Beste Choral Methods podcasts (2024)

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Ep. 103 - Developing Choral Tone Through Community Building - Joel Tranquilla 54:46

1d ago54:46

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“I don't have a sound that I'm trying to make the choir fit into. I'm trying to understand and uncover the palette of sounds that are in front of me and then expand our sense of what we can sound like. This happens through the community building process, because the more we honor each individual and allow them to bring themselves into that rehearsa…

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Ep 15 - ChantHacks: All Saints at St. Michael's - 25th Anniversary Re-issue 9:36

4d ago9:36

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Listen to the unwrapping of the very first CD! The All Saints at St. Michael’s - 25th Anniversary Re-issue is now available for purchase in the US and Canada, shipping included! All Saints at St. Michael’s - 25th Anniversary Re-issue and our family's popular Christmas CD Carol of the Bells can both be ordered through our new store at markemersondon…

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Ep. 102 - Breaking Barriers for Women-Identifying Conductors - Coreen Duffy 42:45

6d ago42:45

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“Historically, in higher education and in music in general, it was a male-dominated podium expectation. When we step on the podium as women-identifying conductors, we're breaking that image. There's a long way to go, and WiCHEd is working on bringing a supportive community together, helping the next generation figure out how to navigate this compli…

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22} Thankful for Isaac Watts 11:27

14d ago11:27

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I will share with you several artifacts associated with Watts, including three girls samplers, on which Watts' texts are embroidered. I also share with you my first published piece, sung by the Sacred Nine Singers! To view pics of the artifacts, visit https://sacrednine.com/podguestnewsDoor Leonard Raybon

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Ep. 101 - Developing Listening Skills and Fostering Empathy Through Singing - Ethan Sperry 48:07

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“When people talk about what skills kids are lacking in America these days, two of the skills that come up a lot are the ability to listen to each other and have some empathy for each other. Some people would say it’s not just kids that are lacking those skills; it might be what is really missing from our society. I think choir is the best subject …

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Season 4 Wrap-Up 19:26

22d ago19:26

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Thank you for listening to our show this season!! Here are the favorite choral pieces from our guests in the fourth season: St. John Passion, Johann Sebastian Bach St. Matthew Passion, Johann Sebastian Bach Ave Maria, Franz Biebl Requiem, Johannes Brahms “Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen” from Requiem, Johannes Brahms No Time, Susan Brumfield I Si…

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Ep. 100 - Strengthening the Bond Between Composers and Choristers - Sarah Quartel 46:23

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“For me, choral music is all about the people. I write for the choristers. I've gone through that phase in my life where I've written only for myself, where I had a lot of things I needed to express and every note that went on a page was for me. Now I'm in a phase where I want to adore every note that's on the page. I want every note that's on the …

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Ep. 99 - Exploring Passion and Expression Through Gospel Music - Trey McLaughlin 49:38

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“No one cared about my accolades coming in as a freshman. It’s not enough just to be good, because everyone is good. It forced me not to ride on my natural ability and to buckle down to figure out things like theory, music history, and performance practice. It made me realize that being an individual is paramount, and you have to prove why you are …

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Ep. 98 - Growing the Choral Community Through International Collaboration - Ken Steven 47:23

2M ago47:23

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“In Indonesia, choral singing has just been really popular recently, maybe around ten years. It has become a lifestyle. Everyone wants to be part of a choir because choir is very interesting - you can go on tour, you can do concerts... What drives the choir most is joining a competition: they will have a goal they want to achieve, an opportunity to…

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21} Sarah Maria Cornell and Methodism: a talk with Ellen Blue 48:49

2M ago48:49

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Sacred Nine will be traveling to Swarthmore college on Good Friday, 2026 to "beatify" the brutally murdered Sarah Maria Cornell. Inspiration came from Murder in a Mill Town by Bruce Dorsey, Professor of History at Swarthmore. Ellen Blue helps us understand the kind of religious atmosphere Cornell would have experienced. https://sacrednine.com/givin…

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Ep. 97 - Growing Cross-Cultural Appreciation Through Choral Music - Michael Barrett 45:09

2M ago45:09

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“As choral conductors, we're first and foremost educators, and we have to realize that we have to come with compassion in everything that we do when we listen to choirs. All too often we sit there thinking, ‘the intonation wasn't so great, or maybe their phrase endings could be better,’ but we don't understand what people are working with. No two c…

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Ep. 96 - Building the Culture of Choral Music in Your Community - David Fryling 51:37

2M ago51:37

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Dr. David Fryling is director of choral activities at Hofstra University, where he conducts both the select Hofstra Chorale and Hofstra Chamber Choir and teaches beginning and advanced studies in choral conducting, as well as graduate-level studies in choral conducting and choral literature. In addition, he is an adjunct professor for the Hofstra S…

