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4Editors' Choice (Best of 2017 Publications) lNew for 2017 HPepper Basic Library ♦A Cappella Available via ePrint All Prices in U.S. Dollars & Subject To Publisher Revision 244 director resources Go to cart Books & Resources for the Choral Director n Tim Seelig's Quick Fixes (Prescriptions for Every Choral Challenge)Tim Seelig. When you begin rehearsal, your choir sounds good on their standard warm-ups. What do you do when they start to sing repertoire and all the beautiful singing you heard during the warm-ups goes out the window? Grab this book from the pocket of your choral folder, quickly identify the symptom in the index, read the plan of treatment, and immediately fix the problem, right on the spot! This handy, budget-stretching book is full of concepts that singers understand and can easily incorporate into their singing. It's just the insurance you need to provide the specific prescription for every choral and vocal challenge. With this valuable resource close at hand, you'll be prepared to keep your choir on the road to strong, healthy performances! 10067384 Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.99 n TIPS: The First Weeks of Middle School Chorus Patrick K. Freer. Compiled by one of the most engaging authorities on the adolescent choir, this user-friendly volume is the perfect resource for new teachers or for veterans seeking new ideas for their choral program. This book is filled with easy-to-read lists, tips on classroom setup, choral activities for day one and beyond, repertoire for the first weeks, warmups for changing voices, and so much more. Freer has said that is aim is to help teachers cope day-to-day, but he also wants them to look past the first day of school and to think of their students who, in the future, will love singing as adults. Teachers will find something encouraging on every page! 10304466 Paperback Book. . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 n Tools for Powerful Student Evaluation Susan R. Farrell. This book presents a practical source of authentic assessment strategies for music educators. Includes over 70 pages of tasks and charts for assessing the learning process as well as the product. With today's school systems demanding student accountability in all disciplines, this text provides music teachers with information regarding: assessment and its purpose, classroom conditions necessary for authentic assessment, choosing assessment strategies, understanding and developing scoring criteria, and descriptions of several alternative types of assessment. 5597331 Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.95 n Vocal ImprovisationMichele Weir. In the preface to her complete volume on vocal jazz, Michele Weir writes "Jazz improvisation can be one of the most creative, adventurous, meaningful, and intrinsically rewarding things you can do in music." Not only is she passionate about the art form, she has developed a step-by-step method that develops basic skills, teaches about hearing the changes, examines music theory, suggests group activities and provides a state-of-the-art recording with some of the best singers currently active in vocal jazz. Interviews with 19 singers include Bobby McFerrin and Darmon Meader. For singers, voice teachers, choral directors or students wanting to hone their skills or start from the beginning, this book is an absolute must. 5972548 Book/CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.95 n Voice Building for ChoirsEhmann/Haasemann. A valuable text on improving tone production, artistic sensibilities, and musical understanding through chapters on Posture, Breathing, Voice Building and Use of Voice Training in a Choir Rehearsal. Specific exercises are given based on these various chapters, as well as for specific techniques such as staccato, development of high voices, etc. 1468339 Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.99 n Way Over in Beulah Lan' (Understanding and Performing the Negro Spiritual)Andre J. Thomas/ed. Kropff. Renowned choral conductor and educator Andre J. Thomas has crafted a book that the conductor of any choral ensemble will want close at hand when preparing to program any concert spiritual. Understanding the Spiritual, the first of the book's two sections, is an exploration of the beginnings of the spiritual, its role in society and its transition into art music. Issues of interpretation-text, diction, rhythm, and tempo-are addressed in the second section, Performing the Spiritual. Includes interviews with Dr. Anton Armstrong and Professor Judith Willougby. This practical book will help you develop a firm understanding of the spiritual and realize the full potential of the spirituals your choirs perform! 10029409 Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.95 n What Every Musician Needs to Know About the Body (The Practical Application of Body Mapping to Making Music)Barbara Conable. The invaluable information contained in this book is based on the work of cellist and educator William Conable. He developed the concept of Body Mapping to free the body and mind to move and make music naturally and expressively. This spiral-bound book is written clearly and concisely. It can be effectively applied by all types of musicians including instrumentalists, pianists and singers. It describes the structure and movement of the head and neck; the spine; the torso; the legs; the arms the hands and the head. It details brain and movement; Body Mapping; how to support the instrument and breathing. You'll immediately be equipped to apply the concepts to yourself and educate your students. 5942610 Spiral-Bound Book . . . . . . . . . 24.00 n What They See Is What You Get (Linking the visual, the aural, and the kinetic to promote artistic choral singing)Rodney Eichenberger & Andre Thomas. This unique instructional DVD demonstrates the development of nonverbal vocabulary that increases efficiency in the choral rehearsal. In addition, it teaches techniques for simultaneous development of vocal skills and musical nuances. Dozens of unrehearsed demonstrations with middle school, high school, college, and church choirs illustrate the wisdom of the authors' ideas and their effectiveness in actual rehearsal situations. This video offers you a valuable opportunity to greatly enhance your understanding and effectiveness with your choirs! (Duration: 1 hour, 18 minutes) 10043357 DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.95 n Where the Boys AreChristine Bass. Here is a video that will give you lots of great ideas for building up the male membership in your choirs. What brings them in the door? What gets them engaged in great singing and what keeps them singing? Practical ideas from a director who has grown her choirs from 11 young men to 100! Christine Bass is a remarkable vocal technician and pedagogue who really knows how to nurture the maturing male voice! 