CHORAL RESOURCE REVIEWSE2520 Voice and Choral MethodsFall 2015Anna BondAnna MoreauColleen McCarthyHayley HynesJenny HutchinsonKelly PerchardMelanie MercerMelissa KingNick MaidaRobyn Quigley

Resource Review

Ed 2520: Vocal & Choral Methods

Anna Bond

Patrick K. Freer

HOW HIGH SHOULD BOYS SING?G E N D E R , A U T H E N T I C I T Y , A N D C R E D I B I L I T Y I N T H E YO U N G M A L E V O I C E This high!

MARTIN ASHLEY

EDGEHILL UNIVERSITY, UK

BIAS! SACRED MUSIC.

WHAT IS A BOY?

GENDER IDENTITY ISSUE?

SERVANT AND LOWER CLASS.

CHILD VOICE, YOUNG MEN,

I don’t wanna sound like a Girl

HISTORY OF BOY SINGING

GOLDEN CENTURY

GOLDEN DECADE

WHO REALLY WANTS BOYS TO SING

PRESSURE FROM PARENTS

HOW HIGH SHOULD BOYS SING

SPEAKING PITCH CENTER

VOICE DEVELOPMENT

RANGE

RANGE INCREASING EXERCISES

Choral Pedagogy

Brenda SmithRobert T. SataloffChoral Resource Review

Preface – Who Are Choral Conductors

and Singers?

Amateur and Professional Choral

Singers

The Rehearsal Process

Anatomy and Physiology of the

Voice

Medical Care of Voice Disorders

The Aging Voice

Performing Arts Medicine and the Professional Voice

User

Seating Problems of Vocalists

Historical Overview of Vocal Pedagogy

Choral Pedagogy and Vocal Health

Voice Disorders Among Choral Music

Educators

Choral Singing and Children

Voice Building for Choirs

• Voice builder: a specialist with training in vocal pedagogy and choral conducting who advocates for the amateur choral singer.

The Singing Voice and Choral Tone

Choral Diction

Rehearsal Techniques

Brenda Smith

Robert T. Sataloff

Use as a resource

CriticismsBroad generalizations!

Robert Garretson’s

Conducting Choral Music

A Resource Review by Jenny Hutchinson

Robert L. Garretson

American Writer, Professor, Researcher.

7 Chapters

OHHHH!

I GOT IT!

HMMM… I FORGET…

CONDUCTING? IN FRONT OF PEOPLE?

YOU WANT ME TO SING HOW HIGH?

AND SCENE!

MY EYES ARE CLOSED…

IN EVERY PICTURE…

R&R

TLC!

MOVE THOSE

BELLIES!

WAIT, WHO’S ON FIRST?

NO, WHAT’S ON SECOND?

SO MUCH NEW REP…

SO LITTLE BUDGET…

NO, NO, HE’S GOT A POINT…

HI-DI-HI-DI-HI-DI-HI!

LO-DI-LO-DI-LO-DI-LO!

MANY MOONS AGO…

HAPPY CONDUCTING!

Choral CHARISMA: Singing with ExpressionA resource review by Melanie Mercer

Safe and supported = ability to be vulnerable

Make Aware

The Choral Director's Cookbook: Insights and Inspired Recipes for Beginners and Experts

“These recipes are from the heart with the unselfish

purpose of supporting and continuing the

success of other coral conductors”.

“Remember from blend to bland – its just a short walk downhill!”

“The use of movement activities in choral

rehearsals enhances and improves singers’

vocal techniques, music reading,

performance skills, and other behaviors conductive to good

singing and performance”.

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Sound Advice

Becoming a Better Children’sChoir Director

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Jean Ashworth Bartle

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I DON’T ALWAYS TEACH SIX AND SEVEN YEAR OLDS…

BUT WHEN I DO, I SING IN FALSETTO

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MAKING A LIST

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DEVELOPING LITERACY

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THINGS THEY DIDN’T TEACH YOU AT MUSIC SCHOOL

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