SKU: GI.G-9595
Edited by Jo-Michael
Scheibe. Teaching Music
Through Performance.
Music Education. Choir
part. 724 pages. GIA
Publications #9595.
Published by GIA
Publications (GI.G-9595).
ISBN
9781622772728.
By
Jeffery L. Ames, Hilary
Apfelstadt, Lynne Gackle,
James Jordan, Jo-Michael
Scheibe, and Phillip A.
Swan. Compiled and edited
by Hilary Apfelstadt and
Jo-Michael Scheibe.
Choosing repertoire is
one of the most important
and time-consuming tasks
choral conductors
undertake. And the
Teaching Music through
Performance in Choir
series remains one of the
most important resources
for choir directors
looking for quality
repertoire that has been
vetted by a distinguished
panel of educators. Each
volume in the series
contains Teacher Resource
Guides for 100 works,
organized by difficulty.
Selected by a team of
leading choir directors,
the repertoire in Volume
5 balances SATB
literature with works for
women’s and
men’s choirs, and
includes a healthy mix of
selections aimed at
bringing greater
attention to the rich
choral culture in Canada.
Featuring the same team
of authors as Volume 4,
this volume also includes
chapters that cover:
“More than
Spirituals and Concert
Gospels: Choral Music in
the Western European
Tradition by Contemporary
African American
Composers†by
Jeffery Ames,
“North of the
Border: Accessible Choral
Music by Canadian
Composers†by
Hilary Apfelstadt,
“Engaging the
Voice, the Mind, and the
Spirit: An Effective
Approach toward
Literature Selection with
Treble Voices†by
Lynne Gackle, “The
Blueprint of Ensemble
Musicianship Contained
within Chant†by
James Jordan,
“It’s All
About the Up: Journey,
Text, Gesture, Music, and
Motion†by
Jo-Michael Scheibe, and
“Community
Collaboration: Relevant
Programming that Moves
Beyond the Classroom and
into the Communityâ€
by Phillip Swan. Indexes
by title, publisher, and
composer/arranger for all
five volumes of the
series are included, and
an extraordinary
companion recording of
all selections is also
available. There is
simply no better way to
find and prepare the best
choral literature
available for achieving
excellence in choral
music education at all
levels. The Teaching
Music through Performance
in Choir series continues
to make a significant
contribution to the
choral arts.