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* Teaching Music through Performance in Choir: Volume 1. Compiled and edited by Heather J. Buchanan and Matthew W. Mehaffey. GIA Publications (7404 South Mason Avenue, Chicago, IL 60638; 708-496-3800; fax, 708-496-3828; www.giamusic.com), 2005. 588 pp. Table of contents, indices, music excerpts, black-and-white charts. Hardcover, $45.00.
According to Heather Buchanan's introduction, Teaching Music through Performance in Choir is the first in a series of books specifically designed for continuing the education and development of choral directors and other full-time music educators. This particular volume is directed specifically to high school choral directors, although the content could also be extremely interesting to choral music education student teachers and conductors of college, university, community, and church choirs.
The book is divided into two main parts. The first part has chapters written by noted choral directors and music educators. Authors in part one are...