Directing the Choral Music Program 2nd Edition By Kenneth Phillips
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Directing the Choral Music Program (2nd Edition) by Kenneth Phillips is a comprehensive choral methods textbook organized around three core units comprising 20 chapters. It covers everything needed to manage choral ensembles from elementary school through adult community groups.
The textbook is divided into the following major thematic units and topics:
1. The Administrative Process (6 Chapters)
This section targets the structural, organizational, and business elements of managing a music program.
- Professional Foundation: Historical perspectives of choral conducting, qualifications for teachers, and future directions in music education.
- Philosophy & Advocacy: Developing a standard program philosophy, utilizing the National Standards for Music Education (2014), and advocating for school music programs using intrinsic and extrinsic values.
- Recruitment & Public Relations: Strategies for building successful public relations programs, utilizing choir newsletters, and recruiting choristers.
- Program Logistics: Formatting master schedules, executing written communication, lesson planning, and implementing evaluation or achievement reporting.
- Student Management: Strategies for classroom management and student discipline.
2. Rehearsal and Performance Planning (6 Chapters)
This section addresses curriculum design, technology implementation, and the staging of performances.
- Curriculum Design: Structuring the core choral curriculum and integrating standard educational guidelines.
- Auditions & Sorting: Auditioning singers and establishing clear guidelines for accurate voice classification.
- Performance Types: Managing and directing alternative performances including show choirs, swing choirs, vocal jazz ensembles, and Broadway musicals.
- Trips & Festivals: Logistics for organizing off-campus choir tours, local music festivals, and competitive contests.
- Educational Technology: A dedicated new chapter specifically outlining modern technology integration within the choral room.
3. Choral Techniques (8 Chapters)
This section focuses entirely on performance-level vocal pedagogy, ensemble blend, and musical instruction.
- Vocal Pedagogy: Singing pedagogy mapped to physical anatomy, vocal development, and age-specific training tailored to adolescent singers.
- Ensemble Sound: Rehearsal warm-ups, energizing through physical movement, building aural acuity, improving resonant tone production, and perfecting diction/expression.
- Literacy & Repertoire: Introducing new musical compositions, teaching and assessing sight-singing/sight-reading skills, and exploring diverse historic performance styles.
- Specialized Ensembles: Leading non-traditional groups, including community choruses, church choirs, and children's ensembles.
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