Alisha Reeve MUSE 376 Choral Methods Citation Directing the Choral Music Program Chapter 10: Preparing

g the Choral Rehearsal and Music Kenneth H. Phillips 2004 This chapter is largely about scheduling and planning. It includes schedule concerts, rehearsals, choosing choral repertoire, planning a rehearsal, and long term planning goals. It also discusses how to go about analyzing a score and what is important to mark and what isnt in the directors score. In my opinion all of these things are very important. Good planning is the foundation of a successful choral program. If a director isnt good a planning then things start to fall apart. When it comes to scheduling concert dates/field trip dates, I feel that this should be done at the very beginning of the year so that a choral calendar can be issued to the students and parents along with the choral policy. This way any conflicts can be resolved early, and no one can claim that they were unaware of dates they were responsible to attend. Obviously not all dates will be completely finalized, but a general idea is good so that parents and students can have events on their radar. Choosing choral rep. is another big one. Choosing bad rep. will kill a program ridiculously fast. For a new director or program this is especially true. One semester of bad rep. will not only lose students, but also make recruitment almost impossible. Rep. should cover many time periods, and cultures and include both difficult pieces and pieces that will be very successful. Finally, long term planning is very important to me. Many schools require that the entire years plan be on file. Even if it werent required I

would do this. In fact I would have several years roughly planned so that a sequence of Music Literacy and History could be covered in appropriate order.