Getting your ensemble to sing together is one thing, but really getting them to be a cohesive group in all aspects is another. This session will provide you with hands-on experience of the TRIBES way of building community. After participating in each activity, we will discuss how these can be used in large group performing […]
Salt Lake City, UT.Ensemble Development
Swagger, Gentlemanliness, and Brotherhood: Explorations of Lived Experiences in a High School Men’s Chorus
This session will investigate how participation in a male chorus impacts singers’ lives and identity and view the high school male chorus through the lens of singers’ personal experiences. Helpful models of relationships and values within the male chorus environment, strategies for teaching and maintaining balance while rehearsing male choruses, and male-specific neuroscience will also […]
Salt Lake City UT.Andrea Ramsey
Sing for Fun – Without Scores!
To sing for fun without pressure now and then during rehearsals and choir camps can be very profitable and create a positive atmosphere. This workshop will concentrate on things that you normally do not have time to do in the rehearsals: improvisations, ostinati, small canons, fun songs with choreography, various amusing intonation exercises, and small […]
Salt Lake City UT.Robert Sund
Service-Learning, Ubuntu, and Choral Music: Transformative Music Education
The African word Ubuntu conveys the interdependency of humans on one another. It is at the heart of what we understand to be “community.” Choral music, because of the humanness of the voice and the nature of singing together, is an embodiment of this principle. This session draws upon the shared strengths of choral singing, […]
Salt lake City UT.Alicia W. Walker, James M. Meaders
The Senses Collide: Connecting Artful Movement and Dynamic Formation in Performance
By engaging the power of the visual in performance, we extend our impact and viability in a culture increasingly disconnected from the choral tradition. This session will introduce movement principles partnered with art music in the context of performance, augmenting the meaning and potency of the repertoire performed. Topics include the connection of body and […]
Salt lake City UT.Richard Bjella, Kristina Caswell MacMullen
Teach Phrasing First: Practical Considerations for Teaching Artistry at the Beginning of the Rehearsal Process
Choirs learn, internalize, and repeat in performance what they do most often in rehearsal. Good choral pedagogy includes the separation and integration of the technical aspects of the music and the articulation of the music’s artistic and expressive content. If, however, music learning is completely separated from musical expression and artistry, or artistic concerns are […]
Little Rock AR.Steven Grives
