The following are links to various approaches to Middle School and High School choral handbooks found on the web. What I find kind of fascinating and cool, is that they end up being a forum or soapbox for these directors to spread their own personal message-to try and pass on a little of the passion for music that has transformed their lives. That's what makes it more than notes-that's what creates art-personal vision, personal passion.
My favorites are the ones written by those who have taken a personal risk in really opening themselves up and sharing their philosophy about what music can do for you and how it can change lives-ours. Those are the ones I find the most interesting-more than merely rules of conduct for a choral class to keep everything neat and clean...
Take a look-they're from all over the country, but it's a small world after all, it seems...(do NOT start humming that song-I can HEAR you...don't DO it...)
http://www.lewiscentral.org/vnews/display.v/ART/2009/08/01/46d338a4a952a
http://www.waukesha.k12.wi.us/West/Music/CHOIR_WEBPAGE/HANDBOOK.HTML
http://schools.fwps.org/sac/swenson/Choir%20Handbook%2009-10.pdf
http://schoolweb.psdschools.org/rocky/academics/performingarts/choir/Choir_Handbook_2008.pdf
http://cmweb.pvschools.net/~rross/smhschoirs/SMHS%20Choral%20Handbook.pdf
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