The composition of new Australian choral music has flourished over the last fifty years. Outside of Australia, however, this music is relatively unknown. Through the vast and diverse Australian landscape, the traditions and sounds of the indigenous Aborigines, and the music of neighboring countries such as Indonesia and the Pacific Islands, Australian choral composers have […]
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Why Men Sing
This session discusses how to involve more male singers in your choral program. The session is based on the clinician’s successful recruiting experiences at the middle school, high school, and collegiate levels.
When 12 or 15 Are Gathered Together: Practical Repertoire for the Smaller Church Choir
This session provides repertoire and survival techniques for directors of church choirs with twenty or fewer members. Your two tenors have gone south for the winter? No basses at all? Even when you have all four parts “on the books,” directors of smaller choirs have to be prepared for last-minute changes in repertoire due to […]
Versatility of the Voice: Performing Non-Western Music with Your Bel Canto Choir
When exploring music of cultures beyond western art music, we now know that these songs are sung in their cultural context—the style and the vocal timbre are different from bel canto, but should we ask bel canto trained singers to approximate the timbre of other styles of singing? How do other vocal styles differ from […]
Variations on a Tech Theme: Tune it Up with Tech!
This interactive session is designed to transform the musically mundane to the musically miraculous through the use of technology integration! It will demonstrate the use of free online resources designed to captivate students’ attention and rejuvenate the educational aspect of rehearsal. Discover how to use technology to your advantage and to cultivate student engagement/autonomy. Students […]
Unraveling the Mysteries of Performance Practice: Breathing Life and Style into Choral Music
Does your Byrd sound like Brahms? Does your Mozart feel like Mahler? The term “performance practice” strikes fear into the hearts of many conductors whose training did not include much information about this topic. This session is designed to help relieve this fear and provide strategies for feeling comfortable with music from all eras. Using […]
