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Book SynopsisGetting Started with Middle School Chorus is designed to help you get started in a new position. As you approach your new experience, you may be filled with anticipation and, perhaps, feel some anxiety at the same time. This book is here to point you in the right directions. There is enough specific information here to get you started and on your way! The third edition of Getting Started with Middle School Chorus is thoroughly grounded in research and incorporates new information about working with young adolescent changing voices, designing optimal rehearsals for middle-schoolers, managing growing choral programs, and helping youngsters gain musical skills they can carry with them for a lifetime of making music. Getting Started with Middle School Chorus provides strategies to build your confidence as you take on the new responsibilities associated with teaching middle school chorus.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Chapter 1 – In the Beginning
Chapter 2 – Your School’s Choral Program
Chapter 3 – Budget and Equipment
Chapter 4 – Developing Your Schedule
Chapter 5 – Finding and Choosing Choral Repertoire
Chapter 6 – Recruiting Singers
Chapter 7 – The Young Adolescent
Chapter 8 – The Young Adolescent Voice
Chapter 9 – Revoicing Choral Repertoire for Young Adolescent Singers
Chapter 10 – Rehearsal Planning
Chapter 11 – Teaching Strategies for Rehearsals
Chapter 12 – Performances and Contests
Chapter 13 – Teaching Tomorrow’s Adult …. Today
Chapter 14 – Get Started and Keep Going
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