This week I am excited to bring you a compelling discussion with the esteemed, and often outspoken Dr. Jeffrey Allen Murdock. In this episode we mainly center on three distinct, but not unrelated topics. First, Dr. Murdock shares his passion for Culturally Relevant pedagogy in the choral context as we discuss what it this concept […]
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Controversial Truths About Music Ed with Angela Ammerman
This week, I connect with yet another instrumental music educator! Don’t worry, I will be fine… It was a great pleasure to speak with Dr. Angela Ammerman about many music education topics including some “controversial truths” that I found on her Instagram account, “The Music Teachers Guide.” We discussed the idea that the best music […]
Collaborations with Culture Bearers – An Advocacy and Collaboration Monthly Blog Post
I’m writing this blog on a, yet-again-warm, “fall” day in the south. The sun is shining, it’s nearly 90 degrees outside, and I’m happily glancing out a window with my office door open just in case a student wants to drop into office hours. Why all the random details? Well, if you have never lived […]
Seeking short term Tenor and Bass section leaders (Glenview, IL)
Glenview Community Church (Glenview, IL – a suburb of Chicago) is seeking tenors and basses to serve as temporary section leaders for its Chancel Choir for two main services on Dec. 3 and 24 (no other Sundays). Singers are expected to attend weekly rehearsals which are held on Thursday evenings from 7:30-9:00. The Dec. 3 […]
5th International Children’s & Youth Choir Festival «StimmenKlangRaum» in Weimar/Germany, April 4-7, 2024
We’d like to welcome your choir to the 5th International Children’s & Youth Choir Festival «StimmenKlangRaum» in Weimar/Germany, April 4-7, 2024. Every second year we invite children and youth singers to our little town of Weimar in the center of Germany. The city maybe is small in size, but it is enormous in cultural heritage, […]
New holiday repertoire: “Neapolitan Carol” SATB chorus and piano (2’30”)
I have just published this arrangement of the Neapolitan Christmas carol “Quanno nascette ninno,” which was written for the San Francisco Bach Choir in 2021. It tells the story of the starry night when Bethlehem was visited by three strangers from far away. Suitable for high school, college, and community choirs with an easy-medium difficulty […]