Rehearsing the Choir

by Stephen Sieck

Overview

(Meredith Music Resource). If we could sit down with some of the best choral conductors of our time, what might we learn? In this book, directors at Iowa State University, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Penn State University, St. Olaf College, and University of Southern California are interviewed. The book shares these directors approaches to: recruitment, auditions, and singer placement in ensembles; selection auditions, and singer placement in ensembles; rehearsal planning; choral timbres and vocal pedagogy; intonation; kinesthetic learning and choreography; traditions and choral culture. Interviews with students and observations of live rehearsals complement these director interviews to provide readers with a comprehensive look at how these choral programs consistently achieve success.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781574635027
Publisher:	Meredith Music
Publication date:	05/01/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	104
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Dr. Stephen Sieck teaches choirs at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments v

Introduction vi

"I had something to think about on every note I sang." James Rodde Iowa State University 1

"We try to foster a collegial family environment." Lori Hetzel Jefferson Johnson University of Kentucky 10

"Once you train a choir to sight-read on solfege without a piano, the rest is just continuous hard work." Kent Hatteberg University of Louisville 21

"Michigan is a special place with a long history of doing things as best as possible." Jerry Blackstone Eugene Rogers University of Michigan 31

"There's an undying commitment to students that pervades the institution here." David Rayl Sandra Snow Jonathan Reed Michigan State University 44

"I look for an individual that pays attention" Anthony Leach Penn State University 57

"Body, mind, spirit, voice-it takes the whole person to sing and rejoice!" Anton Armstrong St. Olaf College 67

"I am shaped by my father's organizational mind and my mother's love for music" Jo-Michael Scheibe University of Southern California 78

About the Author 90