Choral Speaking and the Verse Choir

Front Cover
A. S. Barnes, 1975 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 395 pages

Contents

Foreword by Dr William J Adams
9
Acknowledgments
13
Introduction
19
Definitions History and Values
25
What Is Choral Speakingand the Verse Choir?
27
Highlights in the History of Choral Speaking and the Verse Choir
33
Choral Speaking in American Colleges and Universities
49
Why Is a Verse Choir?
87
Materials and Procedures for All Age Groups
189
Group Oral Interpretation Programming Rehearsals and Performance
191
Young Children
213
Intermediate Children
228
Junior High Students
243
Senior High School Choirs
265
College People and Other Adults
290
Choral Speaking in Recreation
318

How Is a Verse Choir?
103
How to Organize a Verse Choir
105
The Basic Elements of DirectingThe Seven Variables
123
Principles and Procedures
146
Voice and Articulation Applied to the Verse Choir
162
Choral Speaking in Religion
333
Looking Backand Forward
355
Index
375
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