This session will focus on ways that conductors may encourage diversity within their ensembles specifically through recruiting, engagement in cross-curricular activities, and diverse repertoire. The session will off er practical strategies for ensembles, along with a reading packet that will highlight underrepresented cultures, styles, and composers.
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Finding Common Ground: A Panel Discussion on Confl ict Transformation through Choral Music
How can music build bridges between communities in divisive times? This panel discussion will feature choral conductors and song leaders who are pursuing justice and reconciliation through choral music by engaging diverse populations of singers in dialogue-based conflict transformation, restorative practices, and creative youth development in to the rehearsal and performance process.
The Engaged Singer: Ways to Create Expressive Performances
Many choirs struggle with communicating expressively. However, studies show that a visually expressive ensemble will come across as more engaging for their audience. Having a “full bodied” performance can bring a choir’s singing to the next level and create an engaging performance for an audience member. Through storytelling, movement, games, and imitation, this session discusses […]
Honoring and Validating Transgender Singers in a Choral Context I: Practical and Pedagogical Considerations
Singers’ gender identities influence interactions in choral rehearsal and performance spaces. As choirs often are safe spaces for many types of diversity, it is vital that we consider singers’ lived gender identities and expressions and how they influence the choral experience. This interactive session will explore practical, research-based strategies to navigate the increasingly complex gender […]
The Evolving Singing Voice: Adolescence
NATS President Karen Brunssen and Chadley Ballantyne present the latest techniques, vocal acoustics, and more for adolescent singing from Karen Brunssen’s new book, The Evolving Singing Voice: Changes Across the Lifespan. Learn Chadley’s cutting-edge “WEIRD” exercise that Continued on next page uses adolescents’ own resonance and articulation to optimize vocal function, aff ects on resonance […]
Finding Common Ground: A Panel Discussion on Conflict Transformation through Choral Music
How can music build bridges between communities in divisive times? This panel discussion will feature choral conductors and song leaders who are pursuing justice and reconciliation through choral music by engaging diverse populations of singers in dialogue-based conflict transformation, restorative practices, and creative youth development into the rehearsal and performance process.
