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Sound Leadership (Leadership Curriculum
for Music Students)—Scott Lang. Students
can take ownership of their own learning
and leading through this leadership method
book for band, choir, and orchestra students.
It's designed to help facilitate an engaging
and collaborative process between student
leaders and program directors that allows
for self-discovery, goal setting, and defining
roles and responsibilities. Topics include:
taking a personal leadership inventory; task
assessment and job creation; situational
discussion starters; complete leadership
assessments; leadership performance review;
and specific and strategic goal setting activities.
11000848 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . .12.99
Strategic Plans for a Successful Booster
Club (Time-Tested Concepts for Breaking
Through to the Next Level)—David W.
Vandewalker. This book is the companion
resource to Boosters to the Rescue! which
provides ready-to-use Word, Excel, and PDF
files to help booster clubs set and achieve a
long-term vision for their organization. Strategic
Plans includes project planning guides for three
diverse sizes of booster clubs: Developing,
Growing, and Maximizing. Strategic Plans
offers a wealth of ideas, forms, organizational
charts, and branding tools in four concise
sections. Ready, Set, and Go! introduces the
strategic planning process and explains how to
start. Rally the Troops provides practical advice
on how to organize, manage, and empower
people. Roll It Out creates a business plan
blueprint and a project planning guide, and
Rock It Out includes ways to build effective
teams. An invaluable resource for every music
leader who wants to create a community of
support around the important task of educating
young musicians.
10683549 Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44.95
Teaching Beyond the Music (Tools for
Addressing Societal Challenges Through
the Arts)—Jason Max Ferdinand. Continuing
the themes from the first volume Teaching
With Heart, this second volume in the series
exists to help teachers create a healthy culture
in their classroom. With tools that will help
teachers get to know their students better and
get students to think more broadly about music
and society, this book is less about notes and
rhythms and more about connecting to each
other and to the idea of conveying emotion and
feeling through art. Developed with the help of
ten outstanding contributors, it encompasses
a variety of arts disciplines, including band,
orchestra, chorus, theater, musical theater,
dance, and visual art. Each module addresses
National Core Arts Standards and social-
emotional learning standards. They contain
activities that can be modified to suit any
grade level, thought-provoking suggestions
for community engagement, and suggested
choral and instrumental repertoire that inspires
empathy, unity, and connection. The book also
includes more than 100 digital links for learning
and reference as well as Quick Direct Icons
to Read, Watch, Listen, Respond, Discuss,
Record, Perform, and Present.
11504429 Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29.95
Teaching Music Through Performance
Complete Choir Bundle—Various Composers.
This best-selling series of books and CDs has
quickly become an indispensable resource
for music educators searching for the best
possible music at all levels. Each book
includes analyses of select pieces and insights
from national leaders in the field. Recordings
by top ensembles make this series truly
invaluable. Now the complete set of books
and CDs for Choir are available at a special
price. This bundle includes Teaching Music
through Performance in Choir, Volumes 1-5
and Teaching Music through Performance in
Middle School Choir plus all corresponding
CDs. Build your library today! Please note:
there are only 4 CDs in the bundle. Volume 5
does not contain a CD at this time.
11196440 Book Volumes 1-5,
Middle School -
Books and CDs. . . . . . . . .380.00
Teaching Music Through Performance in
Choir (Volume 5)—ed. Hilary Apfelstadt & Jo-
Michael Scheibe. Choosing repertoire is one of
the most important and time-consuming tasks
choral conductors undertake. The Teaching
Music Through Performance in Choir series
remains one of the most important resources
for choir directors looking for quality repertoire
that has been vetted by a distinguished panel
of educators. Each volume in the series
contains Teacher Resource Guides for 100
works, organized by difficulty. Selected by a
team of leading choir directors, the repertoire
in Volume 5 balances SATB literature with
works for treble and tenor-bass choirs and
includes a healthy mix of selections aimed
at bringing greater attention to the rich choral
culture in Canada. Featuring the same team
of authors as Volume 4, this volume includes:
More Than Spirituals and Concert Gospels:
Choral Music in the Western European
Tradition by Contemporary African American
Composers by Jeffery Ames; North of the
Border: Accessible Choral Music by Canadian
Composers by Hilary Apfelstadt; Engaging the
Voice, the Mind, and the Spirit: An Effective
Approach Toward Literature Selection with
Treble Voices by Lynne Gackle; The Blueprint
of Ensemble Musicianship Contained Within
Chant by James Jordan; It's All About the Up:
Journey, Text, Gesture, Music, and Motion
by Jo-Michael Scheibe; and Community
Collaboration: Relevant Programming that
Moves Beyond the Classroom and into the
Community by Phillip Swan. Indexes by title,
publisher, and composer/arranger for all five
volumes of the series are included, and an
extraordinary companion recording of all
selections is also available. There is simply no
better way to find and prepare the best choral
literature available for achieving excellence in
choral music education at all levels.
