J.W. Pepper Music Catalog
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Editors' Choice 2022 New Basic Library Large Print Edition A Cappella Available via ePrint Downloadable All Prices in U.S. Dollars & Subject To Publisher Revision 166 DIRECTOR RESOURCES Go to cart BOOKS & RESOURCES Choral Error Detection—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 Reflections—ed. Brandon Williams. Inspiration, ideas, and insights for conductors and teachers at any stage: the goal is to provide a platform for a new and more representative cross- section of American choral conductor-teachers to share their reflections, beliefs, values, and visions for the choral art. Contributors include Jason Max Ferdinand, Rollo A. Dilworth, Rosephanye Powell, Eugene Rogers, Anton Armstrong, and 25 others. 11390161 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . . .29.99 Choralisms—Roger Emerson. This fun, pocket- sized book is full of tips, inspiration, and humor! The alternate titles for the book will have you in stitches, and the student comments are both heartwarming and hilarious! Compiled over years of classroom and rehearsal experiences of Roger Emerson and his friends as well as wisdom he learned from choral masters, this charming book will make a great gift for your favorite music teacher or director! 11395911 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . . .19.99 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—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 Creating Excellence in Choirs and Orchestras —Dennis Shrock. Noted scholar and conductor Dennis Shrock uncovers the key factors and proven strategies that lead to the achievement of excellence in music ensembles at any level. With the use of historical references and examples, this book lays out 14 elements that contribute to an ensemble's success: goals, focus, attitudes, structures, procedures, responsibility, ontology, study, warm-ups, sound, cohesion, expression, conducting, and repertoire. While it highlights the choral and orchestral mediums specifically, all concepts can be applied to any type of ensemble, and the recommendations are not exclusively for the benefit of conductors. Music teachers, church musicians, ensemble members, and administrative staff will glean wisdom from these pages as well. Excellence is an attainable goal for anyone with a vision, and this insightful text guides readers as they embark on their own quest for musical excellence. 11349227 Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39.95 Dalcroze Eurhythmics in the Choral Classroom —Marla Butke & David Frego. Written by two of the world's leaders in Dalcroze Eurhythmics, this resource brings together all of the elements that make teaching movement with choral music such a success. This includes videos using choirs and students at every level from elementary to college and is endorsed by ACDA executive director Hilary Apfelstadt, who says "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." Video is accessible online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. 11345819 Book & Online Media. . . . . . . .39.99 Diction—John Moriarty. This text book for singers is a comprehensive guide to the pronunciation of Italian, French, Ecclesiastical Latin and German, in an approach developed for diction classes. It is thorough, scholarly, yet practical and easy-to- use. The pronunciation guides are provided for Italian, French and German languages through the use of the International Phonetic Alphabet, along with 81 exercises for singing them. New to this edition are 36 audio tracks provided by the author containing all of the exercises. These audio tracks are available as free downloads. 4525291 Book with online audio . . . . . .38.00 Educating Young Singers—Mary Goetze, Angela Broeker & Ruth Boshkoff. Organized into three sections, Educating Young Singers offers strategies for integrating pedagogical and musical knowledge into your rehearsals that can help to lay a foundation for rewarding performances. Each section provides ideas, processes, demonstrations, and activities that will help promote singing and musicianship in young choristers and inspire you to find new ways to bring the joy of learning and performing music to the young people in your choirs. Unit one, First Things First, addresses the steps taken prior to rehearsal. Unit two, The Toolbox, provides a vast array of pedagogical techniques and materials, and Unit three, Putting It All Together, offers suggestions for application. A DVD is included. 10628042 Book & DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39.95 The Ensemble Movement Warm-Up—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 Evoking Sound—James Jordan. Now significantly revised and expanded, with a foreword by Morten Lauridsen, James Jordan's groundbreaking book incorporates more than ten years of new conducting insights, pedagogy, and philosophy to create a resource that is not only informative but transformative.Unique to this edition is the inclusion of a revolutionary DVD (also available separately as The Anatomy of Conducting) with Dr. Jordan and Eugene Migliaro Corporon of the University of North Texas.For the first time, a conducting text contains visual examples of patterns that, with the help of state-of-the-art animation and multiple camera angles, guide you to a deeper understanding of how conducting gesture influences sound.Hardcover book with DVD, 466 pages. 10076671 Book & DVD Second Edition . .49.95 Evoking Sound: Choral Vocal Technique— Sabine Horstmann. Inspired by the teachings of her mentor, the legendary Frauke Haasemann, Sabine Horstmann has written these creative exercises for choirs at any level of development.Written in a straightforward, direct manner, this volume provides 94 sequential exercises that can serve as the central part of vocal training for your choir. Topics include: an overview of the "how" and "why" of vocal pedagogy; techniques for teaching posture, breathing, resonance, and relaxation; exercises for high range, low range, dynamics, and diction; suggestions for planning the choral warm-up; and canonic exercises for developing voice and ear. The author is instructor of Group Vocal Technique and Voice at the Robert Schumann University in Dusseldorf.She has extensive experience working with singers of all ages. 10066443 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . . .25.95 10445412 DVD-Evoking Sound: The Choral Warmup . . . . . . . .24.95 Evoking Sound: The Choral Rehearsal— James Jordan. This comprehensive book is intended for choirs at all skill levels, and covers a wide range of subjects, including: rehearsal preparation and planning, how to listen, conducting gesture as a rehearsal technique, the accompanist and the rehearsal, how to teach artistic phrasing, rehearsal accountability, and the spirit of the rehearsal. The volume also deals with approaches to teaching rhythm, using recording technology as part of the rehearsal, introducing your choir to IPA, incorporating Dalcroze and Laban into the rehearsal, and the count singing system of Robert Shaw. 10030312 Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39.95 Finding Ophelia's Voice, Opening Ophelia's Heart—Lynne Gackle. Lynne Gackle, Associate Professor of Ensembles and Assistant Choral Director at Baylor University, has long been an advocate for the power of singing as a catalyst for positive change and self-actualization in adolescent girls. Her landmark text is a synthesis of these ideas, reflecting her unmatched expertise on the working of the female voice and a lifetime of experience and research. Serving to enlighten and encourage teachers and choral directors of these students, Finding Ophelia's Voice, Opening Ophelia's Heart addresses the symptoms of vocal change in the female voice, along with physiological factors that affect it. Appropriate choral literature, recordings, and other educational materials are also presented. The included DVD, which may be used as a teaching tool in the classroom, provides demonstrations of the phases of vocal maturation, voice classification, vocal techniques, and other pedagogical strategies, all with the help of an all-girl choir (ages 12-16) under the direction of Dr. Gackle. 10090243 Book & DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44.95 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 The Gift of Song—Alice Parker. In this series of beautifully detailed and thought-provoking essays, world-renown composer and conductor Alice Parker beckons us all to return to the natural state of singing. She encourages us to move beyond the scientific precision of the printed page to uncover the core of creative expression. Drawing on her decades of experience as a musician, teacher, and leader of of the Melodious Accord Community SINGS events, Alice's insights and advice are profound in their simplicity. She reveals the true importance of our voices, encouraging all of us to open our ears and then our mouths to express our common humanity. 11215947 Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8.50 Keep Up the Good Work! "Thank you for maintaining such a great stock of sheet music. Service staff is helpful and knowledgeable. Five stars for your wonderful service!" melthebiker