Getting Started with Middle School Chorus

Getting Started with Middle School Chorus

Author: Patrick K. Freer

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2023-09-08

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 1475855753

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Getting Started with Middle School Chorus is designed for choral music educators getting started in a new position, as well as experienced educators wanting to keep up with current developments in choral music education. This third edition is thoroughly grounded in the latest research and incorporates new information about working with changing adolescent voices, designing optimal rehearsals for middle school students, managing growing choral programs, and helping youngsters gain the musical skills they will need for a lifetime of making music. For new educators, this book features strategies for building confidence in taking on the responsibilities associated with teaching middle school chorus.


Warm-ups for Changing Voices

Warm-ups for Changing Voices

Author: Dan Andersen

Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781495087981

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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.


Choir Karate

Choir Karate

Author: Lisa Owens

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2015-01-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781507622469

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As choir directors, we are constantly challenged to find ways to balance fun with music performance and theory. We want our students to be successful and enjoy their musical experience with us. Assessment is an essential part of what we do. We need to be able to see what our students really understand and we don't want to leave anything out. What if your students were so excited to show you what they know that they came to you and asked for tests? I created this program for my students because they used to get nervous when it was time to test. Sight-reading tests were particularly stressful. I was in Karate at the time, and I noticed how the karate students were always excited to test. The tests were short, and there was a reward for success. I decided to start making a game out of testing for my choir students. Now, my students ask me for tests! They are going online and looking at the concepts before I teach them in class, and they are having fun learning. They are excited to show me what they can do and their musicianship has reached a new level! My students are taking ownership of their progress and becoming independent musicians. How the program works... The concepts for Middle School Singers are divided into seven sections, with levels for first through third year middle school singers. The tests get more challenging as the students progress through the program. The Yellow Belt level is designed for quick success, and the higher Belt Levels are designed to be completed within a six-week time period. The program contains a study guide for each level, as well as a student tracking form for each year in choir, written theory tests, and oral sight-reading and rhythm-reading tests. There are printable certificates at the end of the book for each level, and a printable reward pass (but you can always make your own reward system). With my students, I also create a sticker chart so that my singers can view their successes and get a visual idea of what they still need to accomplish. I can also look at the chart to see what individual classes need at a glance when I am planning for the next week. This program would be a great tool for district alignment and common assessments. You can rest assured that you are covering concepts that your students need to know before they move on to high school.


Choral Music

Choral Music

Author: James Michael Floyd

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-05-23

Total Pages: 600

ISBN-13: 0429012632

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Choral Music: A Research and Information Guide, Third Edition, offers a comprehensive guide to the literature on choral music in the Western tradition. Clearly annotated bibliographic entries guide readers to resources on key topics within choral music, individual choral composers, regional and sacred choral traditions, choral techniques, choral music education, genre studies, and more, providing an essential reference for researchers and practitioners. Covering monographs, bibliographies, selected dissertations, reference works, journals, electronic databases, and websites, this research guide makes it easy to locate relevant sources. Comprehensive indices of authors, titles, and subjects keep the volume user-friendly. The new edition has been brought up to date with entries encompassing the latest scholarship, and updated references and annotations throughout, capturing the continued growth of literature on choral music since the publication of the second edition.


Pop Warm-ups & Work-outs for Choir

Pop Warm-ups & Work-outs for Choir

Author: Roger Emerson

Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation

Published: 2011-06

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 9781458400826

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(Methodology Chorals). Following the success of Pop Warm-ups & Work-outs for Guys collection, Roger Emerson has created this series of warm-ups for all choirs that use classic rock and pop melodies to build vocal skills while having fun! Each of the ten warm-ups provide a focus objective, suggested learning outcomes and related choral literature for younger and developing ensembles. Warm-ups may be used with changed or unchanged voices. Concepts covered include: vowel shapes, resonance, breath control, head voice and falsetto, articulation and diction and much more! Warm-ups are based on these pop classics: At the Hop, Do-Re-Mi, Don't Stop Believin', Good Vibrations, Hound Dog, Lean on Me, The Longest Time, Spinning Wheel, Thriller, Witch Doctor.


Inside the Elementary School Chorus: Instructional Techniques for the Non-Select Children's Chorus

Inside the Elementary School Chorus: Instructional Techniques for the Non-Select Children's Chorus

Author: Patricia Bourne

Publisher: Heritage Music Press

Published: 2009-09-01

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9781429100106

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Designed specifically for the music educator working with non-auditioned childrens choruses, Patricia Bournes Inside the Elementary School Chorus addresses everything from recruiting to getting kids excited about singing, from warm ups to programming, and from working with parents to budgets. In addition to helpful how-tos, this outstanding resource illustrates how childrens choirs can become environments where participants learn a strong sense of community alongside high levels of musicianship. As an added feature, the book includes a DVD that provides sight and sound to the strategies shared in narrative. Organized to follow the book, its sections include: The general music classroom as a venue for vocal instruction; Rehearsal strategies for the public school elementary chorus; and Performancesbefore, during, and after. Dont miss this resource filled with down-to-earth approaches and inspiring ideas.


Crowd Control

Crowd Control

Author: Susan L. Haugland

Publisher: R&L Education

Published: 2013-02-01

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 1475803648

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Crowd Control 2nd edition is a nuts-and-bolts manual for teachers of middle and high school performance-based classes such as band, orchestra, and chorus. This practical 'how-to' guide shows teachers, pre-service or experienced, efficient ways to manage large performance-based classrooms. With wit and sage tried-and-true advice, Haugland provides a complete behavior plan as well as concrete ideas for addressing the National Standards, Common Core, assessment, advocacy, and ensemble team building, along with ways to form a professional network. Accessible and indispensable, Crowd Control will become a vital resource in every music teacher's library.


Growing Musicians

Growing Musicians

Author: Bridget Sweet

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 0199372071

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Growing Musicians: Teaching Music in Middle School and Beyond focuses on teaching adolescents within the context of a music classroom. It considers the impact of music education on adolescents as they transition from child to adult as well as encourages music educators to mindfully examine their own teaching practice.


The Oxford Handbook of Choral Pedagogy

The Oxford Handbook of Choral Pedagogy

Author: Frank Abrahams

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 569

ISBN-13: 0199373361

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Where, in the digitizing world, is the field of choral pedagogy moving? Editors Frank Abrahams and Paul D. Head, both experienced choral conductors and teachers, offer here a comprehensive handbook of newly-commissioned chapters that provide key scholarly-critical perspectives on teaching and learning in the field of choral music, written by academic scholars and researchers in tandem with active choral conductors.