Our online choral conversations are frequently centered, especially recently, around culture. How do we negotiate a diverse society within our classrooms and the online conversations that result? Dr. Graham invited me on his YouTube channel to discuss topics that fall under this broad umbrella like cancel culture, race, discourse and why so many of these topics are difficult […]
Choralosophy
Necessity is the Mother of Invention with Dr. Farrin Manian
In this episode, I continue my deep dive into attempting to understand how the pandemic may effect our world generally, but specifically the world of music and the performing arts. However, it should be obvious that parallels to our everyday lives are interwoven into this information. In this conversation, Dr, Manian and I focus primarily […]
Equity Pitfalls of Online Music Instruction with Emmy Burch
This special episode is a Podcast exchange with the brand new “Music (ed) Matters” podcast hosted by Dr. Emmy Burch. I invite you to check out her show! I am excited to welcome Emmy Burch to the Choral Podcast “scene” with this episode. She already has several excellent conversations available on her channel. In this […]
Speaking of Diversity in High Definition with Arreon Harley-Emerson
National Chair of the American Choral Directors Association’s Diversity Initiatives Committee This episode flipped the normal script a little bit, where I got to be on the hot seat! I was honored to be invited to be the guest on “And the Beat Goes On” presented by Arreon Harley-Emerson of the Choir School of Delaware. We agreed […]
Unscripted with Michael McGlynn
This illuminating and wide ranging conversation with Michael McGlynn was supposed to be my first ever livestream episode. Well, that didn’t work out… luckily the recording survived! It is presented here in two parts. This is my first ever UNSCRIPTED conversation where no topic or agenda was set in advance. We just dove in, and […]
Copyright Law Myths and the Future of Choral Publishing with Susan LaBarr
As we all look forward to an uncertain future in our choral rehearsals, we might also turn our attention to what was an already RAPIDLY changing market for choral sheet music. For a conversation on this topic I reached out to Susan LaBarr, composer and editor for Walton Music. Our conversation was wide ranging from […]