This essential text provides a well organized practical introduction to directing choirs and managing choral programs at the middle school through high school level It offers step by step advice on designing and administering a choral program from curricula to repertoire to performance and will help you develop a personal philosophy of music education This essential text provides a well-organized, practical introduction to directing choirs and managing choral programs at the middle-school through high-school level. It offers step-by-step advice on designing and administering a choral program, from curricula to repertoire to performance, and will help you develop a personal philosophy of music education.