Do you have a Choir Handbook? Is it useful? Who reads it? If you want to know WHY you should have a handbook, and exactly WHAT should be in it, this blog post is for you! Choral Clarity Blog Presents: How to Write An Effective Choir Handbook –Everything you need to know!
Is Modern “A-Cappella” Healthy or Harmful to Building a High School Choral Program?
Let’s discuss Contemporary A-Cappella as it relates to building a high school choral program. Check out Choral Clarity’s blog post: Is Modern “A-Cappella”Healthy or Harmfulto Building a High SchoolChoral Program?
8 Steps to Retain Choir Students between Schools, Grades, and Teachers
How many students drop choir before they even get to us? They’re currently singing in middle school, yet they won’t appear in our class the very next year. or They’re currently singing with the other teacher, but they are choosing to drop instead of joining our choir. Fortunately, there are things we can do to get those lost students back […]
12 Tips to Keep Them from Dropping Choir!
Are you stressing about your choir enrollment numbers for next year? Are you constantly recruiting because so many students have chosen not to continue? A successful choral program is built upon the retention and continuation and of it’s members. In order for students to continue, we must figure out how to keep them from DROPPING OUT! Find out […]
Don’t Recruit New Members Until You’ve Done This First……..
Many of us are consumed with recruiting new members into our choral program. We feel like we have to recruit like crazy, especially because we can’t count on our current students continuing next year. If you find yourself going into “Recruitment-Panic” Mode, I have an alternative approach: Don’t Recruit New Members Until You’ve Done This First……..
14 Mistakes Choral Directors Make in their “Demo” Lesson
Being observed can be terrifying. If you are applying for a new choral job, there’s a good chance you will be asked to give a “demo” lesson in front of your future administrators. For those of you who are settled into a job, an observation is probably still likely to shake you up a bit. Here are: 14 Mistakes Choral DirectorsMake […]