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Many can attest to the importance of the self-growth that occurs for young people through the arts and their accompanying communities of support, understanding, and caring. Yet even professionals who work

Drawing from a range of scientific studies to suggest and encourage effective, evidence-based techniques, this book can help to reset and inspire new approaches toward teaching. Each chapter outlines

This is a comprehensive guide to forming, expanding, and empowering choirs in school, church, or community. Topics include: boards of directors; finances; rehearsals; touring; commissioning new works;

Choral Artistry provides a practical and organic approach to teaching choral singing and sight-reading. The text is grounded in current research from the fields of choral pedagogy, music theory,

First volume to critically engage with major choral masterpieces and their musical forms, structures and performance practices. Combines histories, analyses, and performance practices to provide

• A standard text in choral repertoire, bringing together information from a wide range of sources
• Serves a variety of functions: textbook, programming guide, reference tool, and... view details

This is an anthology of music exemplifying distinctive choral repertoire by the most noteworthy composers throughout the history of Western music.  Included are 132 compositions by 124 different

• Provides an understanding of the connectivity between performance, repertoire, music theory, sight-reading, improvisation, and musicological knowledge
• Uses a Performance to Notation model... view details

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These standard sight-singing books have been favorites with choral directors and classroom teachers since their first publication in 1933. Each volume is a collection of folk tunes from around the world,

This book presents a comprehensive view of children's musical artistry and how to develop it in both the music classroom and children's chorus. Author Mary Ellen Pinzino presents the musical mind as the

Now in its second edition, A Handbook of Diction for Singers is a complete guide to achieving professional levels of diction in Italian, German, and French, the three major languages of the classical vocal

Comprehensive history of western choral music from Romanticism through the avant-garde of the late twentieth century. Unique in its detailed analysis and breadth of Western choral music and key composers.

This anthology explores the various genres, key composers, and influential works essential to the development of the western choral tradition.  Chester L. Alwes divides this exploration into two

This comprehensive book cultivates an active, multisensory learning experience in which students learn collaboratively and by discovery, while encouraging students to improvise and express nuance in forming

Offering practical suggestions for helping both teachers and students think about the world around them, this book seeks to help implement social justice practices in music classes and ensembles at the

Novice music teachers and music education students struggle to form an identity that synthesizes "musician" with "music teacher," and to separate themselves from their prior experiences to think critically

As chapters in this book demonstrate, choral pedagogy encompasses everything from conductors' gestures to the administrative management of the choir. The contributors to The Oxford Handbook of Choral

Community music as a field of practice, pedagogy, and research has come of age. The past decade has witnessed an exponential growth in practices, courses, programs, and research in communities and

This comprehensive resource provides an overview and scholarly analyses of the major themes and issues relating to social justice in musical and educational practice worldwide. Consisting of 42 chapters by