Evoking Sound: The Choral Rehearsal

For the first time in a single volume, this book provides choral directors with a comprehensive guide to score analytical techniques used by the world's leading choral conductors and innovators. Topics covered include: Score analysis by Julius Herford; Score study through colorization by Margaret Hillis; Vocal technique analysis system of Frauke Haasemann; Score analysis based upon the note-grouping theories of Marcel Tabiteau as espoused by James Thurmond; Analysis and guide to Renaissance metric flexibility; Laban Movement score analysis; Choosing literature for your choir; A voice teacher's advice to choral directors concerning their rehearsal process. This text is a groundbreaking resource for choral conductors at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.