The Confident Choir

Author : Michael Bonshor
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-06
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781538102800

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The Confident Choir by Michael Bonshor Pdf

The Confident Choir is an exploration of conditions affecting the confidence levels in singers of all levels to create an accessible synthesis of the psychological models and offer practical confidence-building strategies for conductors, teachers, community musicians, and workshop leaders. Michael Bonshor combines his experience as a singing teacher and choral director with a series of in-depth interviews that give an intimate depiction of the challenges faced by the contemporary choral singer. These insights provide the basis for a range of suggested techniques to bolster confidence and reduce anxiety in the group-singing context. This book is primarily designed as a guide for leaders of amateur group singing activities and is relevant to choirs of all sizes and genres. The content will appeal to singers, teachers, and choir leaders; students and scholars in the fields of choral research, community music, music psychology, and adult education; and educators training the musical leaders of the future.

Author : Ursula Geïsler,Karin Johansson
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-16
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781443869041

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Choral Singing by Ursula Geïsler,Karin Johansson Pdf

What role does contemporary choral activity play in the construction of social and musical meaning? How can historical knowledge and analysis shed light on contemporary choral problems and possibilities? And how can choral research promote the development and expansion of new music today? Questions like these are addressed in this anthology from a wide range of disciplines and perspectives. The book comprises a selection of papers presented at the International Conference on the Concepts and Practices of Choral Singing in Lund, Sweden, in October 2012. The aim of the conference was to highlight the contemporary dynamic developments in choral research, and to explore interdisciplinary investigations and interaction between practice-based and historical approaches. The conference was also the fourth meeting of the network “Choir in Focus”, which was initiated in 2009 at Southern Choral Centre (Körcentrum Syd), a joint venture between Malmö Academy of Music, the Department of Musicology, Odeum (all at Lund University), Malmö Symphony Orchestra and Music South (Musik i Syd), Sweden. The continuous ambition of the network has been to provide a forum for co-operation across national and disciplinary borders and to encourage debates around the musical and social function of choirs in modern society as mirroring collective and individual needs for meaning, music-making and well-being. In the introductory chapter, the editors describe choral practice as a field of simultaneous (re)presentation, (re)production and (re)creation, and suggest that these three aspects may be seen as umbrella themes for the fifteen chapters of the anthology. The authors come from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Estonia, Germany, United Kingdom, Portugal and Belgium, and explore choral practice from differing theoretical and methodological starting points. Together, they contribute to a transdisciplinary discussion about the origins, functions and meanings of choral singing.

Author : Alex Quigley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317237686

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The Confident Teacher by Alex Quigley Pdf

The Confident Teacher offers a practical, step-by-step guide to developing the habits, characteristics and pedagogy that will enable you to do the best job possible. It unveils the tacit knowledge of great teachers and combines it with respected research and popular psychology. Covering topics such as organisation, using your body language effectively, combatting stress, managing student behaviour, questioning and feedback, and developing confident students, it shows how you can build the confidence and skill to flourish in the classroom. This book will be an essential resource for all qualified and trainee teachers wanting to reach their full potential in this challenging but rewarding profession.

Author : Carl B. Schmidt
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-29
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780739199343

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A History of the Handel Choir of Baltimore (1935–2013) by Carl B. Schmidt Pdf

A History of the Handel Choir of Baltimore (1935-2013): Music, Spread Thy Voice Around chronicles the history of one of America’s longstanding volunteer choral organizations, one that has followed in the footsteps of venerable ensembles such as the Handel and Haydn Society (Boston), the Bethlehem Bach Choir, and the Handel Society of Dartmouth College. It begins by considering music in the city of Baltimore, and establishing the reasons surrounding the choir’s formation. Substantial coverage is given to the influence of Katharine M. Lucke, one of Baltimore’s grandes dames—as a composer, mover, and shaker—and a vital force in Baltimore’s National Music Week from her position on the faculty of the Peabody Conservatory of Music. Subsequently the book focuses on the contributions of each of the ten conductor/music directors, the vicissitudes of funding a volunteer choir, the choir’s contributions to music education in the greater Baltimore metropolitan area, and the choir’s repertoire. The book contains extensive appendices describing the choir’s repertoire, its presidents, and its unbroken string of Messiah performances. Throughout more than seventy-five years, the Handel Choir of Baltimore has remained true to its original charter as an amateur choral organization that aspires to the highest standards of artistic excellence. A History of the Handel Choir of Baltimore is an invaluable resource to those interested in choral music studies, the running of an amateur, volunteer choir, and other disciplines of music studies.

