- Series Title:
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- Oxford scholarship online
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Note:
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- English
- Previously issued in print: 2003.
- Bibliography:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents:
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- 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
- 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.
- Subject:
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- ISBN:
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- 9780197729182
- 0197729185
- 9781280481666
- 1280481668
- 9780198032489
- 019803248X
- 9781602569058
- 1602569053
- 0-19-772918-5
- 1-280-48166-8
- 0-19-803248-X
- 1-60256-905-3
- Other ISBN:
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- 9780199922703
- 0199922705
- 9780195141788
- 0195141784
- 0-19-992270-5
- 0-19-514178-4
- LC Classification:
- MT88 .B35 2003
- Catalog Record ID:
- 991036733124203811
- Language:
- English
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