BriLee Music Publishing Finding Middle Ground: Tools for Success in Middle-Level Choir - Dame - Book

Author/Composer:

DAME, NATHAN

Model #:

BLB027

Author: Nathan Dame, Ph.D.
Format: Book
Subject: Choral Music Text

Through the expertise of outstanding middle-level choral directors and practical research, Finding Middle Ground offers choral music educators tried-and-true warm-ups, rehearsal techniques, recruitment and retention strategies, and repertoire selections catering to the specific needs of middle school treble, tenor-bass, and mixed choirs.

Those who teach adolescents know the only constant is change and that practically nothing is immune to it. Students and schools are changing rapidly, leaving choral directors searching for solutions to adapt choral programs accordingly. Finding Middle Ground with your students and within your choral program can be the key not only to surviving, but thriving!

Contents:

• Foreword
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: From Research to Practice: Traits of Effective Middle-Level Choral Directors
• Chapter 2: Brain-Based Differences in Adolescent Physiology, Psychology, and Sociology
• Chapter 3: Choral Program Organization in the Middle-Level Choral Program
• Chapter 4: Strategies for Tenor-Bass Choirs
• Chapter 5: Strategies for Treble Choirs
• Chapter 6: Strategies for Mixed-Voice Choirs
• Chapter 7: Celebrating Diversity and Creating Community
• Chapter 8: Conclusion
• Appendix A: Choir Directors Featured in This Book
• Appendix B: ACDA Survey of MS/JH National and Regional Conductors
• References