Sound advice : becoming a better children's choir conductor / Jean Ashworth Bartle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bartle, Jean Ashworth, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Choral conducting.

Children's choirs.

Choral singing--Instruction and study--Juvenile.

Choral singing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The vast array of skills needed by today's conductor of children's choirs is covered in this text. Everything from the development of musicianship through singing & literacy in the choral setting, to the challenges of conducting an orchestra, working with parents & working with staff, is outlined.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-772918-5

1-280-48166-8

0-19-803248-X

1-60256-905-3

OCLC:

252579379