Books and DVDs for the Choral Director

This primer for all musicians provides a reliable base for a lifetime of playing and singing. The principles in these pages are the elemental foundation of music education and will protect a musician from

Education in all disciplines is changing. Teachers, including music educators, now need to be aware of a wide range of issues, including social justice, cultural responsiveness, integrating technology,

The environment, resources, and expectations of teaching music in charter schools can often differ from traditional public schools, but the teacher's mission remains the same: to provide quality music

Before music teachers can effectively implement Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) with students in the classroom, they must develop their own SEL skills and tend to their personal well-being. This practical

Whether you’re a fresh teacher finding your rhythm or a veteran educator getting ready for the next gig, Note to Self is your guide to navigating the transition to your new music

Today's choral leaders wear many hats: fundraising director, development associate, communications manager, marketing designer, volunteer coordinator - the list goes well beyond directing beautiful choral

How can we engage with diverse populations, repertoire, and identities while upholding integrity and achieving equity? What are cultural appropriation, othering, tokenizing, and essentializing? How can we

Now available in an updated second edition with new content, this important resource prompts us to ask deeper questions about the language we use, about systems of power, about our heritage and inheritance.

Written by a career vocalist, this valuable blueprint provides aspiring singers with professional insight and practical steps for building a top-notch, profitable singing career. Enlightening anecdotes,

Looking for a flexible resource that is both reproducible and available digitally? This guide for learning to read rhythms is really two books in one. First, it is a graduated, sequential set of lessons and

Born out of the Eighth International Symposium on Assessment in Music Education, a 2021 symposium that brought together participants from 17 nations across six continents and 29 U.S. states to learn of each

Emily Crocker writes: "Forty years ago, most vocal methods were aimed at high school students and up. Dan Andersen's materials and methods remedy this situation and offer an excellent curriculum for the

Explore the art of gesture and how it shapes the music you get from your singers. Is it always necessary to beat the time? What should I do with my other hand? Are there strategies for connecting with

A cappella teacher, performer, and producer Rob Dietz expertly describes the nuts and bolts as well as the artistry of creating contemporary a cappella music. He is the perfect person to write this text,

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

An outstanding collection of choral warmups that will not only improve an ensemble's pitch, rhythm, and tone, they are designed to lift up spirits, minds, and voices. These warm-ups teach foundational

Very few music teachers are prepared to address the needs of the rapidly growing population of English Language Learners (ELLs). Whether you have just one ELL in your classroom or 50, this book provides

Written by noted scholar and conductor Dennis Shrock, this is a presentation of composers throughout history who represent the broad and diverse canon of choral music. It includes twenty women composers and

Drawn from the authors' combined 80 years of experience in higher education and their mentorship of young colleagues, this book is a comprehensive guide to thriving as an applied studio faculty member at

Drawing from his five decades of success as a conductor and educator in the choral field, Will Kesling has compiled a comprehensive choral methods resource that addresses every necessary fundamental for

Inspiration, ideas, and insights for conductors and teachers at any stage: the goal is to provide a platform for a new and more representative cross-section of American choral conductor-teachers to share

In this collection of in-depth interviews, 15 highly respected choral conductors from around the world answer a series of fundamental questions about how they shaped their achievements: How do they balance

Conductor, chorus director, airplane pilot, and educator Margaret Hillis blazed a trail upon which many continue to tread. The first woman to regularly conduct a major symphony orchestra, she was the

Just as a conductor's preparatory "upbeat" gesture at the beginning of a performance influences the way an ensemble performs, we too get to choose our "upbeat" - our thoughts and attitudes - at the start of