Imprint:Chicago : GIA, c2009.
Description470 p. : ill., music ; 27 cm.
Note:Publisher's number: G-7590 -- T.p. - verso
Note:Analyzing the choral-orchestral score / Ann Howard Jones with Sarah Deveau and Timothy Westerhaus -- Must we sing of women only as men have sung? / Joan Catoni Conlon -- Building bridges: Choruses engaging communities / Kathy Saltzman Romey with Emilie Sweet and Shekela M. Wanyama -- Conducting the choral-orchestra work / Beverly Taylor -- Passion and authenticity: A conversation with Marin Alsop / Melinda O'Neal -- Women conductors as leaders and mentors / Hilary Apfelstadt -- Women, conductors, and the tenure process : What's up in the academy? / Sharon Hansen -- Feminine perspectives on conducting and teaching choral music / Doreen Rao -- Teaching graduate conductors / Marguerite Brooks -- Artistry through improvisation in the choral rehearsal / Sue Williamson -- Finding balance : Professional and personal / Hilary Apfelstadt -- Nadia and me / Harriet Simons -- Biographies of selected American women choral conductors. Charlene Archibeque ; Tamara Brooks ; Elaine Brown ; Fiora Contino ; Margaret Hawkins ; Iva Dee Hiatt ; Margaret Hillis ; Eva Jessye ; Colleen Kirk ; Alice Parker / Joan Whittemore ; Lorna Cooke deVaron ; Jane Hardester / Lori Wiest.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references.
Note:Biographies of selected American choral conductors.