The Cambridge Companion to Choral Music


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Bringing together perspectives on history, global activity and professional development, this Companion provides a unique overview of choral music.




Master Chorus Book


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This book includes 250 favorite choruses. Arrangements are in four-part hymnal style with chord symbols; alphabetical and topical indexes are provided.




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


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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.




The Chorus Choir


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Focus: Choral Music in Global Perspective


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Focus: Choral Music in Global Perspective introduces the little-known traditions and repertoires of the world’s choral diversity, from prison choirs in Thailand and gay and lesbian choruses of the Western world to community choruses in the Middle East and youth choirs in the United States. The book weaves together the stories of diverse individuals and organizations, examining their music and pedagogical practices while presenting the author’s research on how choral cultures around the world interact with societies and transform the lives of their members. Through an engaging series of portraits that pushes beyond the scope of extant texts and studies, the author explores the dynamic realm of world choral activity and repertoire. These personal portraits of musical communities are enriched by sample repertoire lists, performance details, and research findings that reposition a once Western phenomenon as a global concept. Focus: Choral Music in Global Perspective is an accessible, engaging, and provocative study of one of the world’s most ubiquitous and socially significant forms of music-making.




The Chorus Fun Book


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A great book for the elementary choral student which includes vocal exercises, solfege syllables and hand signs plus lots of songs children love to sing - all in a kid friendly format with oversized notes and fun graphics.




The Chorus Book


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Finally, under one cover, the very best of traditional choruses together with the very best of contemporary worship songs in a words-only edition!




Horace and Morris Join the Chorus (but what about Dolores?)


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Horace and Morris, but mostly Dolores, are back again for another uproarious adventure. When the three best friends decide to try out for the school chorus together, they're shocked when Dolores (who can only sing notes that no one has ever heard before) is the only one who doesn't make the cut. After all, they've always done everything together. Once Horace and Morris start chorus practice, they're so busy that they don't have time to go exploring or climb trees with Dolores anymore. Feeling left out and alone, Dolores decides to take matters into her own hands. But can she prove to Moustro Provolone that there's a place for every kind of voice in the chorus?




Teaching the Elementary School Chorus


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Grade level: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, k, e, p, i, t.




Before the Singing


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Written for the collaborative community that supports children's choirs in school, church, and community contexts, Before the Singing is appropriate for artistic directors, conductors, music educators, board members, volunteers, administrators, staff, and university students studying music education or nonprofit arts management.