Musical Decision Making
It’s essential that your ensemble is engaged in at least some musical decision making.
Choral Music
Posts specifically about choral music
Unexamined
Consider Socrates’ thoughts on vocal warmups.
Empathy In Choir
The most important nonmusical skill in an ensemble is empathy.
Flat Phrasing
What’s behind singers starting out with flat phrasing?
The Why of the Phrase and the What
The why of the phrase is more important than the what.
Factory Defaults
What musical choices should every ensemble singer regularly default to?
Four Reasons Not To Program Jazz With Your Choir
Here are the three most common reasons I hear to justify not programming jazz with choirs.
The Mind Reading Game
When the conductor’s working with another section of an ensemble I’m in, this is the game I play.
Be 100% You
This great advice isn’t always great.
Most Likely Changes
When I’m teaching “off the shelf” arrangements, these are the three things I’m most likely to, um, adjust.