Voice Building for Choirs
Title | Voice Building for Choirs PDF eBook |
Author | Wilhelm Ehmann |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 164 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN |
Building Choral Excellence
Title | Building Choral Excellence PDF eBook |
Author | Steven M. Demorest |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 190 |
Release | 2003-04-10 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 0199883130 |
Designed for both the practicing choral director and the choral methods student, this is a compact and comprehensive overview of the many teaching methods, strategies, materials, and assessments available for choral sight-singing instruction. Sight-singing is an important, if sometimes neglected, facet of choral music education that often inspires fear and uncertainty in student and teacher alike. Written in an accessible style, this book takes the mystery out of teaching music reading. Topics covered include the history of sight-singing pedagogy and research, prominent methods and materials, and practical strategies for teaching and assessment. This is the only book to provide such a wealth of information under one cover and will become an essential part of every choral conductor's library.
Warm-ups for Changing Voices
Title | Warm-ups for Changing Voices PDF eBook |
Author | Dan Andersen |
Publisher | Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Choral singing |
ISBN | 9781495087981 |
As any middle school choir director knows, change is the name of the game! A changing voice is just one of countless physiological and emotional changes that middle school students experience. Knowing the general limits of male and female changing voices, as well as the specific capabilities of your students, are two keys to building healthy -- and happy! -- middle school singers. This book is an accessible, must-read resource for any middle-school choir director looking to foster stronger, more capable musicians, and offers 25 warm-up exercises along with customized grade-specific tips for using them along with free access to accompanying audio recordings--Publisher's description.
Building Beautiful Voices
Title | Building Beautiful Voices PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Nesheim |
Publisher | Lorenz Corporation |
Total Pages | 207 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780893281380 |
Text for college classrooms, private voice studios and those who are currently in the choral classroom. A concise, yet comprehensive study of vocal technique along with an extensive collection of related vocalises. The vocalises are presented in a manner that is "user-friendly," complete with accompaniments and numerous transpositions. This book contains more than 60 different exercises each designed to address specific vocal concepts. Whether you are a student of choral/vocal pedagogy, a beginning director or a veteran of many years in the classroom in need of new and fresh warm-ups to begin your daily rehearsals, this is the text that you have been waiting for. There is an accompanying student book so that every student can see the exercises, making introduction of new material much easier and more efficient.
Voice Building for Choirs
Title | Voice Building for Choirs PDF eBook |
Author | William David Taylor (III.) |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 52 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Choral conducting |
ISBN |
Vocal Technique
Title | Vocal Technique PDF eBook |
Author | Julia Davids |
Publisher | Waveland Press |
Total Pages | 307 |
Release | 2012-03-13 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1478608455 |
Vocal Technique: A Guide for Conductors, Teachers, and Singers is the first book to connect the disciplines of vocal pedagogy, vocal science, and choral technique. It fills a need for accurate, well-researched, and easy-to-read information on how to teach and learn singing in both solo and choral contexts. This concise yet comprehensive guidebook offers numerous, practical voice-building and problem-solving suggestions and exercises, as well as clear photographs and elegant illustrations. The authors thoroughly address important topics such as breathing, onset, resonance, vowel modification, vibrato, register transitions, range extension, intonation, changing voices (both adolescent and aging), and vocal health. They integrate the perspectives of renowned artists, choral professionals, vocal pedagogues, and the latest in vocal science. This is a must-have for conductors, voice teachers, and music educators, and will benefit solo and choral singers of all ages and abilities.
Group Vocal Technique
Title | Group Vocal Technique PDF eBook |
Author | Frauke Haasemann |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 224 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN |
Demonstrates methods of teaching group vocal techniques.