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205 Order Toll Free! Call 1.800.345.6296 / w: jwpepper.com / e: [email protected] DIRECTOR RESOURCES Go to cart BOOKS & RESOURCES FOR THE CHORAL DIRECTOR Choir Director Plan-It (The Ultimate Planning Guide)—Janet Day. Organizing a choral music program can be like a jigsaw puzzle! Make your life easier with this one-of-a-kind resource designed just for you, the choir director, with everything in one essential collection. Packed with helpful charts, calendars, reproducible forms, and tips for a successful choir, this guide will help you stay organized and plan ahead for the whole school year. Highlights include: 40 weekly rehearsal/ lesson planning charts; 12-month calendar; reproducible forms for student information; music performance evaluation; audition forms; concert planning; assessment rubrics based on the National Standards and more! 10070781 Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11.99 Choir Karate (A Sequential Assessment Program for Middle School Singers)—Lisa Owens. As choir directors, we are constantly challenged to find ways to balance fun with music performance and theory. Assessment is an essential part of what we do. This program was created for students who used to get nervous when it was time to do testing, particularly sight-reading tests. Based on principles from learning karate, this program makes a game out of testing utilizing short tests with immediate rewards that lead students to take ownership of their own progress toward becoming independent musicians. The concepts for middle school singers are divided into seven sections with progressively more challenging material at different "belt" levels. The program contains a study guide for each level as well as a student tracking form for each year in choir, written theory tests, and oral sight-reading and rhythm- reading tests. There are printable certificates and reward passes for completing the various levels. A great tool for district alignment and common assessments before students move on to their high school choral programs! 10645685 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . . .45.00 Choral Cantabile—Katharin Rundus. The third book on vocal training in the Cantabile series by Dr. Rundus, this one is tailored specifically for the choral director. The first book, Cantabile, is a graduate-level text that has become enormously popular throughout the U.S. and abroad for voice teachers, professors and choral directors. Her second book, Cantabile Voice Class, is aimed at the undergraduate student. This important third book provides a systematic approach to teach lyrical singing and tone broken down into 10-12 minute lessons intended to be incorporated into your choral rehearsal. An exceptional resource! 10748270 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . . .19.99 Choral Error Detection (Exercises for Developing Musicianship)—Paul Hondorp/ ed. Denise Eaton. Designed to help the choral conductor develop skills of critical listening, this outstanding resource will improve your ability to detect errors in a choir's performance. It is a collection of short choral examples to be utilized for analysis and score preparation. The accompanying audio has a performance of each example with mistakes intentionally included. Using a reproducible evaluation sheet, the listener is challenged to identify and categorize the mistakes and offer solutions to fix them. The examples represent many voicings, textures, time periods and levels of difficulty. The book and audio can be used as a text for choral pedagogy, undergraduate or graduate conducting, and/or rehearsal techniques. It integrates listening into the overall goals of score study and in the development of teaching skills. 10509285 Paperback Book with Online Audio Access . . . .34.99 Choral Singing Step by Step (Eleven Concise Lessons for Individual or Choral Ensemble Use)—James Jordan. This unique self-study guide distills the essentials of good vocal technique into eleven concise, accessible lessons. Prepared by acclaimed conductor and pedagogue James Jordan, it is a perfect guide for amateur and novice choir members who wish to improve their own singing technique and better understand the singing process. Topics include: good intonation and tuning; breathing; support; resonance; vowel colors; range and diction. A must read for singers, studio teachers and choral conductors alike. 10295238 Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12.95 l Conducting Men's Choirs—Donald L. Trott. Essential for anyone working with male choirs in any capacity. Equally suited for novice teachers and seasoned professionals, this collaborative resource is the culmination of decades of experience and wisdom by leaders in the profession. Inspired by Debra Spurgeon's pioneering book Conducting Women's Choirs, this companion resource brings together the expertise of 18 acknowledged authorities on men's choirs, addressing the unique challenges, considerations, and joys of making music with male singers. The book is organized into three major sections. The first contains historical information on male choirs in the United States, including glee clubs in colleges and universities; an examination of some of the nation's most esteemed and accomplished male choirs; and the role of male community choruses in America. The second section explores key aspects of working with male singers that are vital to the success of any conductor of male choirs. Topics addressed include: how to start a male choir and recruit male singers; working with middle school boys and the developing adolescent voice; pedagogical considerations for male voices; procedures for improving intonation; standing formations; warm- ups; women conductors of male choirs; and how to arrange and compose for men's choirs. A thorough discussion of repertoire for men's choirs rounds out this resource in the book's third and final section. Extensive repertoire listings with hundreds of titles for men's chorus are also provided for quick and easy reference. 