SKU: GI.G-9566

ISBN 9781622773589.

What do coaches, master teachers, and studies of the psychology of learning have to teach us about conducting? It turns out, quite a bit. In this concise yet insightful volume, Richard Sparks draws from years of experience in the professional choral world and from his time teaching at two leading universities to help choral conductors transform their craft and create truly artful experiences. He gains inspiration from legendary college basketball coach John Wooden and shares striking and refreshing parallels between coaching sports teams and conducting music ensembles. Sparks draws equally from research in the fields of teaching and the psychology of learning—and what a conductor can take from those areas as well. Just as an artisan builds a set of skills and learns the tools of the trade, conductors too must build a box of tools to help them learn, understand, and interpret music, lead rehearsals, and conduct. The Conductor’s Toolbox conveniently and succinctly compiles these tools. Highlights include: Assessing yourself and your choir Using modeling Developing good habits in yourself and your choir Learning and teaching new skills Rehearsing more efficiently Teaching fundamental elements of music Selecting repertoire that improves your and your choir’s skills Improving your planning and pacing of rehearsals This book is for the young conductor starting out who wants to build a truly solid craft. It is also for the experienced conductor who wonders how to move to the next level, reenergize, and grow. Richard Sparks was Professor of Music and Chair of Conducting & Ensembles at the University of North Texas from 2009–2019, and he served as Director of Choral Activities at Pacific Lutheran University from 1983–2001. He has founded and led a number of professional choral organizations and guest conducted ensembles including the Santa Fe Desert Chorale and the Swedish Radio Choir. Choral Music Skill Building Evaluation Form. This evaluation form, created by Alan Davis and available here as a free PDF download, touches on many of the skill building ideas discussed in The Conductor's Toolbox. A unique and deftly effective instructional reference guide and manual that is unreservedly recommended for personal, professional, community, college, and university library collection, The Conductor's Toolbox should be considered essential reading for anyone seeking a career in orchestral conducting in any form or format. —James A. Cox, Library Bookwatch, October 2019.

SKU: BT.DHP-1023167-030

Five movements in techno-pop style. The work begins with Rock March with a few pithy chords over a driving percussion accompaniment. Feeling Free is a slow ballad. Rockarab is devoted to ‘the ship of the desert’, the camel. Little Chi Yan is a very charming, romantic song for a sweet little girl. In Disco Lights, we hear the stirring sounds of drums and bass guitar while the lights flash in the crowded discotheque.

Inter-Pop ist die Fortsetzung von Pre-Pop von Kees Vlak. Auch dieses Werk in fünf Sätzen ist im Techno-Pop-Stil geschrieben. Auf einen rockigen Marsch folgt eine langsame Ballade - auf einen dem Wüstenschiff, dem Kamel, gewidmeten Satz ein romantisches Lied an ein junges Mädchen. Zum Abschluss dieses schillernden Stückes dominieren aufpeitschende Schlagzeug- und Bassgitarrenklänge, die in die flirrende, glitzernde Atmosphäre einer Diskothek entführen.

Des accords puissants sur une rythmique mouvementée, une ballade lente, un rock moyen-oriental, une chanson délicieusement romantique, une rythmique explosive et des sons électriques faire palir les plus grands artistes de la vague disco, voici les ingrédients d’Inter-pop, une pièce en cinq mouvements, écrite dans le style de la musique technopop et signée Kees Vlak.