The Ultimate Book of Choral Warm-Ups and Energisers: Turbo Charge Your Choir

By Tina Reibl

This book fills a gap in the market by providing energising warm-up activities for community, church and youth choirs.

Whereas many publications exist that offer singing and vocal exercises, there are virtually none available offering physical warm-ups, breathing exercises and exercises for articulation. These form an essential starting point for any rehearsal to develop vital skills for healthy voice production.

Collected and tried out over 25 years of teaching and conducting practice, this book offers a treasure trove of enjoyable and entertaining warm-ups that will leave your choir alert, wide awake and ready to work with focus and concentration.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
• Release date: Oct 15, 2019
• ISBN: 9781728391779

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© 2019 Tina Reibl. All rights reserved.

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Published by AuthorHouse 10/14/2019

ISBN: 978-1-7283-9176-2 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-7283-9177-9 (e)

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Contents

INTRODUCTION

The Warm-Up Process

CHAPTER 1   BODY WARM UP

Principles

The Exercises

Simple Stretches

In Bloom

Morning Ride

Puppet on a String

Circles

Eights

Shakes

Qi Gong

Brain Gym Exercises

Cross Walk

Cross Crawl

Cross Step

Head & Stomach

Circles

Round & Square

Nose & Ear

Sausage Machine

Figure of Eight

Lazy Eights

Foot & Arm

What’s in a name?

What a Reaction!

Numbers

Funky Chicken

Enthusiasm

Clapping And Action Games

Wake Up Clap Tap

Cheerleader Clap

Double Double This That

Clapping Round

Bim Bum - Hand Clapping Song

Dum, Dum, Da, Da

Variation 1: Double Criss Cross

Variation 2: Single Criss Cross

Variation 3: Hello Neighbour!

Variation 4: Egyptian Queen

Variation 5: Bodybuilder

Variation 6: Hand Jive

Variation 7: The Macarena

The Shark Song

Warm-Up Actions Songs

My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean

Move Forwards, Move Backwards

Love Lifted Me

CHAPTER 2   BREATHING

Principles

How to inhale:

How to exhale:

How to raise your rib cage:

The Exercises

Breathing on a Count

Breathing on a Count (extension)

Breathing Marathon

Breathing Marathon (extension)

Follow the Leader

Farinelli Breathing

Alphabet

Feather Light

Balloon

Counting on You

Even Flow

Swimming under Water

Beach Ball

Alternate nostril Breathing (This is a Pranayama yoga exercise)

Peace

Waves

Flowers and Fireworks

Breathing with a Bang

Puffy Cheeks

Lip Rolls

Tongue Rolls

Diaphragm Exercises

Motorbike Race

Snake Breathing

Birthday

Twice as fast

All Aboard!

Row the boat

Engine Room

Out of Puff

Kicking Consonants

Dog’s Dinner

Spirit of Vitality

Santa Claus

Monkeys!

Football Chant

Drum Kit

CHAPTER 3   ARTICULATION

Diction

PRINCIPLES

Preparatory Exercises

Tongue Twister Practice Tips

Tongue Twisters

Short & Sweet

Numbers

Posh!

Amazing Alliteration

On Stage

Holy Moses!

Fishy!

Christmas

‘R’s’

‘Th’s’

Summer

Ship Ahoy!

Learning Language

It’s Complicated!

Going Round in Circles

Another and Another

Smelly

Confusing

Spooky!

Edible Tongue Twisters

An Italian Meal

An Indian Meal

British Fare

Texmex

Team Tongue Twisters

Diddly dee, diddly dee, diddly diddly diddly dee!

What’s in a Name?

Tongue Twister Poems

Warming Up

Super Californian Surfers

Washerwoman

Hope

Encouragement

Fisher’s Fish

A Bear Tale

A Smelly Story

Wedding Vows

Sad Ending

Tongue Twister Quodlibets

Reindeer in the Kitchen!

Woodchuckers Cheque

Ice Cold

Poor Bear

Japanese Choral

Japanese Choral

Robin Hood Variations

Robin Hood

Orders!

Comes in all Sizes

Complete Nonsense

The Ping Pong Overture

Limericks

CHAPTER 4   THE REHEARSAL

The Non-Auditioned Choir

The Elements Of A Good Rehearsal

Announcements

Warm up

The Auditioned Choir

Rehearsal Plan

APPENDIX

Resources

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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