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Designed for older students who have no previous experience reading music, this primer will help prepare and give a solid foundation to build upon for a student in any music course - band, chorus,

This handy guidebook is an easy reference for the symbols used in IPA: what they look like and how they are pronounced. Example words for every symbol are

Need to adapt an SATB work for your small SAB choir? Have sopranos who can’t sing divisi, but know a great trumpet player who is happy to help out? Need to simplify a viola part for a beginner? In

An ideal resource for choral directors, teachers-in-training, singers, and choral enthusiasts, this practical volume explores the challenges and rewards of working with evolving adolescent through adult

Choral directors are frequently called upon to conduct various instrumental ensembles, from a few accompanying instruments to a full orchestra. This very practical and straightforward book provides insights

This fun, pocket-sized book is full of tips, inspiration, and humor! The alternate titles for the book will have you in stitches, and the student comments are both heartwarming and hilarious! Compiled over

What do coaches, master teachers, and educational psychologists have to teach us about conducting? As it turns out, quite a bit! In this concise yet insightful volume, Richard Sparks draws from years

The music business has taken Mark Cabaniss on adventures far from his native state of North Carolina…from Nashville to Broadway to Holly­wood and back. In celebration of his 25th year in the

This text book for singers is a comprehensive guide to the pronunciation of Italian, French, Ecclesiastical Latin and German, in an approach developed for diction classes.  It is thorough, scholarly,

Let an internationally respected choral clinician take you beyond the analytical study of anthems. Using his innovative concept of unique musical focuses, Michael Kemp lays out a sequential set of

This groundbreaking study of slavery and spirituals is the first to place the unique voices of an enslaved people squarely within the context of their daily lives. A succinct history is woven into an

Innovation in the Ensemble Arts caps a trilogy of volumes that delves into the building blocks necessary for a vibrant, growing music organization. The other two volumes are Mentoring in the

Helmuth Rilling has performed Brahms' German Requiem many times as a conductor. In this book, he draws on his intimate knowledge of the score, examining the question of what Brahms wanted to

This resource 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

This series of interviews with preeminent composer, conductor, and teacher Alice Parker offers a fuller and more intimate view of her life and music than ever before. The conversations documented in

This book on Handel's "Messiah" reflects Helmuth Rilling's remarkable skills, both as a conductor and as an educator. It is literally a "study guide" for conductors and ... view details

In thirteen easily digestible chapters, this helpful resource highlights the most useful and practical music theory topics that educators, conductors, composers, and performers actually encounter in their

The Musician's Soul starts all musicians on a journey to the higher plane of artistic self-expression and soulful spirituality. Words of wisdom are based on Jordan's own journey as a conductor, yet