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Books ordered by doing a search will benefit The Dennis Keene Choral Festival a little bit. See Complete Listing below for purchases that will benefit us a lot.

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CD's & Videos

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CD/Video Title	Composer/Artist	Recommended by
Voices of Angels	Hildegard von Bingen Dennis Keene Voices of Ascension
From Chant to Renaissance	Dennis Keene Voices of Ascension
The Durufle Album	Durufle Dennis Keene Voices of Ascension
Beyond Chant - Mysteries of the Renaissance	Dennis Keene Voices of Ascension
From Sorrow Free	Susanne Peck Charis Chamber Voices

Books for Conductors

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Book Title	Author	Recommended by
Face to Face With an Orchestra	Don Moses	Peter Bagley: Highly recommended reading for conductors

Books for Singers & Voice Teachers

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Book Title	Author	Recommended by
The Structure of Singing : System and Art in Vocal Technique	Richard Miller	Carol Evans: "one of the pre-eminent international vocal pedagogs; speaks from a technical and practical viewpoint; a must for teachers and serious singers"
Training the Tenor Voice	Richard Miller	Carol Evans. (Jeff Says: "Tenors are obviously special people; we get our own book!")
Singing the Mechanism and the Technical	William Vennard	Carol Evans: A classic vocal pedagogy text
Lieder Line by Line : And Word for Word	Lois Phillips	Carol Evans: "translations of the most frequently performed German Lieder, for the art song singer whose German is a tad rusty"
Observations on the Florid Song	Pier Francesco Tosis	Michele Eaton: "a treatise from the early 1700's about the singing style of the period"
A Soprano on Her Head : Right-Side-Up Reflections on Life and Other Performances	Eloise. Ristad	Michele Eaton: "a delightful treatment of issues of performance, concentration and anxiety, written with humor and compassion for the singers viewpoint"
Basics of Vocal Pedagogy : The Foundations and Process of Singing	Clifton Ware	Jeff: "haven't read it yet"
A Guide to the Solo Songs of Johannes Brahms	Lucien Stark	Jeff: "haven't read it yet"
Transcending Performance Barriers	Shirlee Emmons	Connie Chase: "A truly helpful book--deals with all aspects of performance and provides how-to's that are based on singers' needs and on concrete psychological research."

Other Books on Music

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Book Title	Author	Recommended by
Choral Music a Norton Historical Anthology	Ray Robinson	Molly Buzick: "Not required but strongly suggested" text for her Choral Lit class.
Survey of Choral Music	Homer Ulrich	Molly Buzick: "Not required but strongly suggested" text for her Choral Lit class.
The Inner Game of Music	Barry Green, W. Timothy Gallwey	Michele Eaton: "methods for improving concentration and reducing nervousness in performance"
Lexicon of Musical Invective : Critical Assaults on Composers Since Beethoven's Time	Nicolas Slonimsky	Michele Eaton: "a collection of writings by music critics since Beethoven's time; gives a great perspective on how composers were thought of by their contemporaries"

Books on Self Improvement, Spiritual

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Book Title	Author	Recommended by
The Road Less Traveled	M. Scott Peck	Jeff: "It's too corny to say that this book 'changed my life', but I will say that my life changed dramatically about the time I read this book!"
Care of the Soul : A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life	Thomas Moore	Jeff: "This book definitely struck a chord with me."

REQUESTED Miscellaneous Book Listings (ordered by Friends)

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Book Title	Author	Thanks to
The Gifts of the Jews : How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels (Hinges of History, Vol 2)	Thomas Cahill
History of Song	D. Stevens
Teaching Kids to Sing : Exercise and Vocalise Cards: A Sequence of 90 Psychomotor Skills for Child and Adolescent Vocal Development	Kenneth Phillips	Carol Evans
Teaching Kids to Sing	Kenneth Phillips	Carol Evans
Story : Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting	Robert McKee
The Word According to Eve : Women and the Bible in Ancient Times and Our Own	Cullen Murphy	NYT Book Review, 9/6/98
America's Garden Book	James Bush-Brown

Human Computer Interaction / Human Factors Reading Group

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Book Title	Author	Recommended by
Bringing Design to Software	Terry Winograd	Jeff: This is the October book for our Human Factors Discussion Group
Data Smog : Surviving the Information Glut	David Shenk	Jeff: This is the September book for our Human Factors Discussion Group
Designing the User Interface : Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction	Ben Shneiderman	Jeff: "A much-referenced book by a well-respected scientist in the Human Computer Interaction field."
Usability Engineering	Jakob Nielsen	Jeff: "Jakob is a pal and this is a classic"
Designing Visual Interfaces : Communication Oriented Techniques	Kevin Mullet	Jeff: "Reported to be a 'very nice book about GUI design'"