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Align music instruction with state and national standards and remain focused on active music making using this resource as your guide. This second edition includes new and updated chapters by a team with experience teaching music at all educational levels: Pre-K, K–12, higher education and beyond. Part I defines the field of curriculum and assessment in music. Part II connects various approaches to music teaching – Orff, Kodaly, Dalcroze, Suzuki, and Gordon's Music Learning Theory – in the areas of movement, rhythm, singing, creative music making, expression, literacy, and listening. Part III guides the reader through various approaches to designing curricula, including Understanding by Design, Universal Design for Learning, and the National Standards. Part IV addresses curriculum and assessment in early childhood, secondary students, popular music, adult music learning, English language learners, learners with disabilities, preparation for adjudicated events, preservice education, and in-service education. Finally, Part V looks to the future, addressing the role of technology and the challenges to musicianship-focused curriculum and assessment. Polish your curriculum and reach your assessment goals with this helpful guide.

Musicianship-Focused Curriculum and Assessment

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Hal Leonard Corporation

One of America's best-loved musical personalities shares his passion, humor, and insights, helping to revitalize and reenergize teachers! This includes 366 short essays - one for each day of the year, including leap day - to help educators rediscover the energy and creativity that brought them to teaching in the first place, and inspire the artist within! Through the readings in this beautifully designed daily companion, a teacher will reawaken to the connection between one's personal art and the art of teaching, tapping the restorative power of creativity in nourishing the soul.

The Artist Within Me

From rehearsal procedures to reading music, new singers have a lot to learn when they join a choir. This practical and compact guide written by experienced choral conductors covers all the basics. Topics include an overview of common rehearsal equipment; how to read pitches, rhythms, and expressive markings; how to mark the score; proper body alignment and breathing technique; good vowel production; what to expect in rehearsals and concerts; how to audition for choirs and solos and more. Written in an easy-to-read style with bite-sized chapters, this guide is perfect for novice singers in many settings from middle and high school choirs to community and church ensembles. Keep this resource in your singers' choral folders to jumpstart their understanding of key concepts and the choral process.

A Quick-Start Guide to Choral Singing

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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 and advice to those who haven't studied instrumental conducting, who may be new to conducting instrumentalists, or those who are looking to hone or enhance their skills. Throughout this book, Michael Kemp explains the most beneficial ways for a choral conductor to hire, work with, and lead instrumentalists. The different approach needed to guide instrumental ensembles of varying skill levels is presented clearly and effectively.

A Choral Director's Guide to Instrumental Conducting

Spiral-Bound Book

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 ten composers of color, many of whom have been previously underrepresented in studies and in performances. Each chapter presents overviews of the composer's life and choral output; information and analysis of selected compositions, including complete texts and literal translations not found elsewhere; and guidelines that address related and important aspects of performance. Rounding out his approach, Shrock also explores the lesser-known works of familiar composers such as Palestrina and Brahms. The repertoire also represents a diversity of musical periods, styles, and genres. With its broad scope and scholarly authority, this is the ideal resource for conductors at all levels looking to diversify their concert programming in a practical and historically informed way.

Choral Diversity

Alfred Music Publishing

The Copyright Handbook for Music Educators and Directors provides a concise overview of the key aspects of copyright law that affect music educators and directors in the United States. Designed to provide answers to the most common questions raised by educators and directors, this resource makes it easy to find specific answers and is arranged in a user-friendly question-and-answer format. For ease of use, a thorough glossary of terms and an extensive index are included. Not meant to replace legal counsel, the Copyright Handbook is a starting point for music educators and directors with questions concerning copyright. Topics: how to determine if a work is protected by copyright; the use of print music and lyrics; the use of audio; the use of video; digital products and the internet; performance rights; and composing and arranging.

