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Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (260 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 manual.
Description
"Explores practical solutions to common problems while focusing on an impromptu ensemble of everyday kids. These three ... DVDs demonstrate familiar challenges and Freer's sensitive, real-time solutions to them. ... See the process unfold as it actually happened and how Dr. Freer incorporates research on adolescent learning into the process of teaching choral music. When working with these young adolescents, Dr. Freer clearly demonstrates how challenges...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xx, 545 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 26 cm
Description
As the landscape of choral education changes--disrupted by Glee, YouTube, and increasingly cheap audio production software--teachers of choral conducting need current research in the field that charts scholarly paths through contemporary debates and sets an agenda for new critical thought and practice. Where, in the digitizing world, is the field of choral pedagogy moving? Editor Frank Abrahams and Paul D. Head, both experienced choral conductors...
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Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
241 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
"'Transforming Choral Singing: An Activist's Guide for Choir Directors' argues that choral singing is ripe for change. It proposes four main principles that should guide its goals, musical practices and social practices. These are connection, impact, social justice, and stylistic openness. Together, these principles offer a provocative and contemporary paradigm shift, grounded in the idea of what choral singing is for, and how it functions in the...