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20} Project 2025 34:24

3M ago34:24

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our guest's website: www://karriegaspard.com https://sacrednine.com Sacred Nine's satire of Christian NationalismDoor Leonard Raybon

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Ep. 95 - Improvisation and Community from the Folk-Acoustic Tradition - Lissa Scheckenburger 54:24

3M ago54:24

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“A lot of what I end up teaching with regards to all of music, but certainly improvisation, has to do with becoming comfortable. You can do all kinds of different technical exercises, improvisation exercises, conceptual brain project exercises, all of which serve to help the musician become comfortable and fluid with their musical expression so tha…

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Ep. 94 - Encouraging Musical Ownership for Middle School Singers - Karla McClain 47:13

3M ago47:13

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“That's my job: to take the foundation of what they have – love of singing and basic vocal technique – and then just refine it, to challenge them to start being more musical artists themselves. I personally do a lot of giving the kids choices: ‘If it's not in the music, how do we want to sing this? What are your thoughts?’ We listen, we reflect. I …

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Ep. 93 - Cultivating Confidence for Elementary Singers - Bethany Main 44:51

4M ago44:51

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“My goal is that no child will leave my classroom thinking they can't sing. If I have a coworker say, ‘I can't sing,’ I'm like, ‘no, no. First, give me 15 minutes and a piano and I will show you that you can. Second, you can't say that because if you say that, then the kids think it's okay to say that.’ I'm really fighting all day to prove to them …

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19} Sing Me, Sing Me Not (part 2) 25:37

4M ago25:37

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In 2021, after having virtually eliminated the singing of Spirituals from my career, I decided to take a deep dive, asking African American scholars and performers their thoughts on whites singing Spirituals. Original presentation videoDoor Leonard Raybon

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Ep. 92 - Developing Independent Musicianship in Choral and Instrumental Ensembles - Will Gunn 50:34

4M ago50:34

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“I wanted to get kids to work more collaboratively. We say we’re a collaborative group, but the conductor is behind the piano teaching the choir parts rather than saying, ‘here's the part I want you to learn. Go learn it. Here are the expectations and come back and self-assess yourself.’ So, I designed performance tasks. I'll work on it as a group …

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Ep. 91 - Building Artistic Versatility Through Contemporary A Cappella - J.D. Frizzell 47:06

4M ago47:06

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“At the end of that first year, I did a pops concert. I developed the formula that I use now, which is to make it sound a lot like the actual songs. You give a lot of soloists opportunities to sing solos, especially in the verses which are harder because of the syncopation. We had a band that we hired: some horns, a rhythm section. The kids loved i…

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18} Sing Me, Sing Me Not (part 1) 20:26

5M ago20:26

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In 2021, after having virtually eliminated the singing of Spirituals from my career, I decided to take a deep dive, asking African American scholars and performers their thoughts on whites singing Spirituals. Original presentation videoDoor Leonard Raybon

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Ep. 90 - Reinvigorating Historic Music with Modern Creativity - Robert Hollingworth 52:30

5M ago52:30

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“Uniformity is a two-edged sword, isn't it? Within a choir you need uniformity or you're not going to get a good blend, but within that uniformity, I want as much individuality as possible. I do a lot of 16th-Century music, early 17th-Century music, which has very, very high, passionate stakes. The individual has to come through. That's what makes …

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Ep. 89 - Creating Choral Camaraderie on a Global Level - T. J. Harper 50:15

5M ago50:15

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“The folks who I think are really doing incredible work around the world, not just for one festival or for one tour, but for decades, are the folks who are trying to literally make the world a better place through choral music. How many opportunities can we provide for them so they can feel like they're part of that bigger family to help legitimize…

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Ep. 88 - Prioritizing Representation in Choral Music - Matthew Chi Lee 45:24

5M ago45:24

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“I haven’t moved exclusively to doing multicultural music in our classroom, but I have done a lot of music that has a positive message that they can relate to. If this song has nothing to do with them, no matter how much I love it, no matter how epic or famous this is, the students will have a hard time connecting to it. I’m not saying that everyth…

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Ep. 87 - Sharing Stories to Stir the Soul - Tim Seelig 58:02

6M ago58:02

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“From my first ACDA in 1991 to ACDA now: complete reversal. People are not afraid to perform something that moves the soul, and in 1991 nobody did it. Now people are digging in and not being afraid. I applaud all of my fellow choral conductors for being fearless and not being afraid to tell the stories that mean something.” Tim Seelig is a conducto…

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17} Introducing Hannah Hadassah Hickok

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Get to know Hannah Hadassah Hickok Smith with me. A fascinating woman and worthy of song! I will develop a Sacred Nine Project about her "if I live," as she would say! Check out Sacred Nine Project: The Mending Sampler, which is referenced in this episode. Check out the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History & the Historical Society of Glastonbu…

