Choral

An Excite search using keywords of "Children's Choir" yielded 1499584 links, an indication of a WEALTH of links for this category. Links provided here are selected for unique contributions, with the basic purpose of serving the elementary school music program.

Key: Audio Clips--short sound clips to hear; plug-ins required Chat Room--place to post messages with other teachers, have online dialogues Links--access to the Internet and other web sites MIDI files--music files that can be downloaded or heard online Online lesson--ability to teach a music lesson from the website Photos--online pictures Score Image--photo file that shows portions of a music scores Technology Based Instruction (TBI)--technology is central to the site; instructional aspects based on technology resources; Internet is more than informational, but is inherent to purpose of the site.

Site	Audio Clips	Chat Room	Links	MIDI Files	Online Less	Photos	Score Image	TBI
ACDA Basic journal and organizational information, mission, repertoire & standards. Includes mission & philosophy for children's choirs, as well as a list of performances at National Convention. Includes a section for MIDI resources and files.	(Aud)	(Cht)	Lnk	(MID)
American Boychoir Describes this performing group, concert performances, admissions, frequently asked questions.						Pho
Choir Exchange Lesson Plan for incorporating the Internet between two choirs.
Choral Net A very full and rich site with several different categories. Includes Choralist, aimed at the choral conducting professional; Choral Talk for informal discussion; Choral Academe for scholarly discussion and research; Choral Net resources, for introductory; and Resources, Links, which includes many suggestions for Treble (masterworks for elementary). Site is very full and busy and will take time to learn, but will be very useful resource.	(Aud)	Cha	Lnk	(MID)			(Sco)
Choral Public Domain Library Purpose listed as creating a repository of music in the public domain. License and copyright information listed. Source file can be downloaded. This site appears to be useful and credible, but author information is not included (see Validity).	Aud		Lnk				(Sco)
Colorado Springs Children's Chorale Clever site with photo gallery (wonderful pictures of Noah's Ark production) & music room (future sound clips).	(Aud)		Lnk			Pho
Kodaly Kodaly Association info, job listings, chat room, research (empty so far), conferences, magazine articles.		Cha	Lnk			Pho
Los Angeles Children's Chorus Includes repertoire list of Cd's and Audiotapes. Sound link given, but link did not work.	Aud					Pho
MENC Chorus Network Literature, reform issues, teaching tips, open forum. Specific area for elementary not included, but many contributions from elementary teachers can be found with patience.		Cha
Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music, 1870-1885 Second release will give over 40,000 titles from this Library of Congress site. Learning page includes lesson plans & activities.	Aud Vid						Sco	TBI
PD Info Guidelines for the use of copyright or public domain music, song list of 3000 titles, suggestions for researching public domain music. Site also includes many disclaimers for authenticity of information, but will be a useful place to begin. (The author's credentials for conducting this research does not appear to be available in this site or in her home site-see Validity). Interesting/unusual links.			Lnk
Musica Topnotch site, allowing for four languages. International database of choral repertoire, workshops. Includes sound bytes, image of the first page of choral music when possible, most loved piece of the month.	Aud		Lnk				Sco
Nebraska Choral Arts Society Basic info for this organization with choirs for all ages. Includes sound clip of Nebraska Children's Chorus.	Aud					Pho
Pepper Music Network Online catalog for selecting and ordering music. Selections can be sorted by voicing or composer. Score images and sound clips included for perusal.	Aud		Lnk				Sco
Phoenix Children's Chorus- Prep Choir Description of choir purpose and learner outcomes serve as clear example of same.						Pho
Sadako Peace Choir Sponsored by the World Peace Project for Children, learn about the story of paper cranes, download file to hear song composed in honor of Sadako Sasaki who created paper cranes after the bombing of Hiroshima.	Aud		Lnk			Pho
Silvis Woodshed Site that gives many MIDI files for choral parts, done without acompaniment or dynamic levels. Purpose is to provide parts for personal practice.	Aud		Lnk	MID
Vocal Health Very basic information on maintaining vocal health (primarily for the teacher). Part of Canadian Kodaly site.			Lnk
World Children's Choir Arising from spirit of glasnost, group includes children from over 20 nations, vision intended to promote world friendship. Photos include performances at the White House.			(Lnk)			Pho

Brown, Jonathan (1997). Improving the Learning Curve: Using MIDI, Sequencers, and Synthesizers to Broadcast Choral Parts in Rehearsal. Choral Journal (37), 9, 31-32.
Very interesting concept of putting choral music into MIDI sequencer program, then broadcasting to FM channels. Singers listen to parts through Walkman radioes, at home (via cassette tape) or in rehearsal through FM transmission. Author feels this makes music more accessible, thereby building program and musical interest.

Feiszli, James (1998). Technology for the Choral Director. Choral Journal (39) 2, 37-38.
Describes website ChoralNet, which is intended to be the main online site for choral musicians. Includes description of site features, history of its development, recent developments, and future goals (including international conversion). As of this article, the website averages over 3000 visitors per day.

Fenton, Kevin (1997). Using Multimedia Technology in the Choral Rehearsal. Choral Journal (37) 9, 17-19.
Improving musicianship and developing artistic awareness in beginning and advanced choirs. Fictional choral rehearsals are described with order of lesson, titles of music, musical concepts, and verbal descriptions used by teacher. Examples of computer screen show how musical concepts are visually programmed. Article is excellent example of making technology work as sophisticated tool to improve and enhance rehearsal. Should be very helpful for teachers who don’t have concept of how technology can make teaching more productive.

Fenton, Kevin (1998). Using Multimedia to Develop Musicianship. Music Educators Journal (85) 2, 27-32.
Using multimedia to introduce and prepare choral music can help students with musical understanding and make musical decisions. Presentations that integrate aural & visual offer new opportunities.

Henderson, Allen & Ted Jones (1997). Using Video Teleconferencing to Enhance the Teaching of Conducting. Choral Journal (37) 7, 21-24.
Brief discussion of video teleconferencing, followed by a description of a research study to investigate teaching of conducting to three university classes. Response & possibilities were generally favorable.

Oglesby, Donald (1997). Technology for the Choral Director: A New Choral Journal Column. Choral Journal (38) 5, 27.
Introduces this new column, so there is not a great deal of information. A set-in column giving website links makes this a good starting point.

Oglesby, Donald, ed. (1998). Technology for the Choral Director: The World Wide Web: Composer Information. Choral Journal (38) 7, 47-50.
Rich source of links for composer information, including contemporary composers. Helpful info on using search engines & citing web sources (not including standardization at this writing). Links & sites appropriate for elementary level may take some hunting, as these sites include musicological & university sources.

Oglesby, Donald (1998). Technology for the Choral Director: Creating a Website: A Basic Guide. Choral Journal (39) 5, 67.
Tips on how to create a website using Netscape Composer. Simple guide for the technical aspects, "how-to's." Does not deal with content of website or how to incorporate sound clips.

Powell, Steven (1997) Rehearsal Breaks: Manuscript to Printed Octavo--How the Pros Do It. Choral Journal (38) 4, 37-39.
Gives engraver's procedures for setting up octavo score in notation programs, allowing for unique needs of choral music. Includes size, spacing, stem heights, accomodating voice layers of divisi passages, hyphenating text, font sizes, articulation markings, fine tuning manuscript. Readibility of score will lead to smooth rehearsals! Could be a course just in choral notation!

Sebald, David (1997). Web Your Program: An Internet Primer for Music Educators. Choral Journal (37) 9, 9-14.
Basic how-to includes brief history of Internet, reasons to use WWW, hardware & software for getting started. Figure of a high school choir web site is great example for showing possibilities.