Copyright Handbook for Music Educators and Directors

The collective wisdom shared by eleven outstanding band, choir, and orchestra instructors guides both aspiring and veteran music teachers through the challenges and joys of creating a culture of excellence in their music programs. Drawing from decades of experience, this passionate team of educators shares five key tenets for musical leadership: foster a growth mindset; develop strong character; build trust through connections; sustain motivation; and provide constructive feedback. Chock-full of practical insights and actionable strategies, this resource empowers music educators to cultivate excellence in both culture and musical performance, profoundly transforming the lives of students.

Crafting Culture

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This book is the companion resource to Boosters to the Rescue! which provides ready-to-use Word, Excel, and PDF files to help booster clubs set and achieve a long-term vision for their organization. Strategic Plans includes project planning guides for three diverse sizes of booster clubs: Developing, Growing, and Maximizing. Strategic Plans offers a wealth of ideas, forms, organizational charts, and branding tools in four concise sections. Ready, Set, and Go! introduces the strategic planning process and explains how to start. Rally the Troops provides practical advice on how to organize, manage, and empower people. Roll It Out creates a business plan blueprint and a project planning guide, and Rock It Out includes ways to build effective teams. An invaluable resource for every music leader who wants to create a community of support around the important task of educating young musicians.

Strategic Plans for a Successful Booster Club

The iTheatrics Method is the first textbook specifically devoted to building high-quality and sustainable musical theatre programs in schools and community settings. This book is the culmination of more than 20 years of hands-on training conducted by master educators and vetted by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Changing Education Through the Arts (CETA) initiative. Written in an entertaining, conversational style, this book also includes the advice of more than 100 instructors currently working in the field. It is the quintessential guide and resource for creating quality musical theatre programs for students of all ages.

The iTheatrics Method

Neil A. Kjos Music Company

This book is the ideal way to teach music theory without spending valuable rehearsal time! There are 107 days' worth of lessons and quizzes designed specifically for the choral classroom. As your students learn, they will develop musical independence and rely less and less on rote learning. The student edition doubles as both a textbook and a workbook in which students are presented with information that is then reinforced through exercises on the same page. Quiz reviews are included for each unit, as well as a thorough review for the final exam. The teacher's Test Bank includes quiz and final exam reviews and answer keys, with copying permission to allow one Test Bank to fill the testing needs for your entire class.

One-Minute Theory #1

Lisa Owens

As choir directors, we are constantly challenged to find ways to balance fun with music performance and theory. Assessment is an essential part of what we do. This program was created for students who used to get nervous when it was time to do testing, particularly sight-reading tests. Based on principles from learning karate, this program makes a game out of testing, utilizing short tests with immediate rewards that lead students to take ownership of their own progress toward becoming independent musicians. The concepts for middle school singers are divided into seven sections with progressively more challenging material at different "belt" levels. The program contains a study guide for each level as well as a student tracking form for each year in choir, written theory tests, and oral sight-reading and rhythm-reading tests. There are printable certificates and reward passes for completing the various levels. A great tool for district alignment and common assessments before students move on to their high school choral programs!

Choir Karate

Schott Music Distribution

Every good rehearsal and successful concert begins with a warm-up. For this, you need motivation, variety, methods, and imagination - that's where this book comes in. Warm Up the Choir offers 22 complete warm-up routines in increasing difficulty. For choirs of all ages and level, this book has physical, breathing, and singing exercises suitable for everyone.

Warm Up the Choir

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This book is one of the most comprehensive resources ever published for middle school choir directors - written, researched, and compiled by conductors and educators with a wealth of teaching experience. It is ideal for anyone who seeks a deeper understanding of the best choral literature for middle school singers and who wishes to learn from some of the seminal voices in the profession. In Part I, Sherri Porterfield discusses the role of assessment in middle school artistry; Judy Bowers outlines a hierarchy for independent part singing; Patrick Liebergen and Paul D. Head discuss selecting and preparing quality repertoire; James Jordan encourages the inner journey of a young singer; and Frank Abrahams introduces comprehensive musicianship through the lens of critical pedagogy and reciprocal teaching. Part II includes teacher resource guides for 80 works considered by these experts to be the best available for middle school choirs of all ability levels. Each teacher resource guide includes information about the composer or arranger, the composition, historical perspectives, technical and stylistic considerations, musical elements, form and structure analysis, and text guidelines. Each guide also contains valuable suggestions for rehearsing the music with middle school students. Resource recordings of many of the works are available on the companion CD (Set 1). The long-awaited second set of middle school choir recordings feature unison and canons, SA, SSA, SAA, TB, TTB and TTBB repertoire from the series. Of special interest are seven tracks featuring middle school choirs. These are beautiful recordings of some of the great repertoire in print for the middle school level that serve as excellent models of what great singing can be at this level.

