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Recommended references from some of the BCCF Choral Directorship Faculty 2004

  • Barham & Nelson The Boy’s Changing Voice DL / GW
  • Bartle, Jean Ashworth Lifeline for Children’s Choir Directors, Vol I & II DL
  • Bartle, Jean Ashworth Sound Advice BC
  • Bertalot, John Five Wheels to Successful Sight-Singing BC / GW
  • Bertalot, John Immediately Practical Tips for Choral Directors BC / GW
  • Decker & Herford Conducting: A Symposium DL / AC
  • Decker & Kirk Choral Conducting: Focus on Communication DL
  • Demaree, Robert W & Moses, Don The Complete Conductor BC
  • Dickau & Petker Questions and Answers DL / AC
  • Eichenberger, Rodney Enhancing Musicality Using Movement (video) GW / AC
  • Eichenberger, Rodney What they see is what you get (video) BC / GW / AC
  • Ericson, Eric Choral Conducting DL
  • Fenton & Johnson Choral Musicianship DL
  • Haasemann, Frauke Group Vocal Technique – book/cards/video DL / JS / BC
  • Harlow, Barbara You, the Singer DL
  • Harpster, Richard Technique in Singing DL
  • Hill, Parfitt & Ash Giving Voice – Handbook for Choir Directors DL
  • Jeffers, Ron Translations & Annotations of Sacred Choral Repertoire Vol 1 & 2 BC / AC
  • Laster, James Catalogue of Choral Music arr in Biblical Order BC
  • Lawson, James Full Throated Ease DL
  • McElheran, Brock Conducting Technique DL
  • MENC Choral Music for Children DL
  • Morrison, Rammage The Management of Voice Disorders DL
  • Moses, Don Face to Face With An Orchestra DL
  • Mussulman, Joseph A, Dear People...Robert Shaw DL / JS / BC
  • Phillips, Kenneth Teaching Kids to Sing GW
  • Pohjola, Erkki Tapiola Sound (video) Dl / JS / SM / GW
  • R. Murray Schafer A Sound Education DL
  • R. Murray Schafer Tuning of the World/Ear Cleaning Exercises DL
  • Rao, Doreen We Will Sing! DL / SM / AC
  • Reid, Cornelius A Dictionary of Vocal Terminology DL
  • Stanton, Royal The Dynamic Choral Conductor DL
  • Swan, Howard Conscience of a Profession DL
  • Vennard, William Singing: The Mechanism and the Technique DL
  • Webb, Guy B., ed. Up Front! DL
  • Willets, Sandra Beyond the Downbeat BC
  • Young, Allen Choral Educator’s Resource Handbook DL
  • Language Books: Latin, German, French, Italian, Finnish, Russian, Estonian, Swedish, etc
  • Music dictionaries of all kinds!!
  • CDs. tapes, videos, journals, libraries, music stores, concerts, colleagues, symposiums, reading clinics, workshops, universities, schools, churches, rehearsals, etc., etc., etc.

DL = Diane Loomer; GW = Gerry Van Wyck; AC = Adam Con; JS = Jim Sparks; BC = Brigid Coult; SM = Sandra Meister

Know your resources:

  • BCCF office; watch Newsletter for information about workshops; contact a member of the Board for help in setting up a workshop in your area. http://www.bcchoralfed.com and/or (604) 733-9687. Executive Director Willi Zwozdesky is a source of MUCH knowledge on all things choral – and when he doesn’t know, he knows who to ask!
  • If you’re not from BC, contact your local provincial choral organisation.
  • Ask about the Virtual Library Project
  • ACCC (Association of Canadian Choral Conductors); repertoire help, Podium conference (In 2006 it will be held in VICTORIA, May 18-21), http://www.choralcanada.org and/or (450) 430-5573. Many of our faculty are also ACCC members
  • CDA (American Choral Directors’ Association) - There is a local chapter in Washington State: http://www.wa-acda.org
  • Chorus America - an organisation for professional and amateur choirs with an immense amount of help re administration issues
  • IFCM (International Federation for Choral Music) - information on international events, World Youth Choir etc.
  • BCMEA (BC Music Educators Association)
  • ChoralNet, comprising Choralist, ChoralAcademe, ChoralTalk email lists, and many useful resources, including repertoire, concert themes, rehearsal, performance, technology, educationetc
  • MUSICA – a wonderful repertoire source, at http://www.musicanet.org and/or its CD-ROM
  • CPDL - Choral Public Domain Library: they currently have about 5,000 scores available on-line
  • RCCO (Royal Canadian College of Organists) - for information about local events, contact Susan Ohannesian (604) 732-5162
  • NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) - You can contact Lyn Morrison at dunmor@netcom.ca for help finding a teacher
  • Vocalist – a resource for singers and teachers of singing
  • Primarily A Cappella – a great source for finding recordings and arrangements
  • Long & McQuade (Ward Music) (604) 682-5288. I find their website less than helpful for sheet music, but they make up for it in person. Willi Zwozdesky & his staff will be able to make repertoire suggestions according to your needs, and offer annual reading clinics for choir directors
  • Northwest Musical Services (604) 877-1991; toll-free: 1-800-663-6797; email info@northwestmusic.ca. Ray Horst and his staff offer similar workshops and service
  • SOCAN: Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada; (604) 669-5569; toll-free: 1-800-93 SOCAN (that's 1-800-937-6226)
  • Canadian Music Centre – great source of information on Canadian music, though they only hold single copies for study. Colin Miles is the local CMC Director
  • Bagaduce Music Library (in Maine) - check this source for choral scores

Church musicians can use many of the above, but also:

And there are many other links out there!