Choral Rehearsal

The best advice I ever got about running a choral rehearsal came from the Department Chair at the university where I was working on my Master’s degree.  He said, "Use as few words as possible.  They want to sing, not listen to you talk."  I figured he said it to me because I love . . . → Read More: Choral Rehearsal

Singing Basics

As a chorus teacher, one of the first things you must teach are singing basics.  A great choral sound starts with a great individual sound.  The basics are the same.

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Beginning Singers

Wow.  Sometimes you have beginning singers that will knock your socks off.  Sometimes you have a youngster or two who chants — loudly — on one pitch, usually about a M6 lower than everybody else.  But most everybody is somewhere in between.  Your job is to start where they are and help them to . . . → Read More: Beginning Singers