| 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 |
