This workshop has a twofold purpose: to discuss how choirs can reach out to or be created in marginalized populations; and to help choral musicians develop ideas, strategies, knowledge, and repertoire for socially-responsible outreach in prisons, shelters, hospitals, and the bedsides of the dying.
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Choral Directors are from Mars and Voice Teachers are from Venus: ‘Sing from your Diaphragm’ and Other Vocal Mistructions
How can middle and high school and college choral conductors interact with independent and academic voice teachers in their area to develop a successful team? Is the voice teacher/choral conductor conflict in higher education fantasy or fact? Exploring answers to these questions, we will delve into commonly used mis-instructions and their implications.
Choral Conductor and Organist: A Creative Partnership
This is a workshop celebrating the artistic intersections of choir and organ, proposing performance solutions for selected choral repertoire with organ, and answering some questions frequently voiced both by conductors and organists. Repertoire to be addressed: Handel’s Messiah, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Fauré’s Requiem, Parry’s I Was Glad, and Phillips’ Antiphon.
Building Literacy and Musicianship Skills into the Choral Rehearsal: Tonal and Melodic
In this session the sound-to-symbol learning sequence explored in the rhythm session will be applied to tonal and melodic reading. A sequence of vocal pitch exercises will be presented in a graphic form as well as techniques for implementing tonal, rhythm and melodic reading to choral repertoire.
Boy Singers: Matters That Matter
This session will examine how to be successful in dealing with boys in choirs. Methods for keeping boys engaged and overcoming stereotypes will be discussed, as well as practical suggestions for recruitment, retention, group management and repertoire selection. The psychology of boys and how athletics can exist with the arts in a boy’s life will […]
Beyond Salmo 150: The Unaccompanied Choral Music of Ernani Aguiar
Brazilian composer Ernani Aguiar (b. 1950) has established himself as one of the most influential names on the contemporary Latin American musical scene. Although more of his compositions begin to gain international visibility through recent performances and publications, his name continues to be almost exclusively associated with his famous unaccompanied setting of Psalm 150. While […]
