In May, August, and September 2015, the Choral Journal featured a three-part article series titled “Notes for Success: Advice for the First-Year Choral Teacher.” As part of the series, 11 choral conductors with teaching experience ranging from 4 to 34 years answered 10 questions related to setting expectations for your first year, classroom management, balancing a successful […]
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Notes for Success: How Do I Establish a Grading Strategy?
In May, August, and September 2015, the Choral Journal featured a three-part article series titled “Notes for Success: Advice for the First-Year Choral Teacher.” As part of the series, 11 choral conductors with teaching experience ranging from 4 to 34 years answered 10 questions related to setting expectations for your first year, classroom management, balancing […]
Top 2020 Choral Solutions During the Pandemic: A Fast Track to Success
By Rebecca Lord Tired of reading long lists? Overwhelmed with too many ideas, platforms, and resources? Need immediate, workable solutions for your choir during the pandemic? Then this article is for you. The recommendations included are tried and true, offered by those among us who have blazed the trails with their choirs through the early […]
A Successful Approach for Making Music Come Alive—Imagery in the Choral Classroom
ChorTeach is ACDA’s quarterly publication for choral conductors and teachers at all levels. It is published online, and each issue contains four practical articles. If you are not already a member of ACDA, you can join as an Associate for $45 per year and receive access to ChorTeach and the Choral Journal online. The summer […]
Learning Strategies for Musical Success
Thank you to those members who wrote to tell me they enjoyed “Bumblebee: Rounds and Warm-ups for Choirs”. A slightly improved edition is now available https://www.createspace.com/4158777. I have just released another book “Learning Strategies for musical Success”. This book explores the psychology and neurology behind practice. It is based on my belief that the greatest predictor of […]
Community choir hitting high notes
By George Wilkens PLANT CITY, FL — Joseph G. Mendolia, a music education major whose studies were interrupted by a 2008 tornado that virtually destroyed his Tennessee campus, had been back in Plant City a short time when he came up with an idea. Passionate about music, Mendolia, then 20, was seeking a local choral […]