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 plainspoken pedagogy) class. She uses a lot of the Westminister method but borrows from the others. The others she borrows from are Christiansen, Fred Warning and Wilson/Klein. very much of what she writes, is from her own lifes career experiences as a chorale director. The first subject she deals with is the directors attitude. A director should be in possession of a positive attitude. (p. 3, Bartle) In chapter two she discusses the development of a baby birds voice in a mechanistic way. She wants the flutety sound of a squirts 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 sing on center. (ps. 13-15.) She tells how to help children pronounce their vowels when they sing. She does this by demonstrating the topographic point of the jaw with a rubber band. She likewise teaches children how to form vowels and diphthongs with their mouths. (ps. 19-21) She gives well-nigh mechanistic methods on how to develop skinny diction with nonsense word 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 unconditioned or sharp, and then gives some mechanistic ways to fix them. (p. 27) A choir director must fix his own hearing, before they s kibosh word get to first base, with their choir members. They can do this by listening to some Bach chorales, then leave them for a week, bonk back and play them several times, then write them down on a manuscript. (p. 27) She discusses the many ways of teaching children rhythm, but she also advises, permit us not disregard the old. (ps. 28-9) She a... ...aguarthe loyalty of a weeniethe charm of a Kitten and the appearance of a SeaIt would also be helpful if he hasa bag full of tricksa head full of Toolsa lifetime o f Ideasa background of a few failures as well as success anda flavour full of hope and faith in people. (ps. 155-6)At the very 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 aid in assisting any Childrens sing Director. I like the way she borrows from a lot of methodologies to develop her own. By burrowing she has developed a very 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.