This session will discuss a score’s effect on interpretation, with a focus on the comparison of conventional scores available from retailers and the massive volume of user-edited maintained scores on CPDL, IMSLP, and other free sources. The goal of the session is to develop a manner of selecting editions that allow for the greatest ease […]
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Music for Ninth Grade That is Good Enough for the Pros
Motivation: The Art of Possibility
The session is based in leadership principals outlined in current best sellers including The Art of Possibility, Power vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior, Primal Leadership: Learning to Lead with Emotional Intelligence, The Courage to Teach, Good to Great, Talent is never Enough and Blink. There will be numerous opportunities for audience participation […]
Loop the Loop! Spinning Interactive Circles to Develop Choral Sound, Engage Awareness and Explore Artistry
This session engages participants in interactive circles to explore ensemble voice building techniques, choral rehearsal strategies and kinesthetic awareness activities to motivate singers of all ages. Participants will experience how the innovative use of gesture, movement in place and movement in space increase their physiological connection to singing, encourages their full-bodied awareness of musical elements, […]
How to Achieve Expressive Faces to Match Your Expressive Singing
This session will involve the participants in specific exercises, many of which are from acting techniques that will animate the performer’s face so as to communicate the meaning of the lyrics.
Non-Vibrato Singing and Volume in the Choral Rehearsal
Vocal skills to safely minimize vibrato. This style can bring stunning results, but if singers have no idea how to minimize vibrato it can cause fatigue or damage. A set of ideas will be presented to instruct singers on this style. Understanding the urge to over sing. The Lombard effect, and the protective reflex in […]
