Table of Contents
Foreword Sir David Willcocks xv
Introduction 3
1 The Formative Years 5
2 Training Eight- to Fourteen-Year-Old Children to Sing 15
3 Checklist for Ideal Rehearsals and Preparation for Complete Artistic Performances 33
4 Developing Literacy 46
5 Discipline 59
6 The Importance of Organization 66
7 The Audition Process: Know Your Children, Your Parents, and Your Community 76
8 Things They Didn't Teach You at Music School 86
9 Conducting an Orchestra 97
10 Preparing the Children to Sing a Major Work with Orchestra 105
11 Recording, Commissioning, and Touring 132
12 From the Children 145
Appendix 1 Warm-up Vocal Exercises 151
Appendix 2 Audition Form 159
Appendix 3 Sample Programs from Toronto Children's Chorus 162
Appendix 4 A Criteria for Choosing Repertoire Appropriate for Children 182
Appendix 4 B Repertoire Lists' for Toronto Children's Chorus 188
Appendix 5 A Concepts to Be Learned by the End of Training Choir I, Training Choir II, and Training Choir III 202
Appendix 5 B Memos for the the First Four Rehearsals 204
Appendix 6 Sight-Singing Curriculum Outline for the Toronto Children's Chorus 225
Appendix 7 Rounds All Children Should Know 229
Appendix 8 Treble Choir Repertoire with Orchestral Accompaniment 233
Appendix 9 Repertoire Recommended List 242
Appendix 10 Toronto Children's Chorus Compact Discs 249
Appendix 11 The Seating Plan 255
Appendix 12 Examples of Four-Measure Sight-Reading Passages 257
Appendix 13 Transposing and Nontransposing Instruments 259
Bibliography 261
Index 265
