Under the auspices of the College of Music at the University of North Texas in Denton, the Cambiata Institute is  dedicated to promulgating tenets of the Cambiata Concept, a comprehensive philosophy and methodology of teaching vocal music to early adolescents.  This site provides assistance to vocal music educators and church musicians who work with students in the upper elementary, mid-level, and secondary grades.  Choose from any of the helpful articles listed below.

A Case for Quality Music  Approaches to Teaching Boys with Changing Voices  Books That Assist Teachers of Adolescent Singers The Challenge and Rewards of Choral Singing  Classifying Early Adolescent Voices The Demise of Respect Different Ways Boys' Voices Change  Discipline in the Choral Classroom How to Choose Music Adolescents Can Sing  I'm a Boy, How High Should I Sing? Irvin Cooper, Originator of the Cambiata Concept The Light Baritone The Male Changing Voice In High School  Middle-Level Uni-Gender Choirs Motivating the Hesitant Singer Music Should be Performed, but Not Performance Driven The New Adolescent Bass Only One Adolescent Baritone? Preferred Practices in Teaching Boys Whose Voices Are Changing Recruiting Boys to Sing in Choir  Rote Teaching Melody-Part Style Music Singing Cambiata Music with Older Adolescents and Adults  Singing Two Parts with Mid-Level Male Students Tenets of the Cambiata Concept     Training the Uncertain Singer  Understanding Adolescent Vocal Registers