Teaching Music Through Performance in Middle School Choir

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The adolescent years can be a challenge for any choir director - to say the least! But now, Roger Emerson has written a book forged by years of teaching at this level and by years of successful composing, guest conducting and leading workshops throughout the world. With  topics ranging from recruiting to discipline and from the adolescent voice to administrators and budgets, this text is an absolute must for either the novice or the seasoned veteran who teaches and loves middle school singers.

Sing 6-7-8

As any middle school choir director knows, change is the name of the game! A changing voice is just one of countless physiological and emotional changes that middle school students experience. Knowing the general limits of male and female changing voices, as well as the specific capabilities of your students, are two keys to building healthy and happy middle school singers. This book is an accessible must-read resource for any middle school choir director looking to foster stronger, more capable musicians. It offers 25 warm-up exercises along with customized grade-specific tips for using them, along with free access to accompanying audio recordings.

Warm-Ups for Changing Voices

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Reproducible

Even on non-rehearsal days, time is too precious not to fill these class periods with meaningful learning! Whether it's the day after a concert, the last week of the school year, a virtual day, or a day with many absences, this creative assortment of activities, projects, and games is designed to build student musicianship and social-emotional skills. Includes 25 activities as well as a downloadable PDF that makes the worksheets easy to reproduce and the directions easy to project. Craft a rich and resonant choral experience even when you can't rehearse!

Choir-tivities

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Habits of a Successful Choral Musician is a field-tested, vital, and - most importantly - musically artistic collection of more than 200 sequenced exercises for building fundamentals and artistry. It answers the question for choristers: "What should I be learning during fundamentals time?" Perfect for use by an entire choir or by a vocal soloist, this book contains carefully sequenced warm-ups, vocalises, chorales, rhythm work, tonal patterns, sight-singing etudes, and much more. In one place, this book presents everything an aspiring singer needs to build fundamental musicianship skills and then be able to transfer those skills directly into the performance of great literature. The Successful Habits series has brought into focus the practical fundamentals of exemplary musicianship for music directors, and now it does the same for individual singers.

Habits of a Successful Choral Musician

Paperback Book Student Edition

Berklee Press

This essential method features rigorous, hands-on, ears-on practice exercises that help students explore the inner workings of music, presenting notes, scales, and rhythms as they are heard in pop, jazz, and blues. Students learn and build upon the basic concepts of music theory with written exercises, listening examples, and ear-training exercises. The online audio examples will reinforce lessons as students begin to build a solid musical foundation. Now available with an answer key.

Berklee Music Theory - Book 1

Picking up where Book 2 left off, Book 3 advances students' knowledge by introducing and applying diminished and augmented intervals and triads; natural, harmonic, and melodic minor scales; triads in root position, first inversion, and second inversion; triplets; and additional vocabulary. Develop your students' musicianship without encroaching on valuable rehearsal time through this comprehensive and accessible theory component. Vital to any music program!

One-Minute Theory #3

Pavane Publishing

The third book on vocal training in the Cantabile series by Dr. Rundus, this one is tailored specifically for the choral director. The first book, Cantabile, is a graduate-level text that has become enormously popular throughout the U.S. and abroad for voice teachers, professors and choral directors. Her second book, Cantabile Voice Class, is aimed at the undergraduate student. This important third book provides a systematic approach to teach lyrical singing and tone broken down into 10-12 minute lessons intended to be incorporated into your choral rehearsal. An exceptional resource!

Choral Cantabile

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