The imagination is one of our most powerful tools in making music. It is the fire that propels us beyond the notes to meaningful, expressive singing. It can also be the key to actually accomplishing the notes in a free, effective,and satisfying way. This session will present specific rehearsal techniques that engage the imagination through […]
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Get Out of Their Way: Enabling Singers to Be Independent Musicians
In this session, the presenter will work with a high school choir he has not met in advance as they are presented with a new piece of music. Instead of telling the students about the text and music and how they should rehearse it, Carey will guide them as they make their own discoveries, discuss […]
The Genesis and Structure of To Be Certain of the Dawn
To Be Certain of the Dawn, a Holocaust memorial oratorio written by Stephen Paulus, with libretto by Michael Dennis Browne, was written as a result of interfaith dialogue and with the purpose of encouraging ongoing conversation between people of faith. Paulus, Browne, and Father Michael O’Connell, Basilica of St. Mary’s, Minneapolis, who commissioned the work, […]
From Start to Finish: Developing Artistry
The clinicians will demonstrate with video clips from their rehearsals with elementary, middle school, and high school students, a practical daily process for developing student growth in independence and artistry.
Developing Musicianship in the Digital Age through the Use of the iPad and Other Technologies
The iPad has had a unique cultural impact and it has the potential to revolutionize the field of choral music. This session will demonstrate some of the ways the iPad can be used to go beyond the notes as a music reader, for score preparation, for sight-reading, for historical research, to find online resources, as […]
Building Literacy and Musicianship Skills into the Choral Rehearsal: Melodic
This session will focus on melodic reading and the implementation of tonal, rhythm, and melodic reading to choral repertoire via curriculum maps that specifically outline the literacy process for each octavo.
