Becoming a Choral Music Teacher

Becoming a Choral Music Teacher, Second Edition is a choral methods textbook that prepares students in Music Education to become middle school and high school choral music teachers. It emphasizes important musical skills, vocal pedagogy, and repertoire suitable for secondary school choirs in order to provide future teachers with the critical experiences to be effective. Focusing equally on rehearsal strategies, auditions, and classroom management, the book is also a "workbook" that requires the students’ active learning through participation in fieldwork._x000D_ _x000D_ Students learn in a sequential and practical manner, beginning with the study of the middle school voice and progressing to the high school voice, through practice of theory with adolescents, followed by class reflection on common problems and solutions, and then continued practice. _x000D_ _x000D_ NEW to this Edition_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Updated references to NAfME and new national and state standards and licensing rules_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ More on the needs of Special Learners in the choral classroom _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Latest resources on classroom management theories and practice_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Expanded vocal warm-ups that incorporate body movement and aural skills training_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ More on gender issues (including LGBT awareness), sociological impact and meanings of choral singing, and emerging knowledge of multicultural choral music _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Becoming a Choral Music Teacher, Second Edition fully integrates the choral field experience for hands-on learning and reflection and allows the student to observe and teach the book’s principles.