If your group is performing for Memorial Day, this blog post may be right up your alley. So often, our ensembles serve the community. These performances are completely different than our typical chorus concerts as there are many factors not in our control. This brand new blog post explains how to impact audiences at community events such […]
A New Sight Singing Tool That Has My Choir SHOOK!
A brand new sight-singing tool just came out that has made sight-singing FUN and EXCITING in my choirs. My students and I were fortunate enough to be beta-testers. The very first time my students used it, their eye lit-up and they were sold! Now that it has officially been released, I want the choral world […]
Choir Senioritis……11 Ways to Minimize The Symptoms
Senioritis is a real issue in many high school choral programs. Does your program suffer from seniors who act entitled, arrogant, dismissive, or lazy? Are your SENIORS setting the wrong kind of role model status for the younger singers? Introducing my blog post: Choir Senioritis……. 11 Ways to Minimize The Symptoms Sincerely, Adam Paltrowitz Creator […]
Basic Math or Matching Pitch: Which Skill Is More Important?
Imagine if learning to matching pitch was treated like learning basic math: We certainly believe everyone can learn addition and subtraction. In fact, our public schools require that all students learn how to add and subtract. If a student struggles to understand the concept of basic math, how is this handled? It’s likely […]
Self-Selected Choir vs Non-Auditioned Choir: 12 BIG DIFFERENCES!
There is a BIG DIFFERENCE between a self-selected choir and a traditional non-auditioned choir. Both ensembles are only as good as it’s strongest singers. So where are your strongest singers? Are they in a select group instead? Is your “y’all come” choir stripped of all talent? Is it plagued by apathy? This blog post offers a different approach […]
The Fastest “Tone-Deaf Quiz” You’ve Ever Given!
My latest blog post offers a simple approach for ensuring your struggling singers are not tone-deaf. This 2 minute “tone-deaf” quiz will not only help you to quickly assess if your struggling singers could actually be tone-deaf, it will help you to figure out if their ear is even the problem at all. You can give this quiz […]