Eastern Division R & S

High School Choirs

Chairperson:  William Pappazisis

Bill Pappazisis is Director of Fine and Performing Arts for the Belmont, MA Public Schools. He has taught courses in choral methods and materials at Boston University and Central Connecticut State University.  Bill has served as MA HS R&S Chair, President of MA ACDA, and is in his second term as ED HS R&S Chair. Belmont HS, 221 Concord Avenue, Belmont, MA 02478. Tel-617.993.5990, Fax-617.993.5849  wpappazisis@belmont.k12.ma.us

Welcome to the Eastern Division High School R&S webpage.

Our goal is to provide you with a variety of resources, that include repertoire, materials, teaching strategies, and vocal and choral techniques that will assist you in developing and enhancing your school choral program. Repertoire lists and resources will be updated on a regular basis.

Repertoire list - 2010 Eastern Division Conference reading sessions:

Title	Composer/Arranger	Voicing	Publisher
Ave Verum Corpus	William Byrd; ed. Gerald Custer	SATB a cappella	GIA G-6523
Blest By Everything	David Brunner	SATB	Boosey & Hawkes/ Hal Leonard 48019690
Ching-A-Ring-Chaw	Aaron Copland; arr. Irving Fine	SATB w/piano	Boosey & Hawkes/ Hal Leonard 48003285
Choose Something Like a Star	Randall Thompson	SATB w/piano	E.C. Schirmer 2487
Dide ta Deo	Uzee Brown, Jr.	SATB a cappella w/percussion	Roger Dean/Lorenz  15/1669R
Doraji	Arr. Audrey Snyder	3-Part (any combination)	Hal Leonard 08749932
Ecco Mormorar L’Onde	Claudio Monteverdi; ed. Joan Catoni Conlon	SSATB a cappella	Alliance Music Publications  AMP 0368
Flower of Beauty	John Clements	SATB a cappella	Galaxy Music 1.5024
Joyful Bah da-Bah	Greg Gilpin	SAB a cappella	Carl Fischer
Kyrie Eleison from ‘Missa Secunda’	Hans Leo Hassler; ed. John Leavitt	SATB a cappella	Hal Leonard 08596783
Little David Play on Your Harp	arr. John Leavitt	SAB (SATB and 2-Part also)	Shawnee Press D0751
My Lord, What A Mornin’	Harry T. Burleigh	SATB a cappella	Alfred  FC412
I Once Had A Dream	John Purifoy	SATB	Hal Leonard 08749582
Sound the Trumpet	Henry Purcell; arr. Earlene Rentz	3-Part Mixed	Lorenz 15/2230H
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day	John Gardner	SATB w/piano and optional percussion	Oxford University Press
Travelin’ Train	Rollo Dilworth	SATB w/piano (SSAA and TTBB also)	Hal Leonard 08749563

NATIONAL AND OTHER DIVISION REPERTOIRE LISTS
Sr. High School R&S Repertoire Lists | American Choral Directors Association

SUGGESTED RESOURCES
Developing adolescent/teen voices:

• DVD's
  • Choral Conducting/Teaching - Real World Strategies for Success by Sandra Snow; GIA pub. (great section on young women's voices)
  • The Boy's Changing Voice - Take the High Road by Henry Leck; Hal Leonard pub.
  • Working with Male Voices by Jerry Blackstone; Santa Barbara pub.
• Books
  • Choir Builders by Rollo Dilworth; Hal Leonard pub.
  • Teaching Kids to Sing by Kenneth H. Phillips; Schirmer/Thompson, pub. (excellent resource for instrumentalists with limited vocal/choral experience)
  • The Perfect Blend by Timothy Seelig; Shawnee Press, pub.
    

Choral Methods

• Creating Artistry Through Choral Excellence by Henry Leck; Hal Leonard pub.
• Directing the Choral Music Program by Kenneth H. Phillips; Oxford University Press
• Teaching Music Through Performance in Choir, Vols. I and II by Frank Abrahams, Anton E. Armstrong, Joseph Flummerfelt, Graeme Morton and Weston H. Noble; GIA pub. (CD recordings of the repertoire also available)
• The School Choral Program by Michele Holt and James Jordan; GIA pub.

Web Resources

• www.choralnet.org  (comprehensive network providing forums, online communities, repertoire, resources and the latest news and trends in choral music)
• www.cpdl.org  (resource for choral music in the public domain)

Last revised August 02, 2010