Come witness this “informance,” featuring singers from the Madison Youth Choir’s Holst Boychoir, that will focus on music selection, voice change, encouraging boys to keep singing, and strategies for a comprehensive rehearsal.
MadisonRandal Swiggum
Vocal Pedagogy
Demystifying the Adolescent Choral Student
This session has been designed to inform teachers working with adolescent singers. Discussion will feature practical and applicable techniques for working with and meeting the needs of this student population. Emphasis will be placed on teacher awareness of key adolescent characteristics including the adolescent ego, the impact of emotional components of the adolescent choral student, […]
Fort Wayne IN.Bridget Sweet
Vocal Improvisation and Choral Warm-Ups: Strategies and Perspectives
Non-Vibrato Singing and Volume in the Choral Rehearsal
Vocal skills to safely minimize vibrato. This style can bring stunning results, but if singers have no idea how to minimize vibrato it can cause fatigue or damage. A set of ideas will be presented to instruct singers on this style. Understanding the urge to over sing. The Lombard effect, and the protective reflex in […]
Dallas, TXRebecca Sherburn
Cultivating the Men’s Chorus at All Levels: Recruitment, Voice Building, Rehearsal, Repertoire, and Retention
This session will look at practical ways of recruiting a male choir, the use of solid group vocal techniques, fast paced rehearsal methodologies (including lots of problem-solving ideas), repertoire and resources, and retention. Much attention will be given to the unique psychological makeup of an all-male gathering, ideas for a thorough and fast-paced rehearsal intended […]
Dallas, TXGalen Darrough
Real Men Sing! A Session for Techniques, Repertoire, and Recruitment for Male Voices.
Real Men Sing! Is an interest session that will focus on various aspects of male singing such as recruitment techniques and methods, effective pedagogical techniques, varied, appropriate repertoire and director approach. How do we motivate them to sing, and encourage them to sing “like men” in a healthy way? How do we find appropriate repertoire […]
Winston-Salem, RIWilliam M. Skoog
