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K-12 Resources: Book Reviews

relation to singing style and the between the a cappella competition considerations, and form/struc-
position of the vocal folds explores process and the process of prepar- ture insights. However, new to this
a complicated issue, but is pre- ing for state choral assessment fes- book are two benefi cial additional
sented in an exceedingly readable tivals and show choir competitions. elements. The first is the develop-

manner. The chart on page 24 of The Teacher Resource Guide ment of a fi ve-point diffi culty scale
the vocal fold spectrum grid is an contains 82 works across the pre- for evaluating literature. The intro-
especially helpful tool for choral viously mentioned genres of bar- duction of the Teacher Resource
teachers as they begin to reconcile bershop, contemporary a cappella, Guide includes an in-depth sum-
their own vocal pedagogy training doo-wop, folk/classical, and vocal mary of the criteria typical of the
with various styles of singing they jazz. If you are familiar with the music in each level. Then as each
may wish to teach to their students. Teaching Music Through Performance work is presented, the diffi culty lev-
Chapter four discusses the all-im- series, then you will recognize the el is easy to locate in a shaded box
portant “why” of competing and typical elements included for each along with voicing and publisher
the true value of competition. This work, such as background infor- information. Additionally, the fi rst
chapter also contains benefi cial in- mation on each composer/arrang- index located at the back of the
formation on the process of a cap- er, general information about the book lists all the works by diffi culty
pella competition. High school cho- composition, historical perspective, level, making the information easy

ral educators will fi nd similarities technical considerations, stylistic to find. The second element is the

CONDUCTORS, SINGERS, EDUCATORS:
Visit the Premiere Website

of Bruce Trinkley

COMPOSER/ARRANGER/CONDUCTOR/PROFESSOR EMERITUS

• Choral Music: Sacred and Secular Two Invocations for choir and orchestra, dedicated to
for Mixed, High and Low voices and performed by musicians in Lviv, Ukraine.

• Introducing the Holiday Store, Sacred and Secular One Life: The Rachel Carson Project, multi-media
octavos for the holiday season cantata about the life and writings of the great scientist-
ecologist and author of Silent Spring
• Arrangements of folksongs, hymns and spirituals
Music for our times:
• Cantatas, Choral Cycles, Operas and Musicals Idyll for chorus and piano, poem by Theodore Roethke
• Solo Songs and Song Cycles with works especially Elegy for chorus and piano, dedicated to those we have
appropriate for student singers lost to COVID

Peruse the scores and Listen to live or midi recordings

Bruce, a longtime member of ACDA, conducted the Penn State Glee Club for nearly four decades.
Works published by Alfred, Augsburg, Boosey and Hawkes, Carl Fischer,
GIA, Hal Leonard, Hinshaw, Oxford and Subito Music.
www.BruceTrinkley.com

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