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

• Autore: Bartle Jean Ashworth
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Disciplina: 782.7/145
• Soggetto topico: Choral conducting; Children's choirs; Choral singing - Instruction and study
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Sound advice
• ISBN: 1-280-48166-8; 0-19-803248-X; 1-60256-905-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910449771303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II