January 29, 2006
Vivace! lets you in on the secrets of top Choirtrainers, gives you the inside track on getting the most out of working with your Choir ... and keeps you in touch with all that's new on Music-for-Church-Choirs.com
Special Announcement - Choir Training Essentials!
Issue No.26, January 2006
"Why is Vivace! arriving in my inbox now?" I can hear you asking yourself. "Surely it can't be that time already?"
No, you're right - it's not! This is a special, one-off Vivace! to make an exciting announcement for you - our privileged and valued subscribers.
Choir Training Essentials is now available on your favourite Choir Training site!
Do you sometimes feel alone in your work? How often have you wished you could have a word of advice from a master? If only someone who really understood choir training could come up with some answers.
All those questions buzzing around your head .. what should my Choir sing? .. how can I improve my Choir's diction? .. how should I structure a Choir Practice? .. how can I get new members? .. and what on earth can I do to stop the sopranos screeching on their high notes?
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All the articles are written by Colin Mawby, whose experience with choir music extends from a Children's Choir in a small rural parish to the majestic Westminster Cathedral Choir in London, from large amateur choral societies to professional Radio choirs ... and anything else you could imagine in between!
What Colin Mawby doesn't know about choir training isn't worth worrying about.
And Colin's dearest wish is that you should succeed with your choir, and bring everyone the joy of good music well performed. So he's made many of his secrets available to you in the form of two e-books. They include some articles originally available only to you subscribers of Vivace!, and many more entirely new ones, some of them written in response to specific requests from you.
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As well as choir training articles, there are also six invaluable Performance Notes - how to go about rehearsing and performing some of our most-loved pieces of music, with step-by-step instructions on the tricky bits.
All in all, you have here a collection of down-to-earth guides of immense value to the choirmaster at the coalface - or as one happy subscriber put it, much more eloquently, "Thanks for a great service to all of us out here struggling in the vineyards."
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Colin Mawby is one of the world's leading choir directors. His experience as a conductor covers all fields, these include: professional radio choirs, the superb music of Westminster Catrhedral, a deprived parish in inner London and a small country parish in rural Ireland. Any book from a musician of this stature must be essential reading for all choir masters. Nigel Kerry, Choirmaster of the Church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs, Cambridge, England
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Choir Training Essentials Volume I
Introduction
So What does a Conductor do?
Diction
Punctualissimo!
Working in a Positive Atmosphere
Know the Enemy!
Choir Performance
Is your Choir growing healthily?
That ol' rustling sound
Are you a Choirtrainer or a Choral Conductor?
How to sing Colin Mawby's music
Choir Adventures
... Crescendo!
Performance Note 1: Ave verum - Mawby
Performance Note 2: Preparing a Hymn for Performance
Performance Note 3: Ave Verum - Elgar
Fine
Choir Training Essentials Volume II
Introduction
What shall we sing?
Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks
A Choir of Many Colours
The Queen of the Night's last agony??
The Rhythm Method
Listen ...!
I can't get that tune out of my head ..
Hitting the Loud Pedal
Improvisation
Auditioning the Choir
Diction revisited
Choir Competitions and Festivals
Preparing a Rehearsal
Performance Note 4: Psalm 150 - Colin Mawby
Performance Note 5: Latin Gregorian Chant
Performance Note 6: How Lovely are Thy Dwellings - Brahms
Fine
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and all of us here at
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