| Description |
280 pages : illustrations, music ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Foreword / Simon Carrington -- The pedagogical history of group vocal technique -- In the beginning -- Introduction : a user's guide -- Part I. The science. Learning ; Alignment ; Respiration ; Positioning the articulators ; Phonation and registration : how we make sound ; Resonance -- Part II. Application : a refinded pedagogy for the choral warm-up with voice science in mind. Revelations : following the science ; Focusing on the inner architecture of the vowel ; The pedagogical "miracle" of the mixed vowel : teaching the inner architecture of the vowel ; Granular diction : enabling diction through gesture ; Vocal registration and the choral warm-up ; The essential role of breath -- Part III. Causing and evoking musicianship through vocally aware conducting. Teaching essential musicianship through the choral warm-up : lessons derived from chant ; Vocal empathy and breath as an integral part of conducting gesture ; Understanding the horizontal part of the conducting gesture : perceptual information for singers ; The choral warm-up : pulling back the pedagogical lens to teach the "big picture" ; Growing human empathy in the choral rehearsal beginning with the choral warm-up ; Slow art dictional experience as part of the choral warm-up : audiating diction ; The real atmosphere of the choral warm-up ; Conducting the new choral warm-up : causative good vocalism and empathy for singing technique ; More on standing positions for choral ensembles ; Why are the sounds we make so important? |
| Subject |
Choral singing -- Instruction and study.
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Chant choral -- Étude et enseignement. |
| Added Author |
McCarther, Sean, author.
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| ISBN |
9781622777891 |
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1622777891 |
| Music No. |
G-10957 GIA Publications |
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