Flat Phrasing
What’s behind singers starting out with flat phrasing?
arrange • compose • conduct
Posts specifically about choral music
What’s behind singers starting out with flat phrasing?
The why of the phrase is more important than the what.
What musical choices should every ensemble singer regularly default to?
Here are the three most common reasons I hear to justify not programming jazz with choirs.
When the conductor’s working with another section of an ensemble I’m in, this is the game I play.
This great advice isn’t always great.
When I’m teaching “off the shelf” arrangements, these are the three things I’m most likely to, um, adjust.
What’s your favorite kind of rehearsal?
Choirs don’t work without implicit trust.
On top of everything else, music classes are an essential release valve for over-pressured kids.