
APPENDIX
FURTHER RESEARCH AND REFERENCES
Resources Referenced Throughout Our Developing Voices
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It has been proven that learning music should include both aural and notational skills: Woody, Robert H. Playing by Ear: Foundation or Frill? Music Educators Journal 2012 99: 82
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Demorest provides examples for creating sight-singing exercises for all levels of notationally literate groups to be used for teaching repertoire: Demorest, Steven Building Choral Excellence: Teaching Sight-Singing in the Choral Rehearsal chapter 3 Oxford University Press: 2003 ISBN-10: 0195165500
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Melodic (solfege-based) patterns can be found in John M Feierabend’s First Steps and Conversational Solfege Teacher’s Manuals
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A hierarchy of harmonic difficulty can be found in: Gilbert, Ellen Teaching Children to Harmonize: The Right Steps to Part Singing
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Bowers, Judy: chapter in Holt, Michele and Jordan, James The School Choral Program: Philosophy, Planning, Organizing, and Teaching. GIA Publications: 2008
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Bond, V. (2014). Culturally responsive teaching in the choral classroom. Choral Journal, 55(2), 8-15.
Further Reading for Understanding the Developing Voice in the Choral Classroom
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Gackle, Lynne. Finding Ophelia’s Voice, Opening Ophelia’s Heart: Nurturing the Adolescent Female Voice: An Exploration of the Physiological, Psychological, and Music. Heritage Music Press: 2001
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Garrett, Matthew L. (2014) Teaching for Transfer: Developing Critical Skills with Adolescent Singers. Choral Journal, 54(10), 24-41
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Palkki, Joshua (2014) Gender Troubles: Males, Adolescence, and Masculinity in the Choral Context. Choral Journal, 56(4), 24-35
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The Boy’s Changing Expanding Voice: Take the High Road by Henry Leck
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Bartle, Jean Ashworth: Developing Literacy: Chapter 4 of Holt and Jordan’s The School Choral Program. GIA Publications: 2008
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Mortensen, Bryson. (2014) Finding the Head Voice: The Challenge of Developing the Male Head Voice in a Mixed Choir Environment. Choral Journal, 55(5), 51-58
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Crist, Vocal Ranges.