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The Conductor as Yogi: Making Sense One Note at a Time

March 18, 2025 by Ramona Wis Leave a Comment

“The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies and his life just to make sure that one note follows another … and leaves us with the feeling that something is right in the world.” Leonard Bernstein One note following another.  The linear, technical, […]

Filed Under: Leadership, Others, The Choral Life Tagged With: Conducting, Leadership, Making sense, Teaching, Yoga

The Conductor as Yogi: Q & A on Yoga with JW Pepper

March 19, 2024 by Ramona Wis Leave a Comment

About a month ago, JW Pepper reached out to me about doing a piece on yoga for their CUEDIN blog, supporting their outreach on topics related to musicians’ wellness.  They had followed my work through this Conductor as Yogi blog and my 2021 Choral Journal article on the topic and had some specific and practical […]

Filed Under: Leadership, Others, Self Care, The Choral Life Tagged With: Leadership, Teaching, Wellness, Yoga

Translating Emotion to Expression: Five Strategies to Try

October 30, 2023 by Amanda Bumgarner Leave a Comment

ChorTeach is ACDA’s quarterly online publication, designed for those who work with singers of all levels but specifically K-12 and community choirs. A full annotated ChorTeach index is available online at acda.org/publications/chorteach. Over 160 articles are organized into seventeen categories. For more information, email  or visit acda.org/chorteach. Following is an excerpt from an article in the Summer 2023 issue […]

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Teaching Strategies for the Out-of-Balance Ensemble

April 3, 2023 by Amanda Bumgarner Leave a Comment

One commonality between my experiences singing in the middle school and high school choirs was the largely disproportionate ratio of male to female singers—a ratio that did not exist in the more advanced choirs offered by the two programs. Conversations since with other middle school and high school colleagues around the Southeastern United States echoed […]

Filed Under: ChorTeach Tagged With: ACDA Membership Benefits, ACDA Publications, building ensemble sound, ChorTeach, Teaching

“Note to Self” – an Advocacy & Collaboration Monthly Blog Post

February 15, 2023 by Emily Williams Burch Leave a Comment

By: Adrian Gordon & Emily Williams Burch  Let’s talk about transitions. They happen all the time. Of course, there are the obvious ones, such as the transition into a new job, a new location, or anything “new.” But what about the transitions that are just part of life. Think about the transition into a new […]

Filed Under: Advocacy & Collaboration Tagged With: ACDA, choral education, Teaching, Wellness

Fall 2020 ChorTeach Preview

October 12, 2020 by Amanda Bumgarner Leave a Comment

ChorTeach is ACDA’s quarterly online publication, designed for those who work with singers of all levels. A full annotated ChorTeach index is available online at acda.org/chorteach. Over 160 articles are organized into seventeen categories. For submission information, to view the index, or to read the latest issue, visit acda.org/chorteach. Following is a list of the articles in the Fall 2020 […]

Filed Under: ChorTeach Tagged With: ACDA Membership Benefits, ACDA Publications, ChorTeach, ChorTeach Preview, Singing, Teaching

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