NEW & BEST-SELLING BOOKS for the Choral Director
A Cappella—Brody McDonald, Deke Sharon
& Ben Spalding. More than any other person,
Deke Sharon is responsible for the current success
of pop a cappella. Combine Deke's expertise
with that of directors Ben Spalding and Brody
McDonald, a foreword by Ben Folds, advice from
Peter Hollens, and you have one of the most
comprehensive volumes ever created on the subject
of contemporary a cappella singing. The book
is divided into eight sections: Setting the Stage;
Getting the Band Together; Arranging; Preparing;
Technology; Making a Name; Extras and Making It.
10523225 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . . .29.99
A Cappella Arranging—Deke Sharon &
Dylan Bell.
A Cappella Arranging is the long-
awaited definitive work on the subject of writing
arrangements of popular or traditional songs for
a cappella groups. This book targets not only
beginners, music students, and community groups,
but professional and semi-professional performers,
vocal/instrumental songwriters, composers, and
producers, providing genre-specific insight on a
cappella writing. Highly recommended!
10345727 Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34.99
Alfred's IPA Made Easy (A Guidebook for
the International Phonetic Alphabet)—
Anna Wentlent.
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12.99
AP Music Theory (2nd Edition)—Nancy
Scoggin.
In-depth preparation for the AP Music
Theory exam features: Two full-length practice
tests (both aural and non-aural sections included);
All questions answered and explained; Helpful
strategies for test-taking success; In-depth review
chapters covering music fundamentals, harmonic
organization, harmonic progression, melodic
composition and dictation, harmonic dictation,
visual score analysis and much more. An included
MP3 CD provides aural skill development prompts
for both practice tests' aural sections, as well as
material that complements exercises and examples
in the subject review chapters.
10161633 Paperback Book & MP3 CD. . . . 34.99
Cantabile Voice Class—Katharin Rundus.
Cantabile - A Manual About Beautiful Singing,
released in 2009, has become a staple course text
for colleges across the country. This is the perfect
follow-up: a workbook for the undergraduate
student. One could think of it as "Cantabile-lite."
The primary book still needs to be in the hands of
the instructor, but this less-comprehensive version
is an essential companion resource, at a quarter of
the price.
10540437 Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14.99
Choral Error Detection (Exercises for
Developing Musicianship)—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 CD 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 CD 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 MP3 Audio CD . . . . . . . . .34.99
Choral Scores—Dennis Shrock. This is an
anthology of music exemplifying distinctive choral
repertoire by the most noteworthy composers
throughout the history of Western music. Included
are 132 compositions by 124 different composers,
each presented unabridged and in full score, and
spanning the entirety of Western music history,
from the medieval era through the 20th century,
and into the 21st. Complete with an appendix
offering literal translations of text, as well as
composer and genre indices, Choral Scores is an
essential reference for choral scholars, teachers,
and students alike.
10541105 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.00
Compelling Choral Concerts—
Linda Crabtree Powell. Create compelling and
memorable choral concerts! Developed by a veteran
teacher who is widely known for her theatrical
choral programs, the 13 ready-made plans here are
each unified by theme and dramatic narration. They
provide an inspiring template for creating your own
programs (with helpful guidelines) – or use them
as they are. Each performance script offers new
dimensions to presenting and understanding the
music. Your singers will be excited, and audiences
will be delighted!
10492302 Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24.95
New!
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
New!
The Heart of Vocal Harmony (Emotional
Expression in Group Singing)—Deke
Sharon. Here is an excellent resource - and a
great read - for choral directors who want to build
emotional expression in their vocal ensembles. Not
only for a capella groups, but for all vocal ensembles
regardless of size or level, the book includes a large
section devoted to one-on-one discussions with
prominent composers, arrangers, directors, and
coaches, including Christopher Tin, Eric Whitacre,
Ben Bram, Roger Emerson, Mac Huff, Kathleen
Hansen, Joshua Habermann, and Tom Carter, plus
performing groups such as Home Free, Manhattan
Transfer, Pentatonix, and Straight No Chaser. This
unique resource will help you to help your choir to
engage emotionally with the audience!
10647370 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.99
New!
Messiah: Warm-Ups for Successful
Performance—Ryan Kelly & Jason Paulk.
This valuable resource is a must for every choral
director who prepares a chorus to sing Handel's
"Messiah." Includes: Baroque performance practice
and ideals; warm-ups for 20 choruses; historical
context of "Messiah"; a recommended reading list
and much more. The director score includes the full
text and warm-ups with piano accompaniments,
along with a code for accessing downloadable
singer parts online. The singer book includes a
folder-sized print edition of the warm-ups.
10605956 Director's Score. . . . . . . . . . . 39.99
10605955 SATB Singer's Edition . . . . . . . 2.95
Messiah: Understanding and Performing
Handel's Masterpiece—Helmuth Rilling.
This book on Handel's "Messiah" reflects Helmuth
Rilling's remarkable skills, both as a conductor
and as an educator. It is literally a "study guide" for
conductors and performers which shows the step-
by-step thought process Rilling uses in preparing
a score - a methodology which can be applied to
any work. More importantly, Rilling challenges the
reader to probe Handel's thinking - to consider
ways of more effectively communicating the deeper
layers of meaning found within this masterwork..
10495178 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . . .19.50
New!
Music Advocacy (Moving from Survival to
Vision)—John L. Benham.
One of the most
thorough reference books available that addresses
what may be the most important topic facing the
field of music education today. This text provides
an extensive and effective summary of valuable
information needed to engage in the practice of
music advocacy, compiling research and thirty
years' experience of one of the nation's most
successful advocates for music education. It gives
music educators, administrators, school board
members, and community advocates step-by-step
procedures for saving and building school music
programs. An important resource that every music
educator should have in their library.
10670469 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.95
New!
Sound as Teacher (Growing the
Conductor's Perceptual Mind)—
James Jordan.
In Sound as Teacher, James
Jordan shares a new perceptual pedagogy for
training conductors which he discovered while
teaching at the Choral Institute at Oxford, a
program he co-directs with British composer
James Whitbourn. This book focuses on imageries
to guide conductors into a more multidimensional
hearing process. The text outlines the framework of
Jordan's teaching at the Choral Institute at Oxford.
Sound as Teacher focuses on various independent
but related paradigms for hearing "into" sound.
The principles presented in this book are useful to
all conductors and teachers, regardless of the level
of the ensemble.
10548032 Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24.95
New!
Voices in Harmony (Youth Choir
Leadership, Education, and Artistry)—
Robyn Lana.
Creating successful youth and
children's ensembles requires a multitude of skills.
In this publication, nationally recognized clinician
and Founding Artistic Director of the Cincinnati
Children's Choir, Robyn Lana, shares valuable
insight and advice along with practical tips from
well-known experts in the field. Topics include,
among others: Rehearsal Techniques; Recruitment
and Retention; Comprehensive Musicianship
Through Performance; and Building Community
Through a Safe Environment. This compilation
deserves a place on every conductor's bookshelf!
10631916 Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.99
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