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3 Must Read Books for Choir Directors

Here are 3 books that I have found most useful in helping me become a better Choir Director. I highly recommend them and if you have any suggestions for me I am all ears and ready to learn.

Sing 6-7-8! - Choral

This book has a great way of simplifying things. It allows you to see things from a younger students perspective from someone who has worked for many years with that age group. I have heard it said before that just because you can do does not mean you can teach This book has lots of great tools to help bridge that gap.
The adolescent years can be a challenge for any choir director, but this practical handbook by Roger Emerson provides an engaging and witty approach to working with these young singers. Ideal for experienced educators and those new to the field, this text is full of creative ideas and solid solutions in an easy-to-read question and answer format. The fifty topics include recruiting, the adolescent voice, choral tone, classroom management, budgets, choral balance and blend, sight-reading, repertoire, programming, incorporating pop music into the choral program, working with your administrators and colleagues, parent and community relations, helpful recommended resources and much more!



The book is a comprehensive guide to teaching vocal technique through designing an efficient choral warm-up that gives the choir "tools" to sing and hear better. Among the topics presented are alignment (using Alexander Body Mapping principles), inhalation, exhalation, support, resonance, vowel colors, leaps, range extension, crescendo/decrescendo, martellato, staccato, teaching procedures for diction (plus general diction guidelines), teaching and reinforcing rhythm and consistent tempo, and strategies for teaching intonation. This is a comprehensive guide for choral directors that: helps conductors plan and implement efficient choral warm-ups builds healthy voices within the choral rehearsal provides vocalises that have accompaniments complete with modulations upward and downward categorizes vocalises according to specific vocal objectives



Not too often did I find a college text book that I really liked but here is one exception. This text provides a concise and practical introduction to choral techniques and conducting for potential choral conductors. The author-America's premier choral conductor, mentored by Robert Shaw-brings 43 years of teaching and workshop experience to this text.




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dklaughman has added a photo to the pool:

Claiming a prime spot for the parade later that day.
Georgetown, during Return Day.
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Tech Books: Writing and Reading

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Read my review of the novel that started it all, Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Identity, here.

Treadstone premieres on Tuesday, October 15, at 10/9c on USA.




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Micron launches 60TB PCIe gen5 SSD with 12GB/s read speeds

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Technology Holdings Unveils the 'TH Growth and Exit Strategy Report' for your Tech Services, Consulting, BPO or Technology Business: Get a Customised Exit Readiness, Recapitalization and Growth Strategy Report in Minutes Powered by Strat - Busines

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Catastrophic flooding in Spain leaves widespread destruction

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SwipBox labelling solution to eliminate issues such as unreadable barcodes

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Voxist: Visual voicemail you can read

Description: 

Voxist is an intelligent voicemail that replaces your carrier’s inefficient voicemail. Impress callers with customized greetings and save time by reading transcribed voicemail messages. Access messages on your phone or via email, so you never miss out.

Voxist is a free voicemail app that’s really simple to navigate, so you can manage all of your business and personal voicemail efficiently. In a meeting? On the train? With another client? Read your voicemail instead of listening to it!

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*VISUAL VOICEMAIL*
Get all your voicemail in one screen, and in...

Free Or Paid: 

Free With In App Purchases

Other Comments: 

A couple of features make this voicemail app stand above the rest. There is a play button next to each message, so there is no need to open a message to listen to it. Also, although voicemail greetings can be voice recordings, it is also possible to write the text of your voicemail greeting, which will be played for callers using a synthetic voice. This text can include name or phone number information from your contacts, so that everyone who is in your contact list can for example be greeted by name. This is not a call blocking app, nor does it do conferencing, voice chat or unified messaging. It is just a simple no-frills visual voicemail app that does its job well.

Developer's Twitter Username: 

@voxist

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