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Ep. 86 - Honoring Diversity Through Historical Research - Elizabeth Schauer 48:11

6M ago48:11

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“I have fallen deeply in love with looking at a piece, seeing what it is, and realizing that there are no real absolutes in music. There are no rules. You have to look at each piece of music for what it is and consider it in its historical and cultural context and then find out enough about the composer. It feels like a journey, a rabbit hole that …

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Ep. 85 - Choral Music and Personal Growth - Jonathan Talberg 58:48

6M ago58:48

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“I grew up thinking that we should sound like the music we're singing. There was never one right way for me. There are those great choral traditions where they sing everything a certain way. I never wanted to be that way. We can do seven different pieces in seven entirely different styles. You would think, 'is that the same choir?' That's something…

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Ep. 84 - Building Choral Skills from the Adjudication Table - Brett Epperson 45:46

6M ago45:46

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“I’ve really enjoyed getting into classrooms to affirm my colleagues. I seek whenever I do a visit to say something that is both positive and true. I could just be positive, but if it’s not truthful, students can sense that. I’ve really enjoyed getting to bop in, see great teaching in action, and affirm my colleagues in front of their students.” Dr…

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16} The DMs, Divine and Moral 51:58

7M ago51:58

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giveNOLA Day is Tuesday! Donate! Watch the video of Sacred Nine Project: The DMsDoor Leonard Raybon

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Ep 14 - ChantHacks: Charles Weaver interview, Part 2, w/Mark Emerson Donnelly 18:45

7M ago18:45

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Share and subscribe to the ChantHacks channel! This is Part 2 of my interview with Charles Weaver, who teaches at the Julliard School of Music in New York. In this episode, Charlie and I discuss the importance of sight-singing. See Charlie's bio on Julliard: https://www.juilliard.edu/music/faculty/weaver-charles Leave a comment if you're going to p…

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Ep. 83 - Building Choral Excellence to Serve Communities - Joshua Cheney 51:17

7M ago51:17

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"Choral programs don't exist in a vacuum. They exist in a place, and they exist in a place that serves a people. That people group is always bigger than choir. The first thing that you've gotta do is answer the question, 'how are my people, how is my place going to be served by choral music?' and then build that. You've gotta build that one step at…

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Ep 13 - ChantHacks: Soriano's "Regina Caeli" arranged by Mark Emerson Donnelly 12:14

7M ago12:14

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Subscribe to our newsletter to receive the sheet music for Mark's arrangement of Francesco Soriano's "Regina Caeli" https://markemersondonnelly.com/get-involved/ Leave a comment below and like this episode if you thought Mark's "hack" was successful! In this episode, Mark discusses why he arranged Francesco Soriano's "Regina Caeli". Give a listen t…

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Ep. 82 - Inspiring and Motivating Adolescent Tenors and Basses - Vincent Oakes 48:55

7M ago48:55

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“Octave displacement is a really big thing with adolescent singers. Make a game out of it - I’ll have them match me, match me up an octave, match me down an octave - versus scolding when you’re in the middle of rep and someone is singing too low and you just point and say ‘that’s too low.’ That’s a little ambiguous for the average 13-year-old. To g…

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Ep 12 - ChantHacks: Regina Caeli (simple/ONM revisited) 11:46

7M ago11:46

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Subscribe to our newsletter to receive the sheet music for Mark's "Organum Novi Mundi" (ONM) of the Regina Caeli! https://markemersondonnelly.com/get-involved/ In this episode, Mark discusses further the Rules of Style and re-visits Ep. 5 about his Organum Novi Mundi of the simple Regina Caeli. You also hear an inspiring recording of the Regina Cae…

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Ep. 81 - Expanding Access to Choral Participation - Marcela Molina 49:12

8M ago49:12

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“I started to see the possibilities of what a youth community choir could be. Seeing that profound impact on a young woman was very transformative for me. After two or three years, everything that I did had more layers. There was a new potential of enhancement and community impact. The things that make me go like a volcano are about community, acce…

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15} Libby Prison 58:26

8M ago58:26

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Please like and subscribe. Also, visit sacrednine.com and subscribe and consider giving! I want to try to apply for NEA grants, and for those you have to match funds!Door Leonard Raybon

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Ep. 80 - Bridging Artistry and Scholarship - Jessica Nápoles 50:12

8M ago50:12

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“If a student has been unsuccessful at elementary and middle school, by the time they get to high school, it’s really hard to shift and course correct. But if they haven’t been successful at elementary and you get them at the middle school level, you really do have the potential to shift that course in a monumental way, to reshape their views about…

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Ep 11 - ChantHacks: Charles Weaver interview, w/Mark Emerson Donnelly (Part 1) 23:52

