Teaching Choral Concepts
Instructor's Visual Aids Kit
by Duane S. Crowther
a product of HORIZON PUBLISHERS & DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
 

Review

     This 600+ -page kit is of tremendous value to those who teach the curriculum because it saves many, many hours of typing and visual aid preparation. Every handout is carefully typeset. Every visual aid is professionally prepared. The kit contains the entire range of teacher preparation materials, including unit teaching-schedule planning calendars and notebook checklists for those who are requiring their students to keep notebooks and grading them on their accuracy and completeness. The Instructor's Kit also contains a copy of the complete test, including the individual answer sheet and the scoring guide. All these materials can be photocopied for distribution to each student. The Instructor's Kit includes the worksheets found in the Student Learning Guides so the teacher can run them off for the lessons as needed if the Learning Guides have not been ordered for each student.
     But the kit contains much more. The key concepts for each lesson have been typeset in large letters on 8ｽ" x 11" sheets. These concepts can be mounted in a notebook and used as flipcharts for lesson presentations to smaller groups. Or, modern photocopiers can be used to reproduce them as overhead transparencies for presentation to larger groups, enlarging them or reducing them to fit available equipment. The typeset contents also can be photocopied, then appropriately arranged as parts of bulletin board displays which support and teach the contents being presented. The charts can be enlarged while photocopying to create posters of key items.
     In total, the Instructor's Kit contains more than 600 sheets of carefully typeset materials which creative teachers can adapt to their specific needs by using the school's photocopier and transparency-making materials. The kit will save literally hundreds of hours of preparation time for those who would attempt to prepare the separate items personally. It's an extremely valuable tool, and should be ordered along with the course curriculum book.

Table of Contents

How to Use the Teaching Choral Concepts Instructor's Kit3

                                                       UNIT 1
Unit 1 Teaching Schedule, 4
Lesson 1: Introductions and Course Participation Commitment, 5-14
Lesson 2: Correct Sitting Posture, 15-21
Lesson 3: Correct Standing Posture, 22-26
  Study Guide: Fundamentals of Good Singing Posture, 26
Lesson 4: The Breathing Mechanism, 27-35
   Study Guide: The Breathing Mechanism, 35
Lesson 5: Controlled Breathing, 36-48
   Study Guide: Key Concepts About Breath Control,46-48
Lesson 6: Voice-Part Classifications, 49-57
Lesson 7: Vocal Ranges, 58-63
   Study Guide: Vocal Resonance, 63
Lesson 8: The Reed-Flute Tone Continuum, 64-74
Lesson 9: Change-of-Color Points, 75-84
Lesson 10: Audition Preparation, 85-93
   Audition Record, 93
Unit 1 Notebook Checklist, 94
Unit 1 Review, 95-102

                                                       UNIT 2
Unit 2 Teaching Schedule, 103
Lesson 11: Objectives of Vocal Training, 104-113
   Study Guide: Objectives of Vocal Training, 112-113
Lesson 12: The Singing Mechanism, 114-133
   Study Guide: The Singing Mechanism, 132-133
Lesson 13: Open Throat, 134-152
Lesson 14: Personal Warmup, 153-159
Lesson 15: Care of the Voice, 160-1 65
Lesson 16: Vocal Resonance, 166-1 81
   Study Guide: Vocal Resonance, 181
Lesson 17: Good Singing Tone, 182-190
   Study Guide: Good Singing Tone, 190
Lesson 18: Tone Color, 191-208
Lesson 19: Attacks and Releases, 209-226
Lesson 20: Effective Practice, 227-239
Unit 2 Notebook Checklist, 240
Unit 2 Review, 241-275

                                                       UNIT 3
Unit 3 Teaching Schedule, 276
Lesson 21: Dynamic Levels, 277-289
Lesson 22: Extending Vocal Ranges, 290-308       
  Study Guide: Key Ideas About Extending Your Vocal Range, 308
Lesson 23: Head Resonance and Head Tone, 309-334
Lesson 24: Humming, 335-349                     
Lesson 25: Basic Musical Styles, 350-367             
Lesson 26: Correct Phrasing, 368-393               
Lesson 27: Vocal Flexibility, 394-407                 
Lesson 28: Intonation, 408-424   
   Study Guide: Lick Your Intonation Problems, 423-424
Lesson 29: Introduction to the Phonetic Alphabet, 425-439
  Study Guide: The International Phonetic Alphabet Symbols for the English Language, 439            Unit 3 Notebook Checklist, 440
Unit 3 Review, 441-472                          

                                                       UNIT 4
Unit 4 Teaching Schedule, 473
Lesson 30: Balance and Blend, 474-493
Lesson 31: Singing the Vowels, 494-508
   Study Guide: Lip Positions for Singing the Vowels, 507
   Study Guide: The Vowel Triangle Diagram of Tongue Positions for Vowels, 508
Lesson 32: Diphthongs, 509-525
Lesson 33: Articulation, 526-548
Lesson 34: Enunciation, 549-562
   Study Guide: Questions for Observers: Choir Enunciation Evaluation, 562
Lesson 35: Pronunciation, 563
   Study Guide: A Guide to Good Singing Pronunciation, 563
Unit 4 Notebook Checklist, 564
Unit 4 Review, 565-585

                                                 Testing Materials
Test, Part 1: A Review of Fundamentals of Artistic Singing
(Multiple Choice: 33 Questions), 586-589
Test, Part 2: A Review of Fundamentals of Artistic Singing
(True or False: 67 Questions), 590-593
Answer Sheet: A Review of Fundamentals of Artistic Singing, 594-595
Scoring Guide: A Review of Fundamentals of Artistic Singing, 597-598

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Last Update: February, 2012