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The Conductor as Yogi: Rest in Goodness

Rest—real rest—can be elusive.  With our ever-thinking minds, busy schedules, and life’s shifting terrain, we can find ourselves unable to really settle into a fully relaxed state.  To release physical, emotional, psychological holding.  To sleep well.  To feel restored rather than just OK.   In many ways, experiencing a state of deep rest is our greatest […]

April 5, 2022 - Ramona Wis | Leadership, Others, The Choral Life

Observing Ramadan in the Music Classroom

By Bobbi Elkamely Twenty years ago, I experienced my first Ramadan. It was one of the most difficult experiences in my life. I had only recently converted to Islam and was struggling to find the balance in my life as a new Muslim post 9/11. While the Muslim community was supportive, my friends and family […]

April 4, 2022 - From Our Readers | Others

Choral Music is a Celebration of What We Have in Common

While using our differences to our advantage. I have become very interested over the last three years in learning from people that see the world through lenses that rarely get amplified on social media or by large institutions. They seem to me, rightly or wrongly, as interesting BECAUSE they are different. The defier of stereotypes […]

April 1, 2022 - Chris Munce | Choralosophy

Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: A Silent Wood

“Ash Wednesday”, Russell Amenta, artist with autism (March is National Disabilities Awareness Month) “Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.” — Henry Van Dyke We all assume certain things about others.  Those assumptions are usually based on something we know about […]

March 31, 2022 - Marie Grass Amenta | Autism & Disability, Choral Ethics, Choral Potpourri, Self Care, The Choral Life

Performing the Bach Passions as a Jew

By Ayana Haviv Tomorrow I begin rehearsals on Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, as I have done with countless Passions over the years, and as always I am steeling myself for the isolation and alienation I feel as a Jew singing this intrinsically and unquestionably anti-Semitic text of an equally unquestionable masterpiece. In the great classic […]

March 30, 2022 - From Our Readers | Others

Enabling Transformative Experiences: Rest and Pause

If you’re a church musician, I’m guessing you’re feeling the pressure of this time of year with Holy Week and Easter just around the corner. I thought I would revisit a previous blog post that talked about rest and pause. This time of year, I would love more rest and pause, a very challenging task […]

March 29, 2022 - Austen Wilson | Others

Performance Anxiety – 5 Strategies that Worked for Choir Students

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 current Winter 2022 issue titled […]

March 28, 2022 - Amanda Bumgarner | ChorTeach

Basic Math or Matching Pitch: Which Skill Is More Important?

Imagine if learning to matching pitch was treated like learning basic math:   We certainly believe everyone can learn addition and subtraction. In fact, our public schools require that all students learn how to add and subtract.   If a student struggles to understand the concept of basic math, how is this handled? It’s likely […]

March 27, 2022 - Adam Paltrowitz | Choral Clarity

Senioritis vs. The Final Concert

I did a live episode recently on Teacher Burnout, and another one in December about teacher burnout leading up the Holiday Break, but STUDENT burn out is a thing too. Call it senioritis, or apathy, or “checked out.” Regardless of what you name it, it must be fought intentionally through the culture built in the […]

March 25, 2022 - Chris Munce | Choralosophy

Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Divas I Have Known

“Being the Queen is not all about singing, and being a diva is not all about singing. It has much to do with your service to people. And your social contributions to your community and your civic contributions as well.” Aretha Franklin  Just as things are getting back to “normal-ish,” things REALLY are getting back […]

March 24, 2022 - Marie Grass Amenta | Choral Culture, Choral Ethics, Choral Potpourri, Church Choir, Difficult Times, Leadership, pandemic, Self Care, The Choral Life
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