The Complete Choral Warm-up Book: A Sourcebook for Choral Directors, Comb Bound Book

by Jay Althouse (Composer), Russell Robinson (Composer)

A complete sourcebook for choral directors of all levels, as well as choral methods classes. Contains 211 warm-ups with information on usage, photos illustrating correct posture and vowel formation, and a well-organized index to make finding the right warm-up a snap. Belongs in every choral director's library.

128 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1995

About the author

Jay Althouse (August 8, 1951 - ) is an American composer of choral music and for twenty years served as an editor for Alfred Music Publishing.

Althouse received a B.S. degree in Music Education and an M.Ed. degree in Music from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, from which he received the school's Distinguished Alumni award in 2004.

For eight years he served as a rights and licenses administrator for a major educational music publisher. During that time he served a term on the Executive Board of the Music Publishers Association of America.

Mr. Althouse has also co-written several musicals and cantatas with his wife, Sally K. Albrecht, and also compiled and arranged a number of highly regarded vocal solo collections.

He is the co-writer of two best-selling Alfred books The Complete Choral Warm-up Book and Accent on Composers. Most recently, he has completed three reproducible texts entitled Ready to Read Music, 60 Music Quizzes, and One-Page Composer Bios. All are available from Alfred.

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bought this book to help with running my choir, and it is wonderful! Also, it was extremely satisfying to see that I was already using some of these warm-ups in rehearsal. The book is divided into sections for beginning, interval, multi-part, and fun warm-ups. I have successfully implemented several new warm-ups from this book in rehearsal.

I highly recommend this book to all new choir directors!