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Conducting Choral Warm-ups

OPEN ENROLMENT – end by Aug 30, 2025
Online
$400 USD
New York City
March 3-5, 2024
Dr. James Jordan
For the first time, James Jordan will offer specific techniques building on 40 years of conducting warm-ups that began with Frauke Haasemann that shares conducting technique that builds healthy vocalism through conducting gesture deployed in the choral warm-up.
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Date
OPEN ENROLMENT: Begin any Time, end by August 30, 2025
Registration Cost
$400.00 USD + two nominal cost video downloads via GIA's The Virtual Classroom
Location
Online
Description
For the first time, James Jordan will offer specific techniques building on 40 years of conducting warm-ups that began with Frauke Haasemann that shares conducting technique that builds healthy vocalism through conducting gesture deployed in the choral warm-up.  While the video By Dr. Jordan details aspects of the course, this is a course designed for each participant to have detailed Video feedback on conducting gesture through out the course!  The course is supported through six hours of detailed an dunique video instruction to address specific conducting techniques that will CAUSE your singers at any age to sing well!

Since the publication of  the landmark book Group Vocal Technique in 1991, Dr. Jordan has been at the forefront of the application of vocal technique into the choral rehearsal culminating in his latest book, The Essential Choral Warm-Up. Specifics include (1) On the breath singing; (2) musical line; (3) Conducting legato, (4) Conducting Offsets and Onsets, (5) Conducting voices through their "breaks" or "lifts," (6) connecting phrases with breath (7) Used. of Laban Efforts to adjust and build Choral Sound and Much More.

This course is structured that you can begin at anytime that works for your schedule and completing the course when it works for you!  The spacing of completed assignments allows youy time to digest and "practice" the material at your own pace!
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SAFE & SIMPLE CHECKOUT
How to confirm your enrollment
1
Add to Cart
Click the "Enroll me now" button above to add this item to your cart which is located in the top right of the website.
2
Complete checkout
Click "Continue to Checkout" and check out using your credit card. We process orders securely using Stripe – the industry leader in payments.
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ABOUT JAMES JORDAN
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James Jordan
Grammy-nominated Conductor James Jordan is recognized and praised throughout the musical world as one of America’s preeminent conductors, recording artists, writers, music psychologists, innovators and master teachers in choral music. Daniel Hyde, Conductor of The Choir of King’s College Cambridge has described choirs conducted by Jordan as “The Rolls-Royce of Choirs.” His innovations in both choral pedagogy and conducting pedagogy have been lauded worldwide, and he has effectively led changes in choral conducting and pedagogy that have impacted choral music and conducting around the world.

He was described as a “visionary” by the Choral Journal, which cited his book Evoking Sound as a “must read.” His more than 65 books explore both the philosophical and spiritual basis of musicianship, as well as aspects of choral rehearsal teaching and learning, and conducting pedagogy. Resources authored by him are considered to be essential references in the conducting profession around the world. Jordan is Professor of Conducting and Director of Choral Studies at Westminster Choir College of Rider University where he holds the Scheide Chair in Conducting. He serves as the 7th conductor of the renowned 103 year-old Westminster Choir and the Westminster Symphonic Choir. He now leads the largest masters degree program in choral conducting in the United States.
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How can I register for this? Is it easy?

We have made the registration process as easy and seamless as possible. Click the "Enroll me now!" button above to add to cart and follow the steps to checkout using your credit card. Once you have successfully checked out, you can expect to hear from one of our team members within 24-48 hours with more information to prepare you for your course or workshop.

My preference is to learn virtually at my own pace. Do you have any asynchronous learning options?

All of our online courses are asynchronous and can be completed at your own pace. Once registration has officially begun and you have successfully enrolled for the course of your choice using credit card, you will receive an invitation from course director James Jordan to join the course platform.

Who is James Jordan?

James Jordan is recognized and praised around the musical world as one of the nation’s pre-eminent conductors, writers, and innovators in choral music. The most published performer/author in the world, he has authored more than 30 books on all aspects of the choral art, and he has been described as a “visionary” by The Choral Journal. His book Evoking Sound was named as a “must read” on a list of six books by The Choral Journal. At Westminster Choir College, he is Professor and Senior Conductor and conducts the Westminster Schola Cantorum and the Westminster Williamson Voices.

Who is GIA Publications?

Founded in 1941, GIA Publications, Inc. is a family-owned company with more than 10,000 choral and instrumental editions in print, as well as hymnals, recordings, a licensing division, and a wide variety of music education resources. The esteemed choral publisher Walton Music became part of GIA in 2013. Both World Library Publications (WLP) and Meredith Music joined the GIA family in 2020.

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