Have fun with your choral warm-ups! With this collection of fifty-four inventive and educational songs and exercises, your choir will beg for more. Start out with the unison pieces and "build" to the more challenging exercises for 2-part, 3-part or 4-part treble or mixed voices. Use the demonstration CD for quick learning or sing along with the recording to have hands-free, portable warm-ups at your fingertips every day. Developed and composed by the award-winning choral composer and master teacher, Rollo Dilworth, Choir Builders will prove to be a "fun"damental way of improving and sustaining a quality choral sound with your performance groups.

Hal Leonard: HL09970913 (book); HL63009129 (CD). Includes piano accompaniments; accompanying CD contains demonstrations of all exercises. The original purchaser of this book has permission to reproduce any of the exercises for educational use only.

Preparation -- Unison building songs & exercises -- Unison (opt. 2-part) building songs & exercises -- 2-part treble or mixed building songs & exercises -- 3 or 4-part mixed building songs and exercises -- Appendix: Multiple expression levels (M.E.L.) ; Kodály/Curwen hand signs ; Kodály/Curwen advanced hand signs ; Kodály rhythm syllables -- National standards for music education ; Basic conducting patterns.