Question of the Week #5

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No choral directors' professional library is complete without...... (NOTE: I had intended for this to mean your professional library and not your music library but all answers are included.)

 

Your Name: Robby Byler
Your Email Address: rbyler@leopards.k12.ar.us
Type your answer here: Can't wait to read all these next week. Thanks Tom!! I answered this last week, but again THE PERFECT BLEND by Timothy Seelig. Only the last chapter deals with blend. There are several good warmups in the book and the reason behind them.
Your Name: Julinda
Your Email Address: julindad@cushman.k12.ar.us
Type your answer here: a good, singable arrangement of "Irish Tune from County Derry..Danny Boy."

Your Name: Rhonda Hawleyr
Your Email Address: rhondahawley@cox.net
Type your answer here: 1. Translations and annotations of Choral Repertoire, Volumes 1 & 2, Ron Jeffers
2. The art of the choral conductor, vol. 1 & 2, William Finn 3. Building Beautiful Voices, Paul Nesheim & Weston Noble 4. Choral Music: Methods & Materials, Barbara Brinson
Your Name: Carol Heavin
Your Email Address: carol.heavin@lrsd.org
Type your answer here: "Mary, Did You Know?" arr. Fred Bock
Your Name: Mel Lowe
Your Email Address: mel.lowe@hector.k12.ar.us
Type your answer here: The Methodist Hymnal
Your Name: tina n
Your Email Address: tinan@searcyschools.org
Type your answer here: The Joy of Inspired Teaching by Tim Lautzenheizer (sp?) The Robert Shaw Reader
Your Name: Andrea Ramsey
Your Email Address: aramsey@bentonville.k12.ar.us
Type your answer here: SSA-I'm Going Up a Yonder, arr. Sirvatka

Your Name: W. Thomas Rickman
Your Email Address: trickman@gobs.k12.ar.us
Type your answer here: The first one that comes to mind is the Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music. But I'm sure you're looking for something more substantive. One book I've recently purchased, but wonder how I ever did without is:

Translations and Annotations of Choral Repertoire - Volume I: Latin - Ron Jeffers

This book is for anyone who's ever forgotten what a Latin phrase means, or who needs the origin of a particular text. It is a valuable reference.
Your Name: asteward
Your Email Address: asteward@ipa.net
Type your answer here: Group Vocal Technique by James Jordan and Frauke Haasemann
Your Name: Tom Street
Your Email Address: tomstreet@arkcda.org
Type your answer here: 1. "Choral Technique and Interpretation" by Henry Coward.
2. "The Art of the Choral Conductor" Volumes I & II by William J. Finn. I'm not certain either of these is still in print. There are some used copies available at Amazon.com and you can read the full text of the first one at the link below.
http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=56724865