, the importance of the warm-up, rehearsal strategies, selecting high-quality literature, and student leadership. The appendices provide valuable outlines and reproducible forms such as medical releases and pitch tendency chart.

Things They Never Taught You in Choral Methods

Things They Never Taught You in Choral Methods
Author: Nancy Smirl Jorgensen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 124
Release: 1995
Genre: Music
ISBN:

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

I Know Sousa, Not Sopranos!

I Know Sousa, Not Sopranos!
Author:
Publisher: Heritage Music Press
Total Pages: 58
Release: 2008-09-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781429103565

Heres a sobering thought for many a band or orchestra director: youve been given the opportunity to work with a choir! Whether or not the decision was made by you or for you, moving from the realm of Sousa or Tchaikovsky to the land of sopranos can be a disconcerting prospect for even the most experienced (not to mention even-keeled) band or orchestra director. But fear nottrained instrumentalist turned choral director (and educator, clinician, composer, and arranger) Russ Robinson, has written "I Know Sousa, Not Sopranos!" to help you survive your foray into this strange land. Drawn from his very successful clinics on this subject, Dr. Robinsons goals with this guide are simpleto show those educators who have been trained in instrumental music that they already possess many of the musical skills necessary to teach choral music, and to present, in a straightforward and accessible manner, knowledge and awareness of key areas unique to directing a choir.

Directing the Choral Music Program

Directing the Choral Music Program
Author: Kenneth Harold Phillips
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Choirs (Music)
ISBN: 9780199371952

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.

The Choral Warm-Up Collection

The Choral Warm-Up Collection
Author: Sally K. Albrecht
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 132
Release:
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781457419829

Alfred Music is proud to support ACDA (The American Choral Directors Association) with the publication of The Choral Warm-Up Collection, a new sourcebook featuring 167 favorite warm-ups contributed by 51 choral directors from across the nation. These generous directors have agreed to donate their royalties to the ACDA Endowment Trust, to be used for student scholarships and conducting awards. This incredible resource consists of warm-ups for every situation and focusing on many different vocal areas. The text is organized into several categories: beginning warm-ups, breathing, vowels, diction, flexibility, scales, intervals, intonation, phrasing, blend, dynamics, minor, range, chords and rounds. Set the mood for a successful choral rehearsal while developing and reinforcing positive ensemble vocal techniques with The Choral Warm-Up Collection.

The Complete Choral Warm-up Book

The Complete Choral Warm-up Book
Author: Jay Althouse
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 132
Release:
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781457406959

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.

The Conductor as Leader

The Conductor as Leader
Author: Ramona M. Wis
Publisher: GIA Publications
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2007
Genre: Conducting
ISBN: 9781579996536

This book applies the principles of business leadership to the task of leading a musical ensemble.

Handbook for the Beginning Music Teacher

Handbook for the Beginning Music Teacher
Author: Colleen Marie Conway
Publisher: GIA Publications
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2006
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781579995256

This practical and essential resource guides preservice and beginning music teachers through the most difficult years of music teaching. Part One assists undergraduate music education students in navigating early observations; Part Two offers advice for music student teachers; and Part Three is an invaluable reference for the beginning music teacher. Nineteen real-life stories are interspersed throughout Handbook for the Beginning Music Teacher, and most include questions for discussion developed by the story authors. -- Publisher

Warm-ups for Changing Voices

Warm-ups for Changing Voices
Author: Dan Andersen
Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017
Genre: Choral singing
ISBN: 9781495087981

As any middle school choir director knows, change is the name of the game! A changing voice is just one of countless physiological and emotional changes that middle school students experience. Knowing the general limits of male and female changing voices, as well as the specific capabilities of your students, are two keys to building healthy -- and happy! -- middle school singers. This book is an accessible, must-read resource for any middle-school choir director looking to foster stronger, more capable musicians, and offers 25 warm-up exercises along with customized grade-specific tips for using them along with free access to accompanying audio recordings--Publisher's description.