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Alfred's IPA Made Easy (A Guidebook for
the International Phonetic Alphabet)—
Anna Wentlent.
How many years has it
been since your last diction class? This handy
guidebook is an easy reference for the symbols
used in IPA: what they look like and how they are
pronounced. Example words for every symbol
are included in English, Latin, Italian, German,
French, and Spanish. And an online resource
includes recorded demonstrations of every
sound. A clear and concise tool for singing in
foreign languages, equally useful in the choir
room and the vocal studio.
10457893 Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9.99
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
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Brothers, Sing On! (Conducting the
Tenor-Bass Choir)—Jonathan Palant.
An ideal resource for choral directors, teachers-
in-training, singers and choral enthusiasts, this
practical volume explores the challenges and
rewards of working with evolving adolescent-
through-adult male singers. In addition to his
own valuable insights, Dr. Palant includes
interviews with over two dozen seasoned
vocal music educators. Topics include: A
History of Men's Choral Singing; Anatomy
of the Male Voice; The Product: Choral
Tone; Intonation; Parts and Placement; The
Adolescent Male Voice: Categorization to
Maturation; Programming and Repertoire
Selection; Auditions; Warm-Ups; Sight-Singing;
Recruiting; Fund-Raising; Travel. Sample
programs and repertoire lists are also included.
10456302 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . .22.99
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Common Core: Re-Imagining the Music
Rehearsal and Classroom (Standards,
Curriculum, Assessment, Instruction)—
Paul Kimpton & Ann Kimpton.
Teaching
in the 21st century can be a daunting yet
exhilarating experience. It is daunting because
a plethora of initiatives have been hurled at
educators from every direction. Current and
future music educators must continually
adapt their teaching philosophies, strategies,
rehearsals, music selection processes,
assessment practices, and grading procedures
to justify one of the most important subjects a
student can study, and that is music. Common
Core: Re-Imagining the Music Rehearsal and
Classroom, complete with workbook exercises
and reflective questions, is about transforming
a written document, The Common Core State
Standards, into practical applications in the
music classroom. Authors Paul and Ann
Kimpton outline how to use the Common Core
State Standards to help students develop a
higher level of understanding of musical skills
and content, and to help students engage with
music more deeply and with more meaning.
Intended for kindergarden through college
music educators, administrators, and pre-
service educators, this book is an excellent
resource that can have a profound impact on
the music classroom.
10463561 Spiral Bound Book. . . . . . . . .27.95
Conducting Technique Etudes (Laban-
Based Etudes for Class or Individual
Practice)—James Jordan.
In this volume of
etudes for conductors, James Jordan details a
groundbreaking pedagogy for the development
of conducting skills. This method is based
on a sequential harmonic process to inform
and define conducting gesture. This book is
revolutionary because it employs a process of
score study to develop what Dr. Jordan calls
"kinesthetic/harmonic audiation." Conductors
of all skill levels will profoundly benefit from
these new ideas. While instrumentalists and
keyboardists for decades have had books
of daily "etudes" for the development of
technique, conducting pedagogy has not had
the benefit of such a rigorous technical course
of study.
10395348 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . .34.95
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Confessions of a Shameless Name-
Dropper (Adventures in the Music
Business)—Mark Cabaniss.
The music
business has taken Mark Cabaniss on
adventures far from his native state of North
Carolina: from Nashville to Broadway to
Hollywood and back. In celebration of his 25th
year in the music business, this self-admitted
"shameless name-dropper" tells witty and
inspiring stories of his fun connections through
the years in Confessions of a Shameless
Name-Dropper. Join him as he shares the
inside scoop of his encounters with legendary
entertainers Bob Barker, Andy Griffith, Shirley
Jones, Steve Allen, Dick Clark, Sherwood
(Gilligan's Island) Schwartz, Rupert Holmes,
Doc Severinsen, and more. In between the
anecdotes of these and others, he gives an
account of his own career journey with insight
and behind-the-scenes stories about the
inner workings of several top music business
companies, while celebrating the transforming
power of music and the arts.
10458825 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . .12.95
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
The Language of Music—
Timothy Seelig.
Music is the universal
language. This we know is true. For us as
choral musicians, however, there is an added
layer of challenge and opportunity: words! How
many times have you heard a chorus sing and
thought, "That was beautiful, but I have no clue
what they were singing about!" (Of course,
never with your own chorus' performances!)
The Language of Music will take you from
the most basic tools of delivering text to the
overarching and magical communication
that takes place in choral singing. The book
includes accompanying video clips to guide
you. The connection you make with your
audiences through your words and music will
take your performances to another level!
10274474 Book/DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34.99
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Morten Lauridsen's Waldron Island
Reflections—ed. Michael Stillwater.
Waldron Island Reflections offers images and
words from Shining Night, the award-winning
documentary film about the life and music
of Morten Lauridsen. Among the leading
American composers of the late 20th and early
21st centuries, Morten Lauridsen draws his
inspiration from the serenity of nature. In his
summer residence on remote Waldron Island
in the San Juan Archipelago, many of his
greatest works are composed. For anyone who
appreciates nature as inspiration for creativity,
Waldron Island Reflections provides a glimpse
into a unique Pacific Northwest haven where
timeless words are given a musical voice
through Lauridsen's sublime artistry.
10455241 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . .12.95
10318318 DVD-Shining Night:
A Portrait of Composer
Morten Lauridsen . . . . . . . . .24.95
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