The Choir Director Corner Podcast

In today's episode of the Choir Director Corner Podcast, I'm sharing my conversation with Brittney Stanton and Arreon Harley-Emerson from the Choir School of Delaware.  They are two of the organizers…

I had a question recently from one of our Choir Director Corner Community Members about how I choose warm-ups for my choir rehearsals, and what my main goals and objectives were for my warm-ups in re…

It's easy for our choir rehearsals to get a little stale, a little repetitive.  We are always working towards something, and we get focused, because stuff needs to get done!  And especially at this t…

One of my favorite events to attend is the ACDA Conference.  For those that are unfamiliar, ACDA rotates every-other year, regional conferences with their national conference.  This year was a “regio…

How do you structure your choir rehearsals?  How do you plan them out?  What are your objectives you want to accomplish in a choir rehearsal?

These are questions that I hear a lot, from fellow choir d…

My singers learn so much when I play videos of choir performances for them.  And one great resource for finding those videos is, of course, YouTube.  But the ads drive me CRAZY!

In this podcast episod…

I have talked with many choir directors who really struggle with teaching their singers vocal technique, for a wide variety of reasons.  I am lucky that I originally started out in vocal performance,…

"The Power is in the Debrief".  My friend, who works in the business world, said this to me recently.  As we talked, what he really was talking about was the importance of reflection and self-assessm…

The search for choir repertoire can be time-consuming, and often frustrating.  You may be in that place where you are asking yourself, "What in the world am I going to program for my next concert?"  …

I read an interesting article recently on "The Science of Learning", which asked some psychology teachers about their best teaching strategies.  I thought it was a fantastic article, so in this episo…

There's been a LOT of things going on lately, and one of the things we've been involved in recently was the Iowa All-State Chorus.  This year, it was Dr. Edith Copley leading the choir, and she was A…

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell has been recognized by many for his tremendous leadership skills.  After his recent passing, there were a number of stories detailing his service and leadership…

Do your singers like Halloween?  My singers don't just LOVE Halloween, they are CRAZY about it!  So this year, I wanted to come up with an activity that combined music along with their love of Hallow…

We were fortunate to recently have our Fall Choir Concert--our first "normal" choir concert, in many, many months!  In today's episode of the podcast, I'm sharing with you some of my observations fro…

Think back to your college days--remember Edwin Gordon?  The guy that came up with Music Learning Theory?  Well, in case you missed it (or blocked it out), his work has formed much of the processes a…

You've heard of the phrase, "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make them drink".  But when you can't get your choir to stop dragging, it feels like you are pulling the horse by the tail, f…

One question I often get is how to vocally place singers into their sections.  If you’ve worked with the singers previously, you’ve got a pretty good idea of what part they should be singing.  But wh…

One of our objectives as choir directors is to teach our singers the basics of music theory, because that will help them to be more independent musicians.  Another objective is to find ways of doing …

I recently asked choir directors a question online.  I expected a few answers, but instead, social media BLEW UP!  In today’s episode of the podcast, I will share with you the question I asked, some …