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, […]
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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.
Building Literacy and Musicianship Skills into the Choral Rehearsal: Tonal
In this session, the sound-to-symbol learning sequence will be applied to tonal reading. To aid the development of aural/oral tonal skills, a sequence of vocal pitch exercises will be presented in a graphic form that can be utilized via overhead transparencies or an LCD project. Teaching strategies and activities for developing tonal audition, musical memory, […]
Building Literacy and Musicianship Skills into the Choral Rehearsal: Takadimi and Beyond
Working from the premise that singers learn musical skills in much the same order as they do language skills, participants will explore how we learn music through hearing and imitating patterns before reading and writing. The Takadimi rhythm-pedagogy system will be addressed and specific techniques for developing rhythm reading readiness, literacy, audition, musical memory, dictation, […]
