Foreword |
Acknowledgments |
About the Authors |
The Choral Gourmet: Music Selection and Presentation |
A Cappella Vocal Jazz in Eight-Part Harmony |
Pedagogical Pie |
Does Your Verbal Feedback Nurture or Starve Your Students? Food for Thought |
Increased Individual Learning in the Ensemble Setting through Problem Solving |
It's All in the Ingredients: Considerations for Choosing Repertoire |
Tasting the Text: The Missing Ingredient |
Putting the Zest Back Into Intonation: Alternatives to Simmering or Stewing in the Choral Rehearsal |
Invitation Etiquette: The Do's of Building Choral Participation |
Kinesthetics and Movement in the Choral Rehearsal |
Diction al Dente: Preparing Texts "To Taste" |
Learning About Music While Learning the Music |
Vowel Modification for a Resonant and Healthy Tone |
Enhancement of Choir Sound through Ensemble Spacing |
A Recipe for Sight-Singing Success |
How to Get Your Ensemble to Make M.U.S.I.C. |
Soup & Salad: Improving Sight-Singing in Two Directions |
Table of Acceptable Substitutes: Turning Score Terminology into Expressions |
Eight Essential Ingredients for Preparing Choirs for Performance |
Stocking the Shelves for a Full Cupboard of Vowels |
Spice Up Your Warm-Ups |
Old-Fashioned Learning-Tree Stew: Good for Building Honor, Respect, and Self-Esteem |
Leaven to Counteract Loafing: Developing a Self-Responsible and Collaborative Choir |
Turning Thoughts Into Words: Writing to and with Your Choir |
Superior Stew: How to Achieve Top Ratings at Choral Festivals |
Preparing the Mind, Preparing the Ear: Developing Subvocalization Skill to Improve Intonation |
Choir Curry: Seasoning for Success |
The Wonderful World of Rounds: Incorporating Rounds into the Choral Rehearsal |
A Smorgasboard of Choral Color and Sound through Artistic Visualization |
Creating a Men's Choir in an SATB Town |
Using a Modified Music Staff to Decode Pitch Notation |
How to Saute a Fugue |
Score Study: A Recipe for Success |
Podium Freedom |
Voix Inspiree Souffle: Developing the Individual Voice Within the Ensemble |
Add More Cooks to the Kitchen: Exploring Critical Analysis and Aesthetic Perception through Expressive Listening |
Singers in Motion, or Stirring Up Your Rehearsals |
Salsa Musica: Solo and Ensemble Latin-Style Improvisation |
Breath, Space, Focus: Choral Tone Supreme |
Tasty Morsels: Using the Internet to Spice Up Your Programs |
Build a Great Arch of Unimagined Bridges: Programming to Make Connections |
Bringing the Lyric to Life in Vocal Jazz |
Tapas: Balanced Vocal and Musical Nourishment for Young Singers |
A Well-Balanced Meal: Thoughts for Healthy Programming |
Rehearsal Appetizers: Three Musical Skills to Tempt Your Rehearsal Tastebuds |
Teacher Behaviors that Stimulate Student Motivation |
It Only Takes a Spark... To Get a "Choi-r" Go-ing |
A Children's Choir Recipe for Success |
The Perfect Blend: Every Choir Director's Dream and Goal |
First Rehearsal: Setting the Tone of an Expressive "Ensemble" |
Do Not Be Deflected From Your Course |
The Oochy-Goo Express: A Recipe for Relaxed Breathing |
Growing Pains: The Trials, Tribulations, and Eventual Success of a Recovering Perfectionist |
Savories, Spices, and Sweets: Programming Considerations in an Increasingly Diverse Culture |
Making a Section Rehearsal Successful |
Serving Up the Text |
Easy-Bake Score Study: A Simple Recipe for All Occasions |