Aligning Voices

This resource is a must-have for all choral directors looking to make the most of their warm-up time. This book of versatile, pedagogically based choral warm-ups helps directors take full advantage of this important time in every rehearsal, providing tools for assessment, musicianship, and ensemble unity at the same time singers are warming up their voices. The exercises in Aligning Voices are organized into nine chapters, each focusing on a different area of choral technique: Rhythm, Brilliance, Intonation, Balance, Dynamics, Consonants, Beginning Consonants, Vowels, and Diphthongs and Ending Consonants. Each warm-up contains two or more parts, allowing the director to work toward improving choral sound in a texture similar to that of the repertoire. Each exercise is presented in three voicings - SATB, SSAA, and TTBB - and sequentially organizes them by difficulty level. In addition, each section begins by defining the objective for each exercise and offering practical solutions for many of the common challenges choirs face in each area. The companion student edition contains only the music notation for each exercise.