Are you still handing out practice CD's? Are you not handing out anything at all? The ease of sharing audio with our singers has blown up the idea of the practice tape, and offers myriad ways to customize a practice resource depending on what you want to accomplish. Chris Russell wrote a post this week […]
Search Results for: One from the Folder
“Vocal Advantage: Body Alignment (part 4)” by Dina Else
VOCAL ADVANTAGE: BODY ALIGNMENT (part 4), by Dina Else Hopefully your school year is off to a fabulous start and the body alignment and breath intake information have been helpful reminders. Before we move on to breath management I wanted to touch base with body alignment now that we are firmly engulfed in rehearsals. […]
GUEST BLOG: “The Students’ Challenge to Directors” by Taylor Jack Conley
THE STUDENTS' CHALLENGE TO DIRECTORS, by Taylor Jack Conley Dear Choir Directors, We singers are lazy by nature. It’s part of being human, really. We will accomplish as little as you let us if you set the standards low enough. Yet, if you raise that bar higher, we will attain and accomplish […]
ChoralTech: Easy for You to Say!
(tx.english-ch.com) We’ve talked several times about easy ways to share audio examples with your ensemble, and ways for your singers to share recordings back with you. While we all strive to support our musicians to be independent as much as possible, there are always limiting factors: time, both for us and for them, and […]
ChoralTech: Storing (and Moving) Big Audio/Video Files
E-mail is a great tool for sending text and documents to each other, but before too long, you’ll run up against one of its limitations: you can’t send big files with it. For most users, that’s not a huge issue, but when we want to send large bits of audio or video to our musicians, […]
Choral Tech: Surviving (and Thriving!) at Conference
National Conference time is upon us! For those of us who love conference time as an opportunity to recharge our inspiration, add new tools and literature to our toolboxes, and meet or reconnect with our peers, it's an exciting week ahead. It's also an exhausting one– It often seems like everything in conferences boils down […]