Choral Director's Rehearsal and Performance Guide: A Comprehensive Sourcebook for both new and experienced directors

By Lewis Gordon

Here is a comprehensive sourcebook for both new & experienced directors.This book contains tested suggestions & solutions to help establish & develop a quality choral music program in any school,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0131333984
• ISBN13: 9780131333987
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Parker Publishing Company
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.8" x 7.5"

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Everything you need to know to direct a choir

From Front Jacket: "This comprehensive Guide provides you with all the practical suggestions, strategies and proven techniques you need to establish a quality choral program... It covers the entire range of a choral director's responsibilities, form picking singers and choosing a repertoire...to conducting productive rehearsals and outstanding performances." ******* Contents Include: 1 - SURVEYING THE CHORAL PROGRAM * Director, Know Thyself! * Making Preliminary Estimates * Clarifying the Ensemble's Role * Choosing Singers 2 - LAYING THE FOUNDATION * Setting Goals * Planning Performances * Selecting Music * Program Construction 3 - MANAGING THE PROGRAM * Establishing Business Procedures * Building Public Relations * The Printed Program * Music, Wardrobe and Equipment * Raising Money * Officers - Figureheads or Crucial Workers? 4 - ESTABLISHING RUDIMENTS OF CONDUCTING * Basic Conducting--What It Must Accomplish * Physical Readiness for Conducting * Conducting Basic Patterns * Controlling and Modifying Patterns * Using the Left Hand 5 - DEVELOPING EXPRESSIVE CONDUCTING TECHNIQUES * Shaping Patterns and Gestures * Working with Singers * Expression Through Body Language * The Choral Conductor and the Orchestra 6 - CONDUCTING REHEARSALS * A Planning Guide * Coordinating Activities * Establishing Standard Operating Procedures * Seating Arrangements 7 - MOTIVATING THE ENSEMBLE * Some Facts About People and Groups * Establishing a Viable Rapport * Leadership Development * Group Dynamics--The Key to Success 8 - WORKING WITH SINGERS * Establishing Vocal Concepts * Choosing Effective Warm-Ups * Developing Ensemble Skills * Sections and Individuals * Vocal Hygiene 9 - DEVELOPING AUTHENTIC STYLE * Music to 1600 * The Baroque Era * Classical Period * Romanticism * Impressionism * 20th C Music 10 - LEARNING MUSIC * Analyzing the Score * Troubleshooting for Potential Problems * Note Learning and Technical Mastery * Feeling Rhythm Through Body Movement 11 - POLISHING AND INTERPRETING MUSIC * Choral Diction * Coordinating the Ensemble * Developing Expressivity 12 - PREPARING FOR PERFORMANCE * Completing Ensemble Preparation * Coordination of Musical Elements * Concert Facility Arrangements * Conducting the Dress Rehearsal * Pre-Concert Activities * Minimizing Performance Errors 13 - EVALUATING THE CHORAL PROGRAM AND ITS PARTICIPANTS * Assessing the Program * Choral Directing Demands Continual Assessment * Evaluating and Testing Singers