8M ago23:52

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This is Part 1 of my interview with Charles Weaver, who teaches at the Julliard School of Music in New York. In this episode, Mark and Charlie discuss "informed" performance practice and the "Old" Solesmes Method. See Charlie's bio on Julliard: https://www.juilliard.edu/music/faculty/weaver-charles 1) Subscribe to our mailing list for upcoming spec…

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Ep. 79 - Voice Pedagogy Concepts for a Variety of Genres - Ryan Deignan 56:10

8M ago56:10

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“Contemporary commercial music is closer to the students’ everyday musical culture. There’s that component of culturally relevant pedagogy that both show choir and vocal jazz meet. They are a bit more naturally motivating to a majority of students, and we honor the musical culture of the United States and our popular styles from the last 100 years …

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14} The Tradition that Never Was 16:09

9M ago16:09

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Please visit our website and contribute to our endeavors! Giving!Door Leonard Raybon

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Ep. 78 - Optimizing Choral Administration with a Booster Club - Cathy Britton 49:51

9M ago49:51

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"I didn’t want to do any middle level teaching because of behavior, but I ended up teaching eight years at Patrick Henry Junior High. I loved every moment of it. I learned that if the kids loved and trusted you, they would do anything for you. It was just so much fun to take what they were willing to give and do some good work with them. It all tra…

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Ep. 77 - Creating Opportunities Through First Impressions - Stephen Caldwell 56:05

9M ago56:05

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"The greatest lesson that I learned as a gig singer is that your career and reputation are built one chance at a time. You get one chance and one chance only. If I want people to go out on a limb for me and recommend me for a gig, then I have to make sure that I'm protecting their reputation as well as my own. That starts with never being late, alw…

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Season 3 Wrap-Up 13:29

9M ago13:29

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Thank you for listening to our show this season!! Here are the favorite choral pieces from our guests in the third season: Sommerpsalm, Waldemar Åhlén Christmas Oratorio, Johann Sebastian Bach Komm, Jesu, Komm; Johann Sebastian Bach Agnus Dei, Samuel Barber Bluegrass Mass, Carol Barnett Afternoon on a Hill, Eric Barnum Missa Solemnis, Ludwig van Be…

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Minisode Intro Part 3 - Share Your Story with the Choir Fam 2:55

9M ago2:55

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We want to hear from you! We'd love all our listeners to answer our Season 3 lightning-round questions for us to share with our audience. We are looking forward to getting to know you better. Email choirfampodcast@gmail.com with the following info: Subject Line: Choir Fam Minisode First and last name, pronouns optional City and state you live in Sc…

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Minisode 3 - Stephen Salamunovich, Anneliese Zook 6:44

9M ago6:44

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Choir Fam Minisode 3 includes Lightning Round answers from two of our Choir Fam listeners: Stephen Salamunovich Renton, Washington Anneliese Zook Garfield, Washington We want to hear from you! We'd love all our listeners to answer our Season 1 lightning-round questions for us to share with our audience. We are looking forward to getting to know you…

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Ep. 76 - Approaching Choral Music with Imagination - Jean-Sébastien Vallée 46:11

9M ago46:11

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“The number one thing that I look for when I meet a younger conductor is imagination, someone who comes with ideas but also has a story to tell with the music. Often younger conductors are really worried about technique, the way they look, the way they rehearse, but it starts with imagination. What do you want to communicate? People are so worried …

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Ep. 75 - Connecting with Audiences Through Choral Programming - Erick Lichte 50:42

10M ago50:42

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“We are there to be servants of our community. A lot of amateur choirs can become bowling leagues; they show up on Wednesday night, they have a great time, and that’s the reason they do it. I think the trick is to satisfy the needs of our singers, develop them as artists and people, but also make the focus constantly about reaching out to our audie…

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13} "Indian Hymn" and its attribution to William Apess 40:34

10M ago40:34

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Drew Lopenzina Professor of Early American Literature and Native American Literature, Old Dominion University Through an Indian's Looking-Glass: A Cultural Biography of William Apess by Drew Lopenzina https://www.umasspress.com/9781625342591/through-an-indians-looking-glass/ Introduction to Native American Literature by Drew Lopenzina https://www.r…

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Ep. 74 - Commercial Music within the Large Choral Ensemble - Eric Rubinstein 53:56

10M ago53:56

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“So many people view conducting as a reflection of the music, and if that works for them, that's great. I view conducting as a reflection of the movement. Undergrads aren't always predisposed to musical language, but they are already predisposed to the language that Laban uses: time, space, weight, flow. Instead of saying 'that's not marcato enough…

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Ep. 73 - Developing a Personal Compositional Voice - Christopher Tin 45:47

10M ago45:47

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"The question I had to ask myself was, 'Do you want to change who you are as a composer just so can match a particular sound that is in fashion or is expected of you in the concert hall world or do you want to say true to yourself as an artist?'" Time and time again, whenever this question pops up, it's always you turn towards yourself and ask your…

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