Things They Never Taught You in Choral Methods: A Choral Director's Handbook

by Nancy Smirl Jorgensen, Catherine Pfeiler, Eph Ehly (Foreword)

Hours of college methods can only begin to prepare you for the realities of the music classroom. Only experience will teach you some of the material never mentioned in methods classes, and this handbook will be an enormous practical guide to help you with the rest. This "hands-on" guide has hundreds of practical suggestions, tips and ideas for running a successful secondary choral music program. A "must-read" for any beginning teacher, and a motivational "shot-in-the-arm" for veterans. Resource Book.

120 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Nancy Jorgensen earned a Bachelor of Music from Alverno College and a Master of Music from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. A high school choir director for many years, she is the co-author of two music education books, "Things They Never Taught You in Choral Methods" and "From the Trenches: Real Insights from Real Choral Educators". She is also the author of several essays and an Olympic blog published in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Her most recent book, "Go, Gwen, Go: A Family's Journey to Olympic Gold," was co-authored with daughter Elizabeth and published by Meyer & Meyer Sport.

Nancy and her husband, Joel, have two daughters. Older daughter Elizabeth Jorgensen teaches Creative Writing, Composition, and Journalism at Arrowhead High School. Younger daughter, Gwen Jorgensen, is an All-American runner, triathlete, 2012 and 2016 Olympian, and CPA.