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11 Annual Alumni Choir Songs OTHER than “Hallelujah”

December 20, 2016 by Adam Paltrowitz Leave a Comment

Choral Clarity Presents: Are you looking for a more effective way to musically engage your alumni?  Do you want your alumni to come back year after year and ENHANCE the sound of your ensemble? It’s never too late to create a new tradition that the current choir members and alumni can all perform really well. An annual […]

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10 Reasons To Retire The Hallelujah Chorus….especially with alumni!

December 13, 2016 by Adam Paltrowitz Leave a Comment

Choral Clarity Presents:  10 Reasons To Retire The Hallelujah Chorus….especially with alumni! I may have just said the unthinkable. No, I won’t retract my statement. We can do better! We should do better! Why did Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus become the selection that choirs choose to repeat year after year? Why did this piece become the one that we invite our […]

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16 Must-Dos To Ensure a Great Concert

December 6, 2016 by Adam Paltrowitz Leave a Comment

Choral Clarity Presents: We just spent many months learning notes and rhythms, memorizing lyrics, working on balance and blend, shape, and internalizing meaning. But now it is concert season. Our priority needs to shift from how our ensemble sounds to what our audience sees and hears. Believe it or not, most of what the audience members see and hear […]

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12 Ways to Memorize DURING Rehearsal

November 29, 2016 by Adam Paltrowitz Leave a Comment

Choral Clarity Presents: Our ultimate goal should be teaching our students to embody the music they sing. The deeper their understand, the more they become the art. These 12 rehearsal techniques provide the framework for teaching students how to embody and memorize music while using sheet music: Click here to find out 12 Ways to Memorize DURING Rehearsal   This is […]

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Memorizing Music Without Really Trying

November 22, 2016 by Adam Paltrowitz Leave a Comment

Choral Clarity Blog Presents: Memorizing Music Without Really Trying How we teach and run daily rehearsals greatly impacts our students’ ability to be responsive to our conducting, sing freely, and be communicative. Our approach can foster the ability for our students to naturally memorize their music; we do not need to require them to memorize or […]

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Keep “Religion” Out Of Public School Choir

November 8, 2016 by Adam Paltrowitz 4 Comments

Choral Clarity Blog Presents: Keep “Religion” Out Of High School Choir! Public high school choirs and choir directors should not be preaching religion; how can we be effective choir directors who expose our students to the high-quality, historically significant music as well as the greatest works of living composers? Click here to read!     […]

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