Choral Conducting: A Life of Building Perfect Paperback – April 1, 2026

Choral Conducting: A Life of Building is a handbook for aspiring choral conductors at any stage of their career. Dale Warland, for a sixty-year career, was one of America's most lauded choral conductors, and this book articulates his best-practice advice. Divided into three sections, it first endorses building the leadership of the conductor, with an emphasis on listening as the conductor's most critically important asset. Second, Warland focuses on building a choir as a unique kind of instrument, with focused intentionality and care. Finally, he stresses the importance of repertoire and programming as the most important aspect of the choral art. He closes with core personal values that every conductor may do well to consider in their own life of building within choral music. Read more