Author : Basil Keen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351546065

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The Bach Choir: The First Hundred Years by Basil Keen Pdf

This study of the Bach Choir provides a much-needed overview of one of the major choral societies in London. Dr Basil Keen examines the background that led to the formation of an ad hoc body to give the first performance in England of J.S. Bach's B minor Mass. The musical and organizational effects of a permanent choral society drawn from one social group are traced during the first twenty years, after such time the pressures of social change led to a complete review followed by a restructuring of the methods of recruitment and internal organization. The rebuilding of the choir at the opening of the twentieth century, the expansion of the repertoire, the upheaval resulting from the First World War and the impact of these events on preparation and performance, are all considered. The book is essentially structured around the tenure of successive Musical Directors: Otto Goldschmidt, Charles Villiers Stanford, Walford Davies, Hugh Allen, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Adrian Boult, Reginald Jacques and David Willcocks, since their varied tastes and interests inevitably had a decisive influence on policy. Keen draws upon previously unpublished material, including minutes and correspondence of the Bach Choir, interviews with relatives and descendants, and examination of family records and correspondence. To date, there has been no survey of a major London choir that encompasses the full history of the organization in context. In this study, Dr Basil Keen provides a thorough examination of the Bach Choir, including the response of the choir to social changes; the influence of conductors and officials; changes in musical taste; relationships with composers and composition; major national and international events; and the effect of these matters on organization and repertoire.

Author : François Joseph Fétis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1854
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590360047

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A treatise on choir and chorus singing, tr. by T. Helmore by François Joseph Fétis Pdf

Author : François-Joseph Fétis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1855
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0022748370

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A treatise on choir and chorus singing. Translated by T. Helmore by François-Joseph Fétis Pdf

Author : Joseph Wambaugh
Publisher : Delta
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307482884

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The Choirboys by Joseph Wambaugh Pdf

“Each wears his cynicism like a bulletproof jockstrap—each has his horror story, his bad dream, his nightshriek. He is afraid of his friends—he is afraid of himself.”—New York Times Partners in the Los Angeles Police Department, they’re haunted by terrifying dark secrets of the nightwatch–shared predawn drink and sex sessions they call choir practice. “A master storyteller . . . authenticity oozes from this book . . . freewheeling and chilling and certainly Wambaugh's best.”—Houston Chronicle

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1863
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590226884

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The Choir, and musical record by Anonim Pdf

Author : François-Joseph Fétis
Publisher : London ; New York : Novello, Ewer and Company
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1854
Category : Choirs (Music)
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CU54471290

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A Treatise on Choir and Chorus Singing by François-Joseph Fétis Pdf

Author : Renee Swope
Publisher : Revell
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780800719609

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A Confident Heart by Renee Swope Pdf

The radio host and speaker with Proverbs 31 shows women how to develop a confident heart and overcome insecurity and fears.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1848
Category : American literature
ISBN : NYPL:33433082179627

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The American Literary Emporium by Anonim Pdf

Author : Marti Rideout
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780898696523

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All Things Necessary by Marti Rideout Pdf

This is a complete revision of a detailed resource which has been the essential guide for church musicians working in the Episcopal church for over 20 years. A Guide to the Practice of Church Music (1989) was originally written by Marion J. Hatchett, who taught for many years at the Episcopal seminary at Sewanee, was key in developing materials for The Hymnal 1982. This updated revision contains brief, but articulate discussions of the role of music in the church, the variety and nature of music ministries (people, cantor, choirs, organists, directors, instrumentalists, clergy, and music committees); principles for the selection of hymns, psalms, canticles, and other service music and their sources in materials from CPI and beyond; guidance for planning services for all rites of the church in the BCP and the Book of Occasional Services. Updated revision includes hymnals, electronic resources, and materials published since The Hymnal 1982.

Author : Cross, Sue
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009-08-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780335234660

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Adult Teaching And Learning: Developing Your Practice by Cross, Sue Pdf

Maps the terrain of adult teaching and learning, introducing and exploring selected issues from scholarship with a view to developing teaching practice. This title encourages reflection upon personal practice and understandings. It re-frames the teaching and learning process around the professional character of the teacher.

Author : Simon Brett
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781838853846

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The Killer in the Choir by Simon Brett Pdf

At her husband’s funeral, Heather Mallet is publicly accused of his murder. But did she really kill her husband, as many residents of the sleepy coastal town of Fethering believe? To get to the heart of the matter, local amateur sleuths Carole and Jude join the community choir and discover that amidst the clashing egos and petty resentments there lurk some decidedly false notes. At least one chorister would appear to be hiding a deadly secret – and it’s up to Carole and Jude to unearth the truth.