Choral Clarity Blog Presents: Ideally, our choir should have their music memorized for concerts; it will make for a better concert than having our members hidden behind crinkly paper and being blinded by little dots with words attached to them. With their music memorized at the concert, they will be able to be more responsive […]
11 Choir Halloween Tricks (and Treats)
Choir Clarity Blog Presents: If we want to keep our students engaged throughout the year, we need to find opportunities to “change-up” our daily rehearsals. Halloween is a great excuse for “keeping things interesting”, AND it can also be used quite productively! Make your Choir Halloween Rehearsal memorable, creative, and useful! It doesn’t have to […]
The 7 Keys to Having Awesome SIght-Singers Throughout Your Choir
Choral Clarity Blog Presents: Even beginning choirs can still become filled with great sight-singers over the course of the year. When choirs are filled with sight-singers, rehearsal moves faster, singers remain focused, more music is learned, and the music-making process occurs sooner. With this increased productivity comes more enjoyment for everyone. But in order to get […]
The Best Ear-Training Exercise You Will Ever Use
Choral Clarity Blog Presents: There are many approaches to developing the ear. I believe that this one exercise is the very best tool for singers to develop their ear at the secondary level. This exercise is equally effective for beginning, intermediate, and advanced singers. I firmly believe that this is: The Best Ear-Training Exercise You […]
The 8 Steps to Prepare ALL Students to Sight-Sing
Choral Clarity Blog Presents: These 8 steps are frequently missed when teaching students to sight-sing. Each step is a must for every beginning and developing musicians. Without having achieved these specific skills, sight-singing is like throwing at a dart board….and some students are facing the wrong direction. The 8 Steps to Prepare ALL Students to […]
6 Reasons Why Your Singers Can’t Sight-Sing
Choral Clarity Blog Presents: Ever wonder why so many singers in our choirs never learn how to sight-sing, even when we teach it day after day? Once we know the reasons, we can find the solution. Here are: The 6 Reasons Why Your Singers Can’t Sight-Sing….