Choral directors constantly work to balance performance challenges with the delivery of academic content in school programs. By sharing rehearsal leadership responsibilities with chorus members, directors can build an ensemble of critical listeners and thinkers, choral musicians can learn to develop critical thinking skills and musical independence. This session will provide ideas to help ateendees […]
Salt lake City, UT.Music Education
The VOCES8 Method: A Musical Wake-Up for Voice, Body, and Mind
The VOCES8 Method is an innovative and energizing start to the school day designed to engage large groups or whole schools in musical activities that stimulate the brain and prepare students with a particular focus on numeracy, literacy, and linguistics. The book is based on research by the Institute of Education in London. In this […]
Salt Lake City UT.VOCES8
Three Methods of Teaching Plus ONE
SmartMusic Can Do That? Maximizing Rehearsal Time with SmartMusic
Although known as an interactive software for instrumentalists, SmartMusic is a valuable tool for choral musicians. SmartMusic is an effective “sight-singing tutor” outside of class and a “teaching assistant” in a rehearsal. As a sight-singing tutor, SmartMusic provides a visual assessment: pitches and rhythms performed correctly appear with green noteheads, while red noteheads indicate errors. […]
Salt Lake City UT.Cynthia I. Gonzales
Service-Learning, Ubuntu, and Choral Music: Transformative Music Education
The African word Ubuntu conveys the interdependency of humans on one another. It is at the heart of what we understand to be “community.” Choral music, because of the humanness of the voice and the nature of singing together, is an embodiment of this principle. This session draws upon the shared strengths of choral singing, […]
Salt lake City UT.Alicia W. Walker, James M. Meaders
Problems and Possibilities in Choral Method Courses
Four experts in choral music pedagogy will lead this session. Each will present views of current issues in choral music education, with emphasis on how collegiate methods courses can be revised to foster the needed changes. Specific recommendations will be offered with regard to methods course curricula, instruction, assessment (edTPA, etc.),and increasingly rigorous requirements for […]
Salt Lake City UT.Judy Bowers, Steven M. Demorest, Rollo Dilworth, Patrick K. Freer
