We all know that middle school is a challenging time for most young people. The physical, mental, and emotional challenges of that stage of life form a veritable witch’s brew (who among us doesn’t have a horror story from adolescence?). But the next time someone makes a disparaging remark about middle school choral singers, I […]
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ChoralNet Communities spawn a new choir
Marie Grass Amenta writes: One of my Communities, Friends of Joyful Noise, has some exciting news–at least, we think it’s exciting. I’d like to get it out to the ChoralNet mainstream. My hope would be, not only would the ChoralNet general population know about it–and it’s pretty darn cool, too–but again, those who do not […]
Stick Time: The Marching Choir
A choir singing as it enters can be a very cool effect. Or it can be a train wreck. The challenges are many. Singers tend to rush anyway, and marching seems to exacerbate the problem. Hearing the rest of the choir is also a problem while moving, both because a straight line isn’t a normal […]
Sunday Inspiration: St. Olaf Choir
It’s Sunday. Just be moved.
Stick Time: Multi-Generational Choir
Because most of us conduct in educational institutions, we tend to work with choirs whose members fall within a fairly tightly defined age range. Some, though, have multi-generational choirs, such as today’s example. Listen to the rich sound they are able to produce with such a broad spectrum of ages in this choir. It seems […]
How To Faint at Your Next Choir Concert
I created this little presentation for my choir after one of my college students took a spill at the end of the service. I hope you enjoy: How to faint at next choir concert<div style="padding:5px 0 12px"> View more <a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.slideshare.net/" href="http://www.slideshare.net/">presentations</a> from <a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.slideshare.net/philipco" href="http://www.slideshare.net/philipco">philipco</a> </div> </div>