The Pop Singer's Warm-Up Kit

SKU: GI.G-9692

ISBN 9781622773510.

This book of versatile, pedagogically based choral warm-ups helps conductors take full advantage of this important time in every rehearsal, providing tools for assessment, musicianship, and ensemble unity at the same time singers are warming up their voices. The exercises in Aligning Voices are organized into nine chapters, each focusing on a different area of choral technique: Rhythm Brilliance Intonation Balance Dynamics Consonants Beginning Consonants Diphthongs and Ending Consonants Vowels Each warm-up contains two or more parts, allowing the director to work toward improving choral sound in a texture similar to that of the repertoire. Moreover, author Dean Luethi provides every warm-up in three voicings—SATB, SSAA, and TTBB—and sequentially organizes them by difficulty level. In addition, each section begins by defining the objective for each exercise and offering practical solutions for many of the common challenges choirs face in each area. A companion student edition that contains only the music notation for each warm-up exercise is also available (G-9692S). These exercises go well beyond simply warming up the voice. This resource is a must-have for all choral directors looking to make the most of their warm-up time. Dean Luethi is Associate Professor and Director of the School of Music at Washington State University. In addition to his work at the university, he is a frequently sought after conductor, adjudicator, and clinician, and he has been published in the Choral Journal and Music Educators Journal. Watch this introductory video on Dean Luethi's (Lee-thee) book Aligning Voices: Exercises to Build Choral Musicianship.

SKU: GI.G-9025S

ISBN 9781622771622. English. Text by Michael Kemp.

How can choirs maintain and improve their sound and performance skills when they have more mature members? Can older singers learn new techniques? Of course! Here’s a much-needed, timely resource for directors of volunteer choirs. Instead of telling members they’re “too old to sing,” now you can teach them to have better singing posture, more reliable breath support, more accurate intonation, improved blend, greater expressivity…and a wonderful sound. With a wealth of information and exercises that will elevate the skill and sound of your senior members, Michael Kemp shows how all voices can continue to be valuable contributors to the success and enjoyment of the ensemble.  Michael Kemp founded and conducts the Philadelphia-area Academy Chorale and Academy Chamber Society. During his long career, Kemp built numerous prestigious church, community, and school choral programs. He has taught more than 400 workshops throughout the United States and Canada, focusing on enhancing the skills of volunteer choirs. His book The Choral Challenge: Practical Paths to Solving Problems (GIA Publications, Inc.) has become a staple for choral directors. Kemp’s recent book Innovative Warm-ups for the Volunteer Choir (GIA) offers purposeful, creative exercises that are simple to learn and fun to sing. Also available: A Director's Edition (G-9025).

ISBN 9781622777303.

Unle ashing the Potential of the Musician’s Body offers clear and practical tools for music professionals, students, educators, movement specialists, and therapists working with musicians. You’ll learn about relevant anatomy—in particular, joints, muscles, and fascia—and get information on how the brain and movement are linked together. You’ll find dozens of illustrated performance-targeted exercises for all parts of the body, with specific instructions for different types of instruments as well as for singers. The exercises are designed to optimize movement and make playing or singing more effortless and expressive—and through this, access more musical potential. This book also touches on subjects such as warm-ups, pain, healthy living, and self-care tips. Tina Margareta Nilssen is a pianist, creator of the Timani movement system for musicians, and the founder of Musicians’ Health and Movement Institute. She lives in Oslo, Norway, teaches at various universities, and gives lectures and workshops to professional musicians and music students around the world. She has taught thousands of musicians from more than 20 countries how to access more potential in their bodies while playing or singing. Learn more at unleashingthepotential.co m. Tina Margareta Nilssen takes you on an exciting journey through the musician’s instrument: your body and your brain. She shares her abundance of anatomical knowledge, presented in a way that is engaging and easy to understand. I highly recommend this book to both students and experienced performers looking for a deeper understanding of our functionality, not only to avoid pain and injury, but also for exploring our potential for greater artistic freedom. —Tuva Semmingsen     Opera Singer     Associate Professor at the Grieg Academy in Bergen This book should be required reading for every music educator, student, and professional. Through this information, musicians will be empowered to take their education to the next level. —Hannah Murray     Violinist and Co-founder of Corpßonore A must-read for all musicians, and for health professionals and therapists working with musicians! Tina Margareta Nilssen has managed to fuse the musical world and body science. —Karen van der Starre     Psychomotor physiotherapist at the Norwegian Academy of Music.

ISBN 9781622773923.

  Without a spontaneous forward movement of sound by singers, inspired by breath, musical expression becomes stilted, fake, dishonest, and does little to touch us deeply in ways we cannot explain. — From the Introduction  James Jordan’s The Ensemble Movement Warm-Up explores how to organize and sequence movement activities in a choral setting to increase artistry and help raise the performance level of any ensemble, regardless of age. Building on the ideas of Rudolf von Laban and Edwin E. Gordon’s Music Learning Theory, James Jordan creates an exciting new rhythm/movement pedagogy.  This volume:  Introduces simple movements—stepping and clapping—to help the ensemble explore kinesthetic feeling connected to harmonic rhythm, not meter  Teaches fundamental principles of artistic phrasing  Revolutionizes ensemble teaching to focus on how sound moves forward, and not on rhythm notation  Demonstrates how to teach Laban Efforts in Combination through life experiences  Teaches the important distinction between rhythm and tempo, and harmonic rhythm  Builds legato and sense of line  Introduces the new concept of “projection” to teach and conceptualize phrase shape  The Ensemble Movement Warm-Up is the culmination of 40 years of experimentation, thought, and study using the wealth of ideas provided by Laban and is a major contribution to the choral art.  .