This session provides directors of church music programs with new and tried-and-true repertoire selections to bolster the success of their children’s and youth choirs. Attention is given to accessible pieces that require minimal rehearsal time but offer substantial musicality and spiritual depth.
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Oh Brother! Success with Boy Singers
Venture into the world of the boy. How do you successfully deal with boys in choirs? How do you keep boys engaged, overcome stereotypes, recruit, retain, and select appropriate repertoire? The magic of movement and how athletics can exist with the arts in a boy’s life will also be explored.
The Negro Spiritual: The Metamorphosis of the Oral Tradition in African American Religious Music
An overview of the evolution of the Negro spiritual in American musical culture: what influences contributed to its development and propagation, and how it evolved from the oral experience to became vehicles for public performance as solo and choral works on the concert stage. This session will include lecture/demonstrations and interactive performance activities.
National Standards in the Choral Rehearsal: Strategies for Implementation
Implementing the national standards into the choral rehearsal continues to be a difficult task for many high school choir directors. Ideas will be presented for meeting each of the national standards during a typical choral rehearsal. Practical solutions to classroom management, planning time, and assessment will be presented.
Music beyond Borders: World Music for Intermediate Treble Choirs
World music provides opportunities for cultural exploration in addition to enriching an ensemble’s musical vocabulary. We will explore the processes in finding and selecting appropriate repertoire. Attendees will learn about programming, rehearsing, and performing world choral music.
It’s Not Just Old Music: Finding Engaging and Quality Repertoire on CPDL
With over fifteen thousand scores, the vast Choral Public Domain Library (CPDL) is a daunting resource and one often misunderstood to contain only ancient scores in poor editions. How do you navigate the CPDL website to find and upload quality scores? Outstanding repertoire for all levels and all choirs will be discussed.
