What type of repertoire do we teach? How can we create excitement around singing and learning music? As choir directors, these questions are essential to our preparation before west and in front of our choirs. We must choose repertoire that will develop our students’ music skills in addition to creating excitement about music making and […]
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Sight-Singing Success: Tools and 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. The session will highlight the use of classroom technologies including LCD projectors, document cameras, and internet resources as tools for teaching and assessing daily sequential sight-singing practice. Handouts will provide attendees with […]
The Secret of Singing is in the Breathing
With healthy breathing habits, choirs of all ages and skill levels can achieve beautiful tone, impeccable intonation, and expressive phrasing. This session will provide a variety of practical breathing exercises, vocal warm-ups, rehearsal techniques, and conducting gestures that will transform the way the singers in your choirs use their air and make the music come […]
Nā Mele Polenekia: The Music of Polynesia
This session will expose attendees to the rich heritage of the Polynesian choral arts. Together we will uncover the canon of Polynesian communal singing from the islands of Hawaiʻi, New Zealand, and Sāmoa from pre-western contact up to the present day. This hands-on session will provide insight and methods on indigenous pedagogies and oral traditions […]
The Music of J.A.C Redford
J.A.C. Redford is a TV and film composer who has composed music for over three dozen film and hundreds of television episodes, including seasons of St. Elsewhere and Coach. He has orchestrated movie scores, working closely with James Horner and others. He orchestrated the last two Bond films. He has arranged for Grammy Award artists […]
Modeling and Teaching Vocal Health as a Choral Music Educator
This session will address issues that are prevalent within the choral teaching profession in regards to both personal vocal health and safety, as well as how to teach healthy vocal technique within the choir rehearsal. Research has shown that choral music teachers are likely to experience many vocal health challenges. Current literature asserts that many […]
