Having your singers listen to and evaluate choral performances can serve a lot of different purposes, including: -Activity that a substitute teacher can do -Cover…
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Okay, first off…..if you’re reading the title of this post and you can’t figure out what the reference is, here’s a hint: We’re talking rehearsal…
Read MoreNine Tips for Getting the Singers in Your Choir to “Buy In”
I had a coaching call this past week with a middle school/high school choir director who is in the first year of their position. This…
Read MoreThe 7 Do’s and 3 Don’ts for Using Individual Assessments with Your Singers
I was talking with another choir director over coffee during Christmas break, and the topic of assessment came up. Individual assessment in the choral program…
Read MoreFinding an Effective Concert Make-Up Assignment
In my last post, I discussed how I re-evaluated my Concert Rubric a number of years ago, and made the choice to change what I…
Read MoreRe-Thinking the Choir Concert Rubric
Whenever it gets to be concert season, I see a LOT of posts from directors talking about two things that can easily be thorns in…
Read MoreHow to Easily Create Fantastic Looking Concert Programs with Canva
With all of our Winter/Christmas performances this month, one thing that you will need to do (or have done already) is make a concert program….
Read MoreCreate Better Habits in 2020 with “Atomic Habits”
A few months ago I ran across the book “Atomic Habits” by James Clear (you can find it HERE). I know it’s not quite 2020…
Read MoreRehearsal Insights from the Iowa All-State Chorus
With all of the different things going on right now, I am very thankful to have been able to attend the Iowa Music Educators Conference…
Read MoreChoir Warm-Up: Tweeters and Woofers
In my recent post on silent rehearsals (you can find it HERE), one of the pictures of my whiteboard listed the warm-ups I had planned…
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