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I am sharing an Ask Ayurveda reading resource for anyone putting together a choir newsletter with a wellbeing corner. Coughs and throat comfort can come up around rehearsals, though this isnt a vocal technique guide. The article covers homemade cough preparations and includes cautions alongside them. There is quite a few recipes, so the cautions […]

I am putting together some notes on pre-concert nerves for adult community singers, because the usual “just breathe” advice dont always help. One useful distinction are short stage nerves versus stress that keeps following you home after rehearsal. Sleep, regular meals and a slow warmup seems boring, but theyve helped me more than trying a […]

Seraphim [The Seraphim Singers] will host an open rehearsal for its 2026-27 season on Monday, September 14, 2026 at 7:00 PM at Episcopal Church of our Savior, 25 Monmouth St. Brookline, Massachusetts, 02446. Founded in 1997 by music director Jennifer Lester, and now directed by Eric Christopher Perry in his first season as permanent music […]

Back-to-School Gems for Middle Level Choirs with Graphite guest repertoire curator Dr. Shekela Wanyama “August is like an interminable series of Sunday scaries,” one of my colleagues said the other day. I couldn’t agree more! This is the time of year when a) I am certain I forgot how to teach over the summer; and […]

Featuring pieces from Julio Morales & David von Kampen! Felicidad (Happiness) (SATB)Julio MoralesSATB and piano; also SABDifficulty: 2Duration: 3-5 min.We are reminded that happiness can be found in all aspects of life, even during difficult times.   Lovely Appear (SATB)David von KampenSATB and piano; also SADifficulty: 2Duration: 3-5 min.A beautiful, mostly unison setting of Gounod’s […]

In conversation with Dale Trumbore! Here at Graphite, we celebrate the many facets of our composers. Some of them write more than music, they write books! Composer Dale Trumbore has not one, but TWO books available: Staying Composed & Composing a Living. We spoke with Dale about her important work and what it contributes to […]