Musical Decision Making
It’s essential that your ensemble is engaged in at least some musical decision making.
Rehearsal Technique
Tell A Story
Storytime has multiple uses in rehearsal.
Unexamined
Consider Socrates’ thoughts on vocal warmups.
Flat Phrasing
What’s behind singers starting out with flat phrasing?
Why I Chose This
Let your ensemble in on your programing rationale.
Reasons For Good Posture
It’s not enough to say, “stand tall!” There are lots of reasons we can communicate.
3 Things
This approach is magical in the way it engages an ensemble in its own growth.
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?
The Mind Reading Game
When the conductor’s working with another section of an ensemble I’m in, this is the game I play.