J.W. Pepper Catalogs

Concert & Festival MORE! SEE New and Best-Selling Books for the Choral Director 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 Creating Artistry Through Movement and the Maturing Male Voice—Henry Leck & Randy Stenson. Here is an amazing choral resource that demonstrates how movement while singing helps to harness the natural kinesthetic learning processes in males. Featuring the acclaimed St. Mary's International School Varsity Ensemble, conducted by Randy Stenson, the DVD includes warm-ups and exercises to improve tone, intonation, phrasing, articulation, special vocal effects, head voice and vocal agility. Through these exercises, the singer develops his own individualized shaping gesture, which leads to improved musicality during rehearsal, versatility and expressiveness. The companion book includes the notated exercises, additional instructional material, suggested seating charts, learning strategies and much more. 10304434 Book & DVD............... 39.99 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 The Joy of Part Singing (A Resource for Directors of Young Choirs)— Mark Patterson. "The Joy of Part Singing" is a resource that will help children's choirs experience greater success in part-singing through short, accessible warm-ups, vocal exercises, rhythm chants, echo songs, mini-descants, and rounds. While some of these exercises are for rehearsal only, others may be shared in worship or in concert settings. Everything presented in the book was born out of the author's own needs as a conductor of children's choirs. Even if your choir is currently working towards solidifying a beautiful, unison sound, these activities will help singers build the foundation for singing in multiple parts in the future. 10339191 Paperback Book ........... 12.95 Music Curriculum Writing 101 (Assistance with Standards-Based Music Curriculum and Assessment Writing)— Denese Odegaard. Help music students learn more in less time, reach higher goals, and become active participants in their education. An extremely timely and beneficial text for band, choir, orchestra and general music that provides the steps needed to create an effective music education curriculum for you, your school, and your district. A sequenced music curriculum gives direction to your teaching, builds cohesion among your colleagues, engages students and parents in goals you set, and builds awareness and support from your school's administrators. Contents include: overview of the national and state music standards; aligning district standards to the national or state standards; suggested activities for each national standard; designing an organized curriculum of lesson plans; assessments; organizing assessment documentation; student involvement; curriculum sample with resources and websites. A must for all music educators! 10075115 Book..................... 35.95 Scale Your Way to Music Assessment (The Ultimate Guide to Creating a Quality Music Program)—Paul Kimpton & Delwyn Harnisch. "Scale Your Way to Music Assessment" is a hands-on, step-by-step action plan for using assessment to improve your teaching and your students' performances. Designed for instrumental, choral and general music programs in grades K-12, it describes in detail how to teach students to become accurate and consistent assessors of musical performance as they learn how to set goals for practicing and improving group performance. Published with a sturdy spiral binding, this useful book is well-organized in ten chapters, covering a wide range of topics: defining musical skills, collecting data, test writing, assessment software, state and national standards, school district goals, and more. Also included are six extensive appendices with actual written and listening tests, outlines of a four-year testing program for band, choir and orchestra, a listing of websites and email addresses, and a glossary of terms. The accompanying CD-ROM includes sample data, tests, music examples and reference material. Everything you need to develop a quality music assessment program is right here in this exceptional resource! 10062956 Book & CD-ROM........... 39.95 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 Paperback Book ........... 45.95 10274685 2-CD SET................. 25.95 IPAlphabet (The Vocal Music Resource for Pronunciation)—Cristian Grases. The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is the standard source for phonetic notation. This resource provides an easy-to-use format for understanding pronunciation for each letter of the alphabet, in any placement within a word, in Spanish, Italian, Latin, French and German. Spiral bound. 10275669 Book..................... 16.95 8 Go to cart 4Editors' Choice lNew Publications 2012 HPepper Basic Library uA Cappella eAvailable e-Print All Prices in U.S. Dollars & Subject To Publisher Revision

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