Easy to read, understand, and apply, the material in Beyond the Downbeat covers many important aspects of choral leadership beyond conducting. The material is practical for choirs of any size and leaders at any level of training. Key Benefits: Helps choral directors make their choirs sound more artistically beautiful Provides guidelines about the use of diction and related areas of vocal technique and improvement Provides useful choral warm-up exercises and other practical helps for any choral group"