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Channeling Emotional Contagion with Dr. Gary Seighman

December 9, 2022 by Chris Munce Leave a Comment

There is an often felt, but rarely quantified sense within ensemble music experiences that something truly MAGICAL is happening that changes us profoundly. However, recentscientific discoveries (link to sources below) are adding a more concrete validity to that which experienced musicians already intuitively know. Studies that reveal the physiological and psychological processes of cooperative effort, […]

Filed Under: Choralosophy Tagged With: ACDA Membership Benefits, choir, Choral Journal, Choral Music, CONTAGION, Education, Pandemic, SCIENCE

AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE WITH VAUGHAN FLEISCHFRESSER

November 25, 2022 by Chris Munce Leave a Comment

The Music Department is an alternate universe where pupils are often unrecognizable from who they are outside of it. The shy become confident. The agitated become calm. The lonely become included. The quiet become heard. And the lost become found. Music reveals the real child. Vaughan Fleischfresser You probably recognize this colleague just by looking at him […]

Filed Under: Choralosophy Tagged With: ACDA Membership Benefits, advocacy, choir, music education, social media

The Belonging Buffet

November 4, 2022 by Chris Munce Leave a Comment

Obvious: All humans need to feel connected and have a sense of belonging. Less obvious: Teacher’s have less power to actually achieve this with all students than we think. We can WELCOME all students. But belonging has to be mutual and organic. Hot take: not ALL students need this from their school or ALL of their […]

Filed Under: Choralosophy Tagged With: belonging, choir, choir teacher, inclusion

The A Cappella Revolution with Rob Dietz

September 2, 2022 by Chris Munce Leave a Comment

A Cappella guru, and ACDA Contemporary and Commercial co-chair, Rob Dietz joins me this week to tell his story of passion for the “Pop A Cappella” genre of ensemble vocal music. Rob is well known in this sub-genre of choral music for his work on “The Sing Off” and collaborations with groups as wide ranging as Pentatonix, […]

Filed Under: Choralosophy Tagged With: A cappella, ACDA Membership Benefits, choir, choralosophy, Education, pentatonix, pop, rob dietz, vocal music

Social and Emotional Learning for Choirs: Strategies for the Classroom

June 6, 2022 by Amanda Bumgarner Leave a Comment

The June/July 2022 issue of Choral Journal is online and features an article titled “Social and Emotional Learning for Choirs: Strategies for the Classroom” by Colleen B. McNickle and Coty Raven Morris. You can read it in its entirety at acda.org/choraljournal. Following is a portion from the introduction. _________________ Students in choir explore, experience, and process their emotions through […]

Filed Under: Choral Journal Tagged With: choir, Choral Journal, Concept-Based Teaching and Learning

“Belonging” Isn’t Top-Down

May 13, 2022 by Chris Munce Leave a Comment

A hybrid episode! We run the risk of oversimplifying educational concepts, packaging them in seminars and professional development sessions for sale, and actually HARMING students. Or at least not helping them. Educational theories often carry precious little evidence, but we as educators frequently feel ill equipped to question them. Often times these oversimplifications are simply […]

Filed Under: Choralosophy Tagged With: American Choral Directors Association, belonging, choir, Education, philosophy

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