11193011 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . . .45.95 The Conductor's Toolbox (Transforming Yourself as Musician and Conductor)— Richard Sparks. What do coaches, master teachers, and educational psychologists have to teach us about conducting? As it turns out, quite a bit! In this concise yet insightful volume, Richard Sparks draws from years of experience in the professional choral world and from his time teaching at two leading universities to help choral conductors transform their craft and create truly artful experiences. He gains inspiration from legendary college basketball coach John Wooden and shares striking and refreshing parallels between coaching sports teams and conducting music ensembles. Sparks draws equally from research in the fields of teaching and the psychology of learning and their application to teaching music. Just as an artisan builds a set of skills and learns the tools of the trade, conductors too must build a box of tools to help them learn, understand, and interpret music, lead rehearsals, and conduct. Highlights include: assessing yourself and your choir; using modeling; developing good habits in yourself and your choir; learning and teaching new skills; rehearsing more efficiently; teaching fundamental elements of music; selecting repertoire that improves your choir's skills; improving your planning and pacing of rehearsals. This book is for the young conductor starting out who wants to build a truly solid craft. It is also for the experienced conductor who wonders how to move to the next level, re-energize, and grow. 10985387 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . . .17.95 Copyright Handbook for Music Educators and Directors—Pam Phillips & Andrew Surmani. The Copyright Handbook for Music Educators and Directors provides a concise overview of the key aspects of copyright law that affect music educators and directors in the United States. Designed to provide answers to the most common questions raised by educators and directors, this resource makes it easy to find specific answers and is arranged in a user-friendly question-and-answer format. For ease of use, a thorough glossary of terms and an extensive index are included. Not meant to replace legal counsel, the Copyright Handbook is a starting point for music educators and directors with questions concerning copyright. Topics: how to determine if a work is protected by copyright; the use of print music and lyrics; the use of audio; the use of video; digital products and the internet; performance rights; and composing and arranging. 10773128 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . . .19.99 l The Ensemble Movement Warm-Up (Teaching Phrase and Musical Artistry through a Laban- Based Pedagogy)—James Jordan. Building on the ideas of Rudolf von Laban and Edwin E. Gordon's Music Learning Theory, James Jordan has created an exciting new rhythm and movement pedagogy. This book explores how to organize and sequence movement activities in a choral setting to increase artistry and help raise the performance level of any ensemble, regardless of age. 11173436 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . . .21.95 Everyday Wisdom for Inspired Teaching—Tim Lautzenheiser. What are the secret ingredients of master teachers? If you were a student in your class, what would you be learning? Would it be both exciting and valuable? How do you create a disciplined classroom environment without becoming a dictator? How can failure become a pathway to success? What are the qualities of true leaders? Tim Lautzenheiser explores the real-world questions, fears, and doubts all outstanding educators have. In the process, he discovers a gold mine of opportunities for teachers to assess their own effectiveness and reach the highest levels possible. In four parts (The Art of Teaching; Developing an Attitude for Success; Teacher Leadership Skills; and Selection and Encouragement of Student Leaders), Tim calls teachers and administrators to action. He writes, "It is easy to 'dream the dream' and even exciting to sit down and 'draw up the plan,' but doing it, actually taking action, seems to be where many halt... Don't react: act." 10001221 Hardcover Book. . . . . . . . . . . .24.95 Front-Loading Your Choral Rehearsal— Christine C. Bass. Front-Loading Your Choral Rehearsal: Constructing for Success is a creative rehearsal approach designed to aid conductors of all experience levels. Using the building blocks of musical concepts, style, and delivery, Front-Loading offers invaluable tools to help conductors scaffold their singers' learning toward a collective goal of transformative performances. Concepts come alive in real time through the video clips of working rehearsals embedded in the narrative. Practical in application yet sophisticated in approach, Christine Bass condenses decades of experience into Front- Loading, a comprehensive rehearsal technique guide for conductors striving to reach the next level of excellence in their work. 10793912 Book with Online Video Access . . . . . . . .29.99 Habits of a Successful Choir Director—Eric Wilkinson & Scott Rush. Habits of a Successful Choir Director presents effective teaching principles and provides a practical approach to everyday issues that choir directors face. Building on the successful Habits of series, Wilkinson and Rush have created a practical guide to all aspects of a successful choral program, including: program organization and management, teaching the components of singing, rehearsal strategies and ensemble fundamentals, music literacy and repertoire selection, strategies for assessment, and the significance of music making. Additional sections address musicianship, classroom management, working with parents and colleagues, the importance of warm-up time, building student leadership, professional development, field trips, fundraising, scheduling, developing a mission statement and quality-of- life issues. 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. 10755697 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . . .29.95 IPAlphabet (The Vocal Music Resource for Pronunciation)—Cristian Grases. The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is the standard source for phonetic notation. This resource provides an easy- to-use format for understanding pronunciation for each letter of the alphabet, in any placement within a word, in Spanish, Italian, Latin, French and German. Spiral bound. 10275669 Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18.99 Extremely Practical! SINGING with EXPRESSION A Guide to Authentic & Adventurous Song Interpretation Rosana Eckert. Singing with Expression presents a step-by- step guide to help vocalists of any style or genre find their voice and connect with their audience. Presented in five sections: Timing, Tone, Melodic Alteration, Style, and Other Factors, each with several chapters detailing various concepts and exercises. You'll find over 145 downloadable listening tracks with the author's demonstrations, as well as backing tracks in three different keys. 10913430 Book with Online Audio Access . . . . . . . 19.99 Need Resources Now? J W P E P P E R . C O M / D O W N L O A D S

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