Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) established himself as the most influential Brazilian composer of his generation and beyond. His prolific output reveals his desire to improve the level of music education in Brazil during the second quarter of the twentieth century and develop a true national style. At the core of his musical language are his famous […]
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Unity through Diversity: The Choral Music of South Africa
This session is intended for choral musicians at the advanced high school, college, and university level. The presenter will discuss standard South African repertoire representing the major language groups in South Africa apart from Afrikaans and English. The following concepts will be discussed: movement and song, use of traditional instruments, distinctive “click” sounds and performance […]
Training Singers to be Independent Musicians
Can the common singer learn to be independently musical? Is it possible for the choir to see the same thing the conductor sees in the score? Wouldn’t it be great if our singers just knew how to make music? They can! Participants in this session will explore techniques to train singers to be independent musicians. […]
Sight-Singing Success: Strategies for Engaging, Sequential Daily Instruction
This session will focus on effective strategies for developing engaged, “hands-free” sight-singing practice incorporating chromatic solfège, Curwen’s hand signs, and Gordon’s audiation techniques. Because developing musical literacy is an essential goal for singers of all levels, the intended audience for this session includes teachers and conductors wishing to provide regular sight-singing training for children’s choirs, […]
Repertoire for Women’s Chorus and Men’s Chorus from Walton Music
Join Lynne Gackle and Cameron LaBarr for a reading session of proven favorites from Walton Music for Women’s and Men’s Chorus at the high school level and above. A free reading packet will be provided.
Reimagining the Renaissance for Beginning Singers
The Renaissance era provided us with many works that are both wonderful teaching pieces and beautiful works of art. What can we do to make this repertoire more available to young choral musicians? This session will demonstrate how early music can be more accessible for children’s, middle, and high school choirs with the use of […]
