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Chris Munce

The A Cappella Connection with Deke Sharon

January 27, 2023 by Chris Munce Leave a Comment

When you perform, it’s your job to go out there and save a life.Deke Sharon This week, I welcome the “Father of Contemporary A Cappella,” Deke Sharon onto the show. We discuss the origins of the modern “A Cappella” genre as well as the “family tree” of other types of A Cappella vocal music genres […]

Filed Under: Choralosophy Tagged With: A cappella, ACDA Membership Benefits, pop, unity

Car Thoughts: Student Led Sectionals

January 20, 2023 by Chris Munce Leave a Comment

“Whoever is doing the talking is doing the learning.” Jen York-Barr In this special car thoughts I will not only DESCRIBE how I use sectionals in rehearsal, I will show you! (Video recommended) I am a big believer in student ownership, and there are few better ways to accomplish this than building a culture of […]

Filed Under: Choralosophy, Others

Should We Pay Student Teachers? With Dr. Tina Beveridge

January 13, 2023 by Chris Munce Leave a Comment

Is student teaching a “class?” or a “job?” Does this practice need a revamp in the face of the current teacher shortage? In this episode, I invited Tina Beveridge on to hash out a disagreement. A few months ago, I created a TikTok expressing my opinion that student teachers don’t “deserve” a paycheck. Mostly based […]

Filed Under: Choralosophy Tagged With: Access, ACDA Membership Benefits, American Choral Directors Association, Economy, Education, Equity

Learned Helplessness with Christine Sefein

January 6, 2023 by Chris Munce Leave a Comment

Is it possible that the over-politicization of classroom education could be contributing in some way to the epidemic of mental health problems amongst teens and young adults? Clinical Psychologist, and child of Egyptian immigrants, Christine Sefein thinks we should not ignore this possibility. The modern vogue for activism that kids are learning focuses on the […]

Filed Under: Choralosophy Tagged With: American Choral Directors Association, Education, philosophy, Social Justice

YEAR IN REVIEW! TOP EPISODES OF 2022″

December 30, 2022 by Chris Munce Leave a Comment

Year in Review! Top Episodes of 2022 2022 was an exciting year on this show! The first solid year of weekly episodes, a wide range of topics. (Only ONE Covid episode, thank God.) We saw lots of growth in the audience, exciting LIVE recordings, and so much more. In this episode, I have curated some […]

Filed Under: Choralosophy

Going Beyond Good Intentions with Robyn Hilger

December 23, 2022 by Chris Munce Leave a Comment

In part two of my conversation with ACDA Executive Director Robyn Hilger, we pick up right where we left off last week in Episode 130. I begin by asking Robyn about the ACDA national conventions session line up. We discuss what is there, and what is missing. We move from there into a deep discussion of ACDA’s […]

Filed Under: Choralosophy

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