R&L Education / National Association for Music Education (NAfME)
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978-1-57886-867-4 • Hardback • December 2008 • $104.00 • (£80.00)
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Victor V. Bobetsky is the Director of the Teacher Education Program in Music and Associate Professor of Music Education at Hunter College of the City University of New York. Dr. Bobetsky began his career in music education as a middle school choral director in Brooklyn, New York, where he worked with colleagues in other subject areas to produce the annual spring musical. His choral arrangements for middle school voices are published by Boosey and Hawkes, Cambiata Press, GIA Publications, and Musica Russica.
Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Select Your Show
Chapter 3 Create a Unit of Study
Chapter 4 Arrange the Music for Middle School Voices
Chapter 5 Auditioning and Casting Procedures
Chapter 6 Involve Your Performing Groups
Chapter 7 Organization, Scheduling, and Your Master Plan
Chapter 8 Acting, Stage and Tech Crew, and Choreography
Chapter 9 Scenery, Set Design and Construction, Costumes, Makeup, and Lighting
Chapter 10 Student, Parent, and Schoolwide Involvement, Fundraising, Publicity, and Promotion
Chapter 11 Create an Original Musical
Chapter 12 Assess the Unit of Study
Dr. Bobetsky's guide to planning and producing a middle school musical belongs in the library of every music, drama, and English teacher.
— Nancy Shankman, Music Education Faculty at New York University and former director of music for the New York City Department of Education
Victor Bobetsky has written an incredibly important book about producing a musical in your school. In an age of budget cuts, scheduling challenges, advocacy issues, and lack of teachers, he lays out clear and concise strategies for every director to succeed at producing a musical the first time through.
— Anthony Mazzocchi, junior high school music coordinator and director of bands, Brooklyn, New York
Dr. Bobetsky's understanding of middle school singers with unchanged and changing voices enables him to offer important pointers to assist teachers when choosing and writing music for their students.
— Don L. Collins, founder/director of Cambiata Vocal Music Institute of America, Inc.
Dr. Bobetsky provides a fresh approach to curriculum integration without compromising the core elements of music or arts education. This comprehensive, standards-based resource provides a wealth of ideas that are practical and easy to implement regardless of your program's size or scope.
— Michael Lisi, middle school vocal music director in Avon Lake, Ohio and Junior High affairs chair for the Ohio Music Educators Association's A