Inspire Your Choir: 100 Ideas to Raise the Bar

Author: Mark De-Lisser
Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books
ISBN: 9781472927408
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The two lead choir mentors from BBC's The Naked Choir. which airs autumn 2015, provide a practical dip-in book of tips and techniques to get choirs to excel. Perfect for all choral leaders, enthusiasts and singers, Dominic and Mark explain how to raise your game and take your choir to the next level, with advice on technical excellence, creating a good working environment, and managing people. The two lead choir mentors from BBC's The Naked Choir. which airs autumn 2015, provide a practical dip-in book of tips and techniques to get choirs to excel. Perfect for all choral leaders, enthusiasts and singers, Dominic and Mark explain how to raise your game and take your choir to the next level, with advice on technical excellence, creating a good working environment, and managing people. With over 25,000 choirs in the UK and the numbers growing, Mark De-Lisser (vocal coach on BBC's 'The Voice' and mentor on 'The Naked Choir') and Dominic Peckham (leading choral director & ambassador and mentor on 'The Naked Choir') provide 100 ideas on how to take choirs to the next level. Sharing their wealth of knowledge and experience, Dominic and Mark's advice will get great groups started, keep choirs moving forward and encourage the best from individual singers, keeping it fun along the way. With advice on how to start a choir from scratch, develop your own musicianship, rehearse effectively, and excel in performance, this pocket-sized guide is an essential resource and its practical guidance will get all choirs on the right track!

Habits of a Successful Choir Director

Author: ERIK WILKINSON; SCOTT RUSH.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781622775811
Category : Choral conductors
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
"Habits of a Successful Choir Director presents effective teaching principles and provides a practical approach to everyday issues choir directors face. Building on the successful Habits series, Eric Wilkinson and Scott Rush have created a practical guide to all aspects of a successful choral program...This is a comprehensive book that will exponentially inspire as teaching skills grow. It will serve as a constant and essential companion throughout the career of any choir director" -- Back cover.

God's Singers

Author: Dave Williamson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615406329
Category : Contemporary Christian music
Languages : en
Pages : 335

Book Description
Publisher's description: Contains a special 75-minute CD of contemporary rehearsal techniques, presented live with real singers.

Before the Singing

Author: Barbara Tagg
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199920680
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 294

Book Description
Written for the collaborative community that supports children's choirs in school, church, and community contexts, Before the Singing is appropriate for artistic directors, conductors, music educators, board members, volunteers, administrators, staff, and university students studying music education or nonprofit arts management.

Barking to the Choir

Author: Greg Boyle
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476726159
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description
A Jesuit priest and founder of Homeboy Industries traces his experiences of working with gangs in Los Angeles for three decades, sharing what his efforts have taught him about faith, compassion, and the enduring power of radical kinship.

Singing for Our Lives

Author: Campaign Choirs Writing Collective
Publisher: Hammeron Press
ISBN: 9781910849118
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 384

Book Description
Singing for Our Lives is a celebration of the politics and music of street choirs and the social relationships that sustain them. It shows how making music can contribute to non-violent and just and social transitions.

Perfect Harmony

Author: Charles R. Smith Jr.
Publisher: Jump At The Sun
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

Book Description
A collection of poems that capture the feelings and expression of music in some of its forms.

Performance

Author: Robin Stuart-Kotze
Publisher: Financial Times/Prentice Hall
ISBN: 9780273721864
Category : Behavior modification
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
How do you improve performance? Performance expert Robin Stuart-Kotze reveals that it's all about behaviour and lets us into the secrets of behavioural change that have helped successful people, teams and managers around the world to get ahead, and stay ahead. Behaviour is what drives performance. Personality is not the issue. Definitive scientific research shows that less than 10% of the variance in a person's behaviour is explained by personality. Behaviour is the actions you take and the decisions you make; things you can control. This incisive book shows you how to look critically at your current behaviour, recognise what you need to do differently and how to consciously improve your behaviour to meet the changing requirements of your job with top-level performance.

The Wow Factor: How to Create It, Inspire It & Achieve It

Author: Steve Zegree
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1476874271
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 283

Book Description
(Methodology Chorals). What is it about some musicians and performers who consistently achieve success? Are they the best performers? Did they have the best teachers? Do they have the best professional contacts and connections? Is it just coincidence? Of course not! Dr. Steve Zegree of Western Michigan University, choral arranger and conductor of Western Michigan's Gold Company has developed this practical guide for performers, students, teachers and parents which offers fundamental philosophies and concepts that are essential to a person's growth and development and will contribute to a successful professional life in music. More than just the basics, more than a prescribed curriculum, and more than just getting in front of an audience to go through the motions of what you did in rehearsal call it the Wow Factor there is something for everyone in this book! And, as a special bonus, Chapter 8 offers interviews with great performers from all facets of the music industry including: Simon Carrington, Nick Lachey, Ward Swingle, Roger Emerson, Mac Huff, Liza Minnelli and many more! Topics include: Chapter 1: The Wow Factor: The Framework Chapter 2: How to Practice and Rehearse for The Wow Factor Chapter 3: How to Prepare a Wow Audition Chapter 4: Ifs, Ands or Buts and Rules to Live By Chapter 5: Don't Go to Your Face: Putting the Polish on Your Performance Chapter 6: How to Educate and Entertain Chapter 7: How to Win on NBC's Clash of the Choirs Chapter 8: "Wow" Perspectives: The Interviews Chapter 9: Coda

Redemption Songs: A Year in the Life of a Community Prison Choir

Author: Andy Douglas
Publisher: Innerworld Publications
ISBN: 9781881717713
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 220

Book Description
Takes the reader inside the walls of a medium-security prison and offers a glimpse at how music and the arts are offering second chances to the incarcerated. In a place often defined by trauma and control, a performing chorus composed of inmates and volunteers creates a community where healing, atonement and growth can occur.