The Show Choir Handbook
- Authors:
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- Publisher:
- 2016
Summary
With the popularity of television shows such as Glee, American Idol, and The Voice, show choirs have become a vibrant component of college and high school music programs. Music teachers must not only know how to teach choral singing for popular music, but also be versed in show design and production. In The Show Choir Handbook, Alan L. Alder and Thalia M. Mulvihill address both song technique and show presentation, giving show choir directors the full set of tools they need for successful performances.
The Show Choir Handbook is a resource for current and future music educators who administer show choirs. With most literature on the topic either out of date or focused on the teaching techniques limited to vocal jazz (drawing on the choral genre’s origins as “swing choirs”), instructors are in dire need of a resource that addresses music produced by publishers and choral arrangers.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2016
- ISBN-Print
- 978-1-4422-4200-5
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-4422-4202-9
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 135
- Product type
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- Contents No access
- List of Figures No access
- Preface No access
- Acknowledgments No access
- 1 Introduction and History of Show Choir No access Pages 1 - 6
- 2 Budgets, Short- and Long-Term Fund-Raising, and the Ultimate Fund-Raiser: Hosting a Show Choir Competition No access Pages 7 - 34
- 3 Vocal Auditions No access Pages 35 - 46
- 4 The Dance Audition No access Pages 47 - 54
- 5 The Interview: General Tips and Navigating through It No access Pages 55 - 58
- 6 Vocal Technique and Production, the Rehearsal, and the Physical Aspects of Singing No access Pages 59 - 76
- 7 Choosing and Working with a Choreographer; Dance Rehearsal without the Choreographer No access Pages 77 - 86
- 8 Designing a Show Choir Show No access Pages 87 - 100
- 9 Costume Design and Selection; Makeup and Grooming No access Pages 101 - 114
- 10 Accompaniment and Sound Reinforcement No access Pages 115 - 118
- 11 Other Considerations No access Pages 119 - 126
- 12 Conclusion No access Pages 127 - 128
- Bibliography No access Pages 129 - 130
- Index No access Pages 131 - 134
- About the Authors No access Pages 135 - 135





