Resources
Recommended references from some of the BCCF Choral Directorship Faculty 2009 and other years:
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Abraham/Armstrong |
Teaching Music through Performance (GIA) |
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Barham & Nelson |
The Boy’s Changing Voice |
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Bartle, Jean Ashworth |
Lifeline for Children’s Choir Directors, Vol I & II |
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Bartle, Jean Ashworth |
Sound Advice |
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Bartle/Baldwin/Beaupre |
The Young Singers Journey Kodaly-based Singer Training (Hinshaw) |
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Bertalot, John |
Five Wheels to Successful Sight-Singing |
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Bertalot, John |
Immediately Practical Tips for Choral Directors |
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Boyd, Jack |
Rehearsal Guide for the Choral Director (Mark Foster) |
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Buchanan/Mehaffey ed |
Teaching Music through Performance in Choir – Vol 1 & 2; GIA |
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Cairns, Debra |
Elements of Conducting, Summit Publishing |
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Conable, Barbara |
The Structures and Movement of Breathing: A Primer for Choirs and Choruses GIA Pub Inc. G-5265 |
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Conlon, Joan (Ed.) |
Wisdom, Wit and Will - Women Conductors on their Art (GIA) |
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Cooper, Irvin |
Changing voices In Junior High Carl Fischer Inc 0 3875 |
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Decker/Herford |
Choral Conducting (Prentice-Hall) |
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Dickau & Petker |
Questions and Answers |
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Ehmann/Haasemann |
Voice Building for Choirs (Hinshaw) |
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Eichenberger, Rodney |
Enhancing Musicality Using Movement (video) |
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Eichenberger, Rodney |
What they see is what you get (video) |
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Ericson, Eric |
Choral Conducting (Walton Music Publishing) |
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Fenton & Johnson |
Choral Musicianship (Houston Publ) GIA Publications Chicago G-4257 |
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Greene, Alan |
The New Voice: How to Sing and Speak Properly |
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Gumm, Alan |
Making More sense of How to Sing (Meredith Music Publications) |
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Haasemann, Frauke |
Group Vocal Technique – book/cards/video |
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Harlow, Barbara |
You, the Singer |
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Harpster, Richard W |
Technique in Singing |
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A Program for Singers and Teachers |
Schirmer Books |
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Hill, Parfitt & Ash |
Giving Voice – Handbook for Choir Directors |
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Howerton, George |
Technique & Style in Choral Singing (Carl Fischer) |
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Jeffers, Ron (Ed.) |
Translations and Annotations four volumes: Latin, German, French, Hebrew) (Earthsongs) |
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Jordan, James |
Evoking Sound Fundamentals of Choral Conducting and Rehearsing |
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Jordan, James |
The Choral Warm-up |
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Jordan, James |
The Musician’s Spirit / The Musician’s Soul / The Musician’s Walk - GIA |
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Klein, Joseph & Schjeide, Ole |
Singing Technique How to avoid vocal trouble National Music Pub. Tustin CA |
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Lautzenheiser, Tim |
Joy of Inspired Teaching (GIA) |
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Lautzenheiser, Tim |
Art of Successful Teaching (GIA) |
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Linklater, Kristen |
Free the Natural Voice |
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Lawson, James Terry |
Full Throated Ease: A Concise Guide to Easy Singing |
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Belwin Mills 90017 McElheran, Brock |
Conducting Technique |
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Leck, Henry |
Creating Artistry through Choral Excellence (Hal Leonard) |
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Marshall, Madeleine |
The Singers Manuarl of Choral Diction (Nelson Thompson Schirmer Books) |
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MENC |
Choral Music for Children |
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Meredith, Victoria |
Sing better as you Age (Santa Barbara Music Publishing) |
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Miller, Richard |
The Structure of Singing: System and Art in Vocal Technique Schirmer Books |
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Moriarty, John |
Diction |
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Morrison, Rammage |
The Management of Voice Disorders |
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Nesheim/Noble |
Building Beautiful Voices: Vocal Technique for the Choral Rehearsal (Roger Dean Publishing) |
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Nicoll, Irene Howland & Dennis, Charles |
Simplified Vocal Carl Fischer 02944 |
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Perkins, Laura |
Dancing on the Podium (Focus on Excellence, Inc) |
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Phillips, Kenneth |
Teaching Kids to Sing |
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Pohjola, Erkki |
Tapiola Sound (video) |
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R. Murray Schafer |
A Sound Education |
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R. Murray Schafer |
Tuning of the World/Ear Cleaning Exercises |
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Rammage, Linda |
Vocalizing with Ease |
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Rao, Doreen |
We Will Sing! |
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Reid, Cornelius |
A Dictionary of Vocal Terminology |
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Robinson, Ray |
Basic Vocal Production - Hinshaw Music (Choral Experience Series) HMC-253 |
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Seelig, Timothy |
Perfect Blend: Over 100 Seriously Fun Vocal Warm Ups (Book/DVD) (Shawnee Press) |
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Seelig, Timothy |
The Perfect Rehearsal |
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Shaw, Kirby |
Vocal Jazz Style (Hal Leonard) |
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Shaw, Robert – ed Musselman |
Dear People…. |
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Stanton, Royal |
The Dynamic Choral Conductor |
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Swan, Howard |
Conscience of a Profession - Hinshaw |
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Telfer, Nancy |
Singing High Pitches With Ease (Kjos) |
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Telfer, Nancy |
Singing in Tune (Kjos) |
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Tortolano, William |
Gregorian Chant Handbook (GIA) |
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Vennard, William |
Singing: The Mechanism and the Technique |
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Wall, Joan |
International Phonetic Alphabet for Singers (Pacific Isle Publishing) |
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Wall/Caldwell |
Diction for Singers (Pacific Isle Publishing) |
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Webb, Guy B., ed. |
Up Front! |
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Willets, Sandra |
Beyond the Downbeat |
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Young, Allen |
Choral Educator’s Resource Handbook |
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Zegree, Stephen |
Complete Guide for Teaching Vocal Jazz (Heritage Music Press) |
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.
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:
- Service Music – David Lee is a talented church musician in the UK who is writing effective music for parish church use, including some good psalm settings
- All Psalms Music - rather more patchy, so choose carefully!
- Association of Anglican Musicians
- Leadership Program for Musicians
- Lutheran Music Program
- Music United (United Church of Canada)
- PAM (Presbyterian Association of Musicians)
- National Association of Pastoral Musicians
- Royal School of Church Music
- The Revised Common Lectionary
And there are many other links out there!