Choralosophy
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Choralosophy
This page is dedicated to driving a conversation for choral musicians with the PHILOSOPHY of Choral Music at the heart of every post and podcast episode. Topics will be wide ranging from the technical aspects of our jobs and careers all the way to the artistic interpretations and values that make us...
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Episode 261: The Art of Programming with Jo-Michael Scheibe
The name “Jo Michael Scheibe” has been known to many in the world of choral music for decades for more than just the sound of his choirs. The Jo-Micha...
Episode 260: The World is Your Chorister with Jonas Rasmussen
Many choir directors share warm ups and other activities in the form of video clips. But few have gained as much traction as Jonas Rasmussen. Tune in...
Episode 259: But You Don’t LOOK Like a Conductor with Dr. Nicole Mattfeld
Much is said about gