J.W. Pepper Catalogs

Call: 1-800-345-6296 • Fax: 1-800-260-1482 • Internet: jwpepper.com • E-mail: [email protected] 3 Summer is the time to rest and recharge your energies for the teaching demands that lie ahead. There's no better way to enhance your own professional growth than to use one or more of these excellent resources from distinguished leaders in the choral music field. A Cappella Pop: A Complete Guide to Contemporary A Cappella Singing—Brody Mcdonald. A cappella pop singing...it's the hottest trend in the nation and the ideal challenge for your top high school and collegiate-level singers. Opening with a foreword by Deke Sharon, the book covers every essential topic: forming your ensemble; music selection; rehearsal techniques; sound reinforcement; vocal percussion and much more! Brody McDonald's award-winning ensemble, Eleventh Hour, was the first high school group to appear on NBC's The Sing-Off. 10310312 Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19.99 Conducting Women's Choirs (Strategies for Success)—ed. debra Spurgeon. This is a pioneering yet practical book and DVD devoted to all aspects of the women's choir - a groundbreaking contribution and a true collaborative effort from top professionals in the field. For the first time in a book, choral leaders bring together historical, philosophical, psychological, sociological, pedagogical, and real-world considerations to the women's choir - information missing from most choral methods and conducting texts. Areas of focus include: working with beginning, high school, collegiate, and community women's choirs; improving the sound of women's choirs; suggested repertoire for women's choirs; composing for women's choirs; building community within the ensemble; warm-ups and rehearsal strategies; building excellence in women's choirs. Sections also focus on mentoring, auditions, seating arrangements, historical women's repertoire, healthy vocal development, gender issues, history, status of the women's choir, and much more. This book features research, practical insights, and round-table discussions. The included DVD demonstrates choral techniques and teaching ideas with two women's choirs: Aurora, from Luther College, conducted by Sandra Peter; and The University of Kentucky Women's Choir, conducted by Lori Hetzel. Conducting Women's Choirs is, quite simply, essential for anyone who is involved in the women's choir movement and interested in the culmination of decades of experience and wisdom by leaders in the profession. 10342733 Book & DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43.95 Finding Ophelia's Voice, Opening Ophelia's Heart (Nurturing the Adolescent Female Voice)— 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 Getting Started with Middle School Chorus (Second Edition)—Patrick K. Freer. If you are a new choral teacher or an experienced teacher new to middle school chorus, Getting Started with Middle School Chorus is here to point you in the right direction! Well organized into twelve chapters, it covers all of the practical concerns you have, from budgeting, scheduling and recruiting to choosing choral repertoire, planning rehearsals and addressing the unique challenges of the changing adolescent voice. At just over 100 pages, including lists of suggested resources, this is the ideal book to help you begin your new job with confidence! 10345837 Paperback Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22.95 Grading for Musical Excellence (Making Music an Essential Part of Your Grades)— 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 the latest research about grading and connecting to Common Core standards. An essential resource for educators! 10347514 Paperback Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24.95 Before the Singing (Structuring Children's Choirs for Success)—Barbara tagg. This is a comprehensive guide to forming, expanding, and empowering choirs in school, church, or community. Topics include: boards of directors; finances; rehearsals; touring; commissioning new works; promotion and fundraising; building community and more. An extensive children's choir repertoire list with over 700 titles is included along with essays by nationally recognized leaders in the choral field. 10392767 Paperback Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29.95 Teaching Music Through Performance in Middle School Choir—ed. Frank Abrahams & Paul d. Head. This book is one of the most comprehensive resources ever published for middle school choir directors - written, researched, and compiled by conductors and educators with a wealth of teaching experience. It is ideal for anyone who seeks a deeper understanding of the best choral literature for middle school singers and who wishes to learn from some of the seminal voices in the profession. In Part I, Sherri Porterfield discusses the role of assessment in middle school artistry; Judy Bowers outlines a hierarchy for independent part singing; Patrick Liebergen and Paul D. Head discuss selecting and preparing quality repertoire; James Jordan encourages the inner journey of a young singer; and Frank Abrahams introduces comprehensive musicianship through the lens of critical pedagogy and reciprocal teaching. Part II includes teacher resource guides for 80 works considered by these experts to be the best available for middle school choirs of all ability levels. Each teacher resource guide includes information about the composer or arranger, the composition, historical perspectives, technical and stylistic considerations, musical elements, form and structure analysis, and text guidelines. Each guide also contains valuable suggestions for rehearsing the music with middle school students. Resource recordings of many of the works are available on the companion CD. 10274684 Hardcover Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45.95 10274685 2-CD Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.95 essential Books & DVDs Go to cart Go to cart See mORe!

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