Episode 143: Episode 143 - Dr. Peter Steenblik (Finding New Ways to Engage…and other applicable lessons after conducting an All-State Reading Chorus)

What do you get when you take 100 singers and provide them bring 65 pieces of music, in 16 different languages, spanning over 600 years of music history all written by a diverse array of composers (including a singer in the room), and give them a couple of days to sing through it all? Well, in Florida, they call it a “Reading Chorus.” In this conversation, we break it down with FMEA’s 2023 Reading Chorus Clinician, Dr. Peter Steenblik. He shares tips, tools, techniques, and ideas that he used and that you can immediately apply to your musical space. This conversation is fun, nerdy, and inspiring - we can’t wait to hear what you take away from this and use in your music space!Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Sq6NzaBGk0s. Learn more about Dr. Steenblik and his choirs: www.petersteenblik.com; www.uwfsingers.com. Order your copy of “The Business of Choir”: https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/the-business-of-choir-book-g10713 or check out the website, businessofchoir.com. Join us over at Patreon.com/MusicEdMatters for monthly meet-ups, monthly bonus episodes, special content, and more!**Show music originally written by Mr. Todd Monsell**Show photography provided by Dr. Dan Biggerstaff