A Report on Lifeline for Children’s Choir Directors Essay -- Choir Cho

Mrs. Bartle employs a little bit of four of each of the methods shared in (the vocal pedagogy) class. She uses a lot of the Westminister method but borrows from the others. The others she borrows from are Christiansen, Fred type and Wilson/Klein. Much of what she writes, is from her own lifes career experiences as a choral coach. The first subject she deals with is the directors attitude. A director should have a positive attitude. (p. 3, Bartle) In chapter two she discusses the development of a childs voice in a mechanistic personal manner. She wants the flutety in effect(p) of a childs voice developed, between the ages 6-8. (ps. 7-9) This reminds me of the Westminister method. She tells how to help a child that has problems burble on center. (ps. 13-15.) She tells how to help children pronounce their vowels when they sing. She does this by demonstrating the position of the jaw with a rubber band. She in addition teaches children how to form vowels and diphthongs with their mo uths. (ps. 19-21) She gives nearly mechanistic methods on how to develop profound diction with nonsense word of honor drills and by exaggerating consonants as they whisper words. (ps. 22-3) This reminds me of the Fred Warning emphasis on good pronunciation. She gives some reasons why a childrens choir may sing flat or sharp, and then gives some mechanistic ways to mold them. (p. 27) A choir director must fix his own hearing, onwards they can get to first base, with their choir members. They can do this by listening to some Bach chorales, then leave them for a week, come back and play them several times, then write them pass on a manuscript. (p. 27) She discusses the many ways of teaching children rhythm, but she also advises, let us not disregard the old. (ps. 28-9) She a... ...aguarthe loyalty of a Dogthe charm of a Kitten and the appearance of a oceanIt would also be helpful if he hasa bag safe of tricksa head full of Toolsa lifetime of Ideasa minimize of a few failures a s well as success anda heart full of hope and faith in people. (ps. 155-6)At the really end of the book, she has a bibliography of twenty-six sources, and six commentators of note such as Sir David Willcocks. (ps.157-9) I enjoyed reading this book. This book would be a handy advocate in assisting any Childrens Choir Director. I like the way she borrows from a lot of methodologies to develop her own. By burrowing she has developed a genuinely good way to direct choirs.Work Cited.Bartle, Jean Ashworth Lifeline for Childrens Choir Directors.Published by Gordon V. Thompson Music, a Division of Canada Publishing Corporation. Toronto, Canada. 1988.