This session will introduce conference attendees to the rich culture and traditions of vocal and choral music in Tanzania and provide performance practice techniques for authentic and exciting performances. Information will be presented through lecture, video of Tanzanian choirs, and performance by the Northern Illinois University Chamber Choir. Rev. Sululu comes to America with a […]
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Rehearsal: It’s Why We Get Paid
The Collegiate Repertoire Chorale will expose singers to new repertoire and techniques within a collaborative context with other collegiate choristers. The clinician will lead the choir through a range of musics exploring a variety of choral sonorities. The sessions will experiment with techniques suitable to the creation of these sounds. The format allows for an […]
Making the Case for Your School Choir
Recognizing the ever-increasing pressures on choral music education—time in the school day, focus on standardized testing, funding—Chorus America has created an advocacy guide designed for K–12 choir teachers. “Making the Case for Your School Choir” provides evidence that choral singing is an integral component of a complete and competitive education, that choral singing builds community, […]
Learning to Improvise in the Vocal Jazz Ensemble: Proven Teaching Strategies for Choral Directors
This session will present hands-on strategies for teaching beginning improvisation in the vocal jazz ensemble. The practical and enjoyable strategies are based on 20 years of research into the development of vocal improvisation skill that has been successfully applied to secondary and collegiate vocal jazz ensembles and vocal jazz methods courses. These proven strategies are […]
The Kids Can Sing Too! Developing a Choir in the Elementary School:
This session will help teachers to establish or develop a choir in the elementary school and will answer the following questions. What age or grade level is best to start choral singing? What is the best range for students at this age? How can you fit a choir into a general music program or the […]
The History of the Future: Tomorrow’s Choral Leaders as Ten-Year-Olds Today
The choral experiences, training programs, rehearsals, and performances we are building today will mold the lives of our next generation of choral leaders. Are we grounded in a set of core values and creating relevant pedagogies and programs for twenty-first century realities, or are we nostalgically re-living only what had meaning to us in a […]
