When singers use a slowed version of a choral rehearsal recording to learn notes, how do you handle breath marks in long phrases? Keeping the same marks can mean sustaining a phrase much longer than at performance tempo, while adding breaths may make it harder to return to the intended phrasing. Would you split the […]
Beyond the Rehearsal Room: Advice for Choir Directors and Singers
Beyond the Rehearsal Room: Advice for Choir Directors and Singers Leading a community choir involves more than teaching notes and preparing songs for performances. Directors must also manage group dynamics, encourage participation, and maintain an atmosphere where singers feel welcome while rehearsals remain productive. This Month’s Question I have recently taken over a community choir […]
Bach’s Leipzig Reformation Celebration
Join Vox Philia for “Bach’s Leipzig Reformation Celebration. Saturday, October 24 at 7:30 pm, Atonement Lutheran Church, 5 Wyomissing Blvd., Wyomissing 19610. Tickets at: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/bachs-leipzig-reformation-celebration Johann Sebastian Bach wrote “Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild” (God the Lord is sun and shield) for Reformation Day 1725, his third year as Thomaskantor in Leipzig. The […]
Free download: Group Singing with Overtones
I want every director to have this, so I’m giving it away for free.My book GROUP SINGING WITH OVERTONES offers practical ideas about developing overtone singing in choral groups, and proposes a curriculum of progressive educational objectives for overtone singing, along with simple compositions that correlate with the objectives. And some of the pieces can […]
Free fundraising and tools for music programs
We built Music Supporters to bring all the ways a music program raises money into one free platform. Donations, student fundraising pages, sponsorships, ticket sales, auctions, spirit wear and in-person sales all work together, with the option for programs to keep 100% of what they raise. It also handles campaign emails and texts, helps find […]
The Choral Director’s Toolbox: So, You Want to Start a Choir
After a brief hiatus we are pleased to announce The Choral Director’s Toolbox is back! Please visitChoralFoundation.org/toolboxTo enjoy the newest episode and other interesting programs from this past summer that you may have missed. Please visit our all-new website to learn more about how The William Baker Choral Foundation can serve you and your choral […]