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Grading for Musical Excellence—Paul Kimpton
& Ann Kimpton. Remarkable and practical, this
workbook challenges music educators to examine
their grading procedures for fairness and clarity
and help motivate students to improve and achieve
musically. Exercises and reflective questions
encourage educators to work as a team to assess
the current grading system and move to the next
level by incorporating research about grading
and connecting to Common Core standards. An
essential resource for educators!
10347514 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . . .26.95
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
Habits of a Successful Choral Musician—Eric
Wilkinson & Scott Rush. Habits of a Successful
Choral Musician is a field-tested, vital, and -
most importantly - musically artistic collection of
more than 200 sequenced exercises for building
fundamentals and artistry. It answers the question
for choristers: "What should I be learning during
fundamentals time?" Perfect for use by an entire
choir or by a vocal soloist, this book contains
carefully sequenced warm-ups, vocalises, chorales,
rhythm work, tonal patterns, sight-singing etudes,
and much more. In one place, this book presents
everything an aspiring singer needs to build
fundamental musicianship skills and then be able
to transfer those skills directly into the performance
of great literature. The Successful Habits series has
brought into focus the practical fundamentals of
exemplary musicianship for music directors, and
now it does the same for individual singers.
10985382 Paperback Book
Student Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . .9.95
10985383 Paperback Book
Teacher Edition . . . . . . . . . . . .29.50
In Search of Inspiration—Gregory Gentry. This
is a collection of in-depth interviews with 15 highly
respected choral conductors from around the world.
Each answers a series of fundamental questions
about how they shaped their achievements: How do
they balance their time making music while fulfilling
teaching and concert schedules? How do they
motivate students, manage outside professional
commitments, and satisfy administrators? Each
conductor shares their wisdom and expertise,
discussing memorable educational moments,
recounting stirring experiences in the concert
hall, and sharing stories about their work with
historic figures in music. They also offer insights
on programming repertoire and explain how they
have successfully navigated a career in music.
A fascinating and relevant read for any choral
educator, this collection explores the choral art
through extraordinary 20th and 21st century
voices whose artistry and influence will be felt for
generations to come.
11388297 Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29.95
In Their Own Words—Eileen Guenther. This
groundbreaking study of slavery and spirituals
is the first to place the unique voices of an
enslaved people squarely within the context
of their daily lives. A succinct history is woven
into an examination of the role of singing and
religion in slave life and directly correlates slave
testimonies - in their own words - to the themes of
spirituals. Includes a survey of the musical styles,
performance practices, and melodic and rhythmic
characteristics of spirituals.
10646311 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . . .28.00
Inside the Choral Rehearsal—James Jordan.
This book explores both the philosophy and
practical application of audiation development for
choral ensembles with the goal of contributing to a
lifelong acquisition of musical skill and audiation.
James Jordan has spent 35 years developing
these applications of Edwin E. Gordon's Music
Learning Theory. This book provides its readers
with new rehearsal techniques, approaches to
aural literacy, philosophies for teaching aural
literacy, philosophies for teaching the essential
elements of musicianship, understanding of
space audiation, and much more.
10826301 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . . .44.95
IPAlphabet—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
The iTheatrics Method—Timothy Allen McDonald,
Cynthia A. Ripley & Marty Johnson. The iTheatrics
Method is the first textbook specifically devoted to
building high-quality and sustainable musical theatre
programs in schools and community settings. This
book is the culmination of more than 20 years of
hands-on training conducted by master educators
and vetted by the John F. Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts Changing Education Through the
Arts (CETA) initiative. Written in an entertaining,
conversational style, this book also includes the
advice of more than 100 instructors currently
working in the field. It is the quintessential guide
and resource for creating quality musical theatre
programs for students of all ages.
10766365 Hardcover Book. . . . . . . . . . . .49.95
Learning Harmony and Improvisation Using
Conversational Solfege—John M. Feierabend.