10344551 DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.99 l Work-Life Balance for Music Educators (Real Stories, Real Strategies, Real Solutions)Paul Kimpton & Ann Kaczkowski Kimpton. Music educators are familiar with the teaching difficulties that occur in the music education trenches, but many are not ready to deal with the less-discussed challenges such as how to balance teaching and one's personal life, how to understand interconnections in other areas of a teacher's life, and how to deal with burnout and other stresses. Full of ideas for personal reflection and written in workbook form, this text encourages teachers to reflect upon their own professional journey in order to live a meaningful life, to consider what is truly important, and to set benchmarks for the future. The stories threaded throughout this book will be familiar to all professionals, regardless of their career choice, and will illuminate ways of adapting to a continuously evolving work environment and changing personal relationships. 10639140 Paperback Book. . . . . . . . . . . 24.95 l Working with Young SingersMelissa M. Mills. This important resource is the culmination of a lifelong dream of author Melissa M. Mills to share the wisdom of many of the most influential community children's choir directors in North America. In two volumes, Mills collects and organizes interviews with 23 expert conductors. Through their conversations, Mills gleans wisdom about their training, teaching philosophy, motivations, and practice, and provides a special focus from each conductor on topics ranging from assigning vocal parts and teaching healthy tone production to planning rehearsals and developing independent musicians. Teachers of young singers will find a broad and deep exploration of the issues that conductors must consider, leading to more purposeful instruction and increased effectiveness in the choral setting. Contributors include Betty Bertaux, Emily Ellsworth, Christy Elsner, Janet Galvan, Helen Kemp, Janeal Krehbiel, Henry Leck, Doreen Rao, Barbara M. Tagg, and Anne Tomlinson. 10766378 Paperback Book. . . . . . . . . . . 16.95 Project-based instruction! MUSICIANSHIP: COMPOSING IN CHOIR Jody L. Kerchner & Kathrine Strand. This landmark work edited by Kerchner Strand brings together 18 nationally recognized teachers to offer a pioneering and practical answer to one of the great music education mysteries: how to effectively bring music composition to the choir room at all levels, in alignment with the National Core Arts Standards. Central to this book are engaging project- based activities for individuals, small groups and full ensembles. By promoting comprehensive choral musicianship, teachers will celebrate their students' creativity along with providing exciting new tools for exploring music. Sections include: Principles and Foundations, which provides the rationale and pedagogical principles of including composition in the choral classroom, along with practical examples; Looking in on Composing in Choir, which shares the latest in practice and research with practical ideas for choral programs of all levels; and Composition Projects for Choir, which includes classroom-tested lesson plans with goals and outcomes as well as procedures for composing ostinatos, rounds, partner songs, songs over a bass line, lessons on arranging, leveraging technology, and using composition to teach sight-singing. 10683988 Hardcover Book. . . . . 36.95 Translations and Annotations, Vol. 1 (Latin)—Ron Jeffers. This reference has, in a relatively short time, become a foundational resource for choir directors at all levels of choral activity. Literal translations and poetic paraphrases are offered for more than 115 sacred Latin texts, making each entry appropriate for singers and concert programs as well. Invaluable! 1845197 Paperback Book Latin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42.50 5798822 Hardcover Book Latin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52.50 Translations and Annotations, Vol. 2 (German)—Ron Jeffers. This reference contains more than 165 translations of both sacred and secular German texts from centuries of choral repertoire. Literal and poetic translations are offered for each entry, and the reference includes texts from the cantatas of J.S. Bach as well as many of the great masterworks of Beethoven and Brahms. 5798830 Paperback Book German. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47.50 Translations and Annotations, Vol. 3 (French and Italian)—Various. This is the definitive edition for translations of French and Italian texts used throughout the history of choral music. French translations range from the works of Josquin des Pres and Jan Sweelinck, through Faure, Ravel and Poulenc. Italian entries include those of Gabrieli, Gesualdo, DiLasso, Rossini and a strong representation from Monteverdi. A section devoted to early French Noels is particularly noteworthy. 10040397 Paperback Book French/Italian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44.50 Translations and Annotations, Vol. 4 (Hebrew)—Various. This comprehensive volume is the new definitive source for Hebrew texts, with chapters covering Singing in Hebrew; Bloch's "Avodath Hakodesh:" and Selected Texts, Translations and Pronunciation Guides, plus nine appendices which address every aspect of Hebrew singing from composers and choral repertoire to phonetics and transliteration, including a complete listing of texts and translations. 10075758 Hardcover Book Hebrew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52.50 TRANSLATIONS and ANNOTATIONS of CHORAL REPERTOIRE The Translations and Annotations of Choral Repertoire series has become the definitive resource for choir directors at all levels of education. A must have for your reference library.