10985381 Hardcover Book . . . . . . . . .47.95
Teaching Music Through Performance in
Choir (Volume 1)—ed. Heather J. Buchanan
& Matthew W. Mehaffey. This book is an
ideal tool for anyone who seeks a deeper
understanding of the choral repertoire and
wishes to learn from leading conductors and
educators in the choral profession. In Part I,
noted choral directors and teachers Frank
Abrahams, Anton E. Armstrong, Joseph
Flummerfelt, Graeme Morton, and Weston
H. Noble cover such topics as breath control,
stylistic awareness from polyphony through
the Classical period, the challenges of
modern music, "Performance Practice in the
African-American Slave Song," and "Meeting
the National Standards Through Choral
Performance." Part II establishes a new system
for assessing the difficulty level of choral
literature, and contains nuts-and-bolts analyses
of more than 100 of the most significant
works from levels 1 through 5. Repertoire
Resource Guides include information on the
compositions and their composers, historical
background, technical requirements, stylistic
considerations, musical elements, suggestions
for additional listening, and a guide to selected
references. Also included is an in-depth
analysis of the choral masterwork "Requiem"
by Gabriel Faure. Teaching Music through
Performance in Choir is a major contribution to
music education and an essential resource for
choir directors at all levels!
3303309 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . .40.00
10012063 2-CD Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25.95
Teaching Music Through Performance in
Choir (Volume 4)—ed. Jo-Michael Scheibe.
The long-awaited release of the next
installment of this invaluable series continues
the tradition of essential insights from leading
choral directors along with resource guides to
the very best choral literature in print. Scheibe
leads a new team of outstanding choral music
educators on topics relevant to today's choral
directors. Part I includes: The Rise of Concert
Gospel Music by Jeffery Ames; Choral
Pedagogy: The Anatomy of the Rehearsal
Process by Hilary Apfelstadt; Painting with
Sound: Developing Tone with Female Voices
through Choral Literature by Lynne Gackle;
Choral First Aid or Long-Term Music Learning?
- Rethinking and Redesigning the Choral
Rehearsal by James Jordan; Consonant
Connection by Jo-Michael Scheibe; and The
Collaborative Conductor - The Maestro Me vs.
The Art of We by Philip Swan. Part II presents
repertoire resource guides for nearly 100
outstanding choral works for a diverse range of
ensembles graded by level of difficulty. Indexes
by title, publisher, and composer/arranger for
all four volumes of the series are included, and
an extraordinary companion recording of all
selections is also available.
10736548 Hardcover Book . . . . . . . . .46.95
10736549 2-CD Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25.95
Teaching Music Through Performance in
Choir (Volume 2)—ed. Heather J. Buchanan &
Matthew W. Mehaffey. Written, researched, and
compiled by choral scholars and educators with
a wealth of teaching and conducting experience,
Teaching Music through Performance in Choir,
Volume 2 aids conductors and educators on
their quest toward full musical awareness.
This book is an ideal tool for anyone seeking a
deeper understanding of the preeminent music
composed for choir and a wonderful opportunity
to learn from some of the most expert voices
in the choral profession. Volume 2 uses the
choral repertoire grading system developed
for Volume 1 and contains thorough analyses
of more than 100 of the most significant works
for choir ever composed, Levels 1-5. Repertoire
Resource Guides include information on
the composer and composition, historical
background, technical requirements, stylistic
considerations, musical elements, suggestions
for additional listening, and a guide to selected
references. This is an essential resource
for choir directors at all levels and a major
contribution to the choral field.
10030308 Hardcover Book . . . . . . . . .47.95
10032718 3-CD Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39.50
Teaching Music Through Performance in
Choir (Volume 3)—ed. Heather J. Buchanan
& Matthew W. Mehaffey. Volume 3 in this highly
successful series is ideal for those seeking a
deeper understanding of the preeminent music
available for high school and college choirs.
In Part I, five leading experts in the choral
music field (Frank S. Albinder, Philip Brunelle,
Bruce Chamberlain, Rodney Eichenberger,
and Sandra Snow) focus on topics such as
"Male Choirs and Male Singers," "The Joy of
Commissioning," teaching strategies in the
choral rehearsal, articulation, and the power
of gesture. Part II uses the innovative choral
repertoire grading system developed for this
series in thorough analyses of almost 90
of the most significant works for choir ever
composed, Levels 1-5. Each teacher resource
guide includes information on the composer
and composition, historical background,
technical requirements, stylistic considerations,
musical elements, suggestions for additional
listening, and a guide to selected references.
Also included is a detailed study of and guide to
Antonio Vivaldi's "Gloria." In this section, Bruce
Chamberlain gives an extended history of the
work, analysis charts, and rehearsal strategies.
This book is an essential resource for choir
directors at all levels and a major contribution
to the choral field.
10274682 Hardcover Book . . . . . . . . .45.95
10274683 2-CD Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25.95
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Sight-Reading
for Young Singers
Emily Crocker. Here's a fun, easy
collection of songs to help students bridge
the gap between singing by ear and reading
notes. The lessons are easy to follow and
present just one concept at a time using
audio, simplified notation and "do-re-mi" pitch
syllables to guide learning. The full-length
showcase solos provide plenty of motivation,
and the collection is ideal for independent or
classroom learning.
11525185 Unison Book & Online Audio. . . 14.99
