Teaching Choral Concepts

Review

     Choral Concepts Student Learning Guides have been reprinted in four Teachers' Editions, with all the answers written in. These Teachers' Editions are produced with a more durable cover than the student editions so they will hold up well when used repeatedly over the years. The page numbers are identical to the student edition, but inserted in the front are two pages listing (1) the posters and folders inserts available for each lesson in the unit and (2) the titles of the lessons in the other three units. 

These Teachers' Editions of the Student Learning Guides are excellent "mini-courses" in the essential principles of choral singing, in and of themselves. We are observing that many directors of small community and church choirs, and college students interested in choral music, are expressing interest in them for their personal use, even when not utilizing the overall Teaching Choral Concepts curriculum. They are an excellent addition to a personal professional library-compact but loaded with information. 

Table of Contents

Including a listing of the Correlated Teaching Aids [laminated Choral Concepts Music Folder
Inserts and laminated Classroom Posters] which are available for the unit (but which are not contained as part of this booklet)

1. Introduction to the Course, 4

2. Correct Sitting Posture, 6
Insert: Correct Sitting Posture

3. Correct Standing Posture, 8
Insert: Correct Standing Posture

4. The Breathing Mechanism, 11
Insert: The Breathing Mechanism
Poster: The Breathing Mechanism

5. Controlled Breathing, 17
Insert: Controlled Breathing
Poster: Controlled Breathing

6. Voice-Part Classifications, 22

7. Vocal Ranges, 24
Insert: Vocal Ranges
Poster: Average Good Ranges

8. The Reed-Flute Tone Continuum, 26
Insert: The Reed-Flute Tone Continuum

9. Change-of-Color Points, 27
Insert: Change-of-Color Points
Poster: Change-of-Color Points

10. Audition Preparation, 30
Insert: Audition Criteria
Insert: Audition Preparation
Poster: Audition Criteria

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