Perfectly suited for students at the middle school,
high school, and collegiate levels, this volume is the
culmination of John M. Feierabend's best-selling
curriculum. As with all books in the Conversational
Solfege series, this book continues the 12-step
"ear-before-eye" approach while exploring the
concepts of harmony and improvisation. To facilitate
effortless aural learning, the book employs solfege
syllables, clever illustrations, melodic patterns,
and a unique method for part-singing called vocal
chording. The first four units in the book introduce
basic harmonic functions in major and harmonic
minor, and the following eight units explore the
various modes and their implied harmonies.
Improvisation is the natural extension of harmonic
understanding; this book presents ten challenge
levels that ask students to perform increasingly
difficult improvisational skills while vocal chording.
In keeping with the Conversational Solfege tradition,
units conclude with a representative sampling of
folk repertoire and classical music, complete with
bass lines and chord charts. With the effective
step-by-step process presented, harmonic and
improvisational understanding are more accessible
and intuitive than ever.
11366026 Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59.95
The Little Book of Ups—Mark Burrows. An
outstanding collection of choral warmups that will
not only improve an ensemble's pitch, rhythm, and
tone, they are designed to lift up spirits, minds, and
voices. These warm-ups teach foundational choral
technique using inspiring lyrics that affirm every
choir member's presence and seek to build a sense
of ensemble. Carry this valuable resource with you
to every rehearsal and see how it transforms your
choir in wonderful ways! While suitable for singers
of all ages, the material in this resource is especially
effective for elementary, junior high, and high
school choirs.
11395910 Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24.95
Margaret Hillis: Unsung Pioneer—Cheryl
Frazes Hill. Conductor, chorus director, airplane
pilot, and educator Margaret Hillis blazed a trail
upon which many continue to tread. The first
woman to regularly conduct a major symphony
orchestra, she was the founder of the Chicago
Symphony Chorus and served for 37 years as its
first director, winning nine Grammy Awards. But as
compelling as what she achieved is how she deftly
circumvented the constant barriers in fields where
women were not welcome. The author, a longtime
colleague and associate, examines how Hillis was
able to overcome the many challenges she faced,
navigating a career in ways relatable not only to
musicians but also to women in all professions. Her
journey is an inspiration, a portrait of what it takes
to succeed at the highest level in any field.
11388296 Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45.00
Marketing Your Music Program—Sean
Dennison Smith. This book will easily guide
you through today's world of marketing - both
traditional and modern forms of social media
and websites. With quality content, a strong
brand and a clear strategy, you can greatly
increase the presence of your choir, orchestra
and band. It will also help you discover effective
and efficient ways to fund raise while building
important connections with a wide-reaching
community. Topics covered include: marketing
overview for your music program; branding your
choir, orchestra and band; websites; "Power
Four" platforms; additional marketing platforms;
marketing your program in 30 minutes a week;
the road to success; social media best practices;
helpful resources and websites; equipment
needs; press release templates and 50 content
marketing ideas to enrich your music program.
10974349 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . . .19.95
The Melodic Voice—Cameron LaBarr & John
Wykoff. The Melodic Voice presents a series of
interviews with preeminent composer, conductor,
and teacher Alice Parker that offer a fuller and
more intimate view of her life and music than ever
before. The conversations documented in these
pages perfectly capture the essence of Alice's
core philosophies on melody, arranging, singing,
teaching music, conducting, and many other
topics. During the course of the interviews, Alice
discusses a wide range of topics: her childhood, her
time as a student at Smith College and Juilliard, the
death of her husband, her work with Robert Shaw,
living in New York City, experiences with teaching,
her compositional process, the importance of folk
song, advice for students and teachers, and many
others. In the accompanying video component,
Alice speaks candidly and directly about many of
her most popular and well-loved arrangements,
including Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal; Saints
Bound for Heaven; What Shall We Do With a
Drunken Sailor? and John Saw Duh Numbuh,
among others. Too few have had the privilege of
attending one of Alice's workshops or engaging
with her in long conversations and round-the-table
singing, but the conversational nature of this book
gives everyone the chance to engage with her in a
deeper way. Musicians and non-musicians alike are
sure to be inspired by Alice's words.
10985362 Hardcover Book
with Online Video Access . . . .29.95
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