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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449771303321

Autore

Bartle Jean Ashworth

Titolo

Sound advice [[electronic resource] ] : becoming a better children's choir conductor / / Jean Ashworth Bartle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003

ISBN

1-280-48166-8

0-19-803248-X

1-60256-905-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

782.7/145

Soggetti

Choral conducting

Children's choirs

Choral singing - Instruction and study

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-263) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; ONE: The Formative Years; TWO: Training Eight- to Fourteen-Year-Old Children to Sing; THREE: Checklist for Ideal Rehearsals and Preparation for Complete Artistic Performances; FOUR: Developing Literacy; FIVE: Discipline; SIX: The Importance of Organization; SEVEN: The Audition Process: Know Your Children, Your Parents, and Your Community; EIGHT: Things They Didn't Teach You at Music School; NINE: Conducting an Orchestra; TEN: Preparing the Children to Sing a Major Work with Orchestra; ELEVEN: Recording, Commissioning, and Touring; TWELVE: From the Children

APPENDIX ONE: Warm-up Vocal Exercises APPENDIX TWO: Audition Form; APPENDIX THREE: Sample Programs from Toronto Children's Chorus; APPENDIX FOUR A: Criteria for Choosing Repertoire Appropriate for Children; APPENDIX FOUR B: Repertoire Lists for Toronto Children's Chorus; APPENDIX FIVE A: Concepts to Be Learned by the End of Training Choir I, Training Choir II, and Training Choir III; APPENDIX FIVE B: Memos for the the First Four Rehearsals; APPENDIX SIX: Sight-Singing Curriculum Outline for the Toronto Children's Chorus; APPENDIX SEVEN: Rounds All Children Should Know



APPENDIX EIGHT: Treble Choir Repertoire with Orchestral Accompaniment APPENDIX NINE: Repertoire Recommended List; APPENDIX TEN: Toronto Children's Chorus Compact Discs; APPENDIX ELEVEN: The Seating Plan; APPENDIX TWELVE: Examples of Four-Measure Sight-Reading Passages; APPENDIX THIRTEEN: Transposing and Nontransposing Instruments; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Sound Advice' covers the vast array of skills needed by today's conductor of children's choirs. The author outlines everything from the development of musicianship through singing and literacy in the choral setting, to the challenges of conducting an orchestra, working with staff, parents, and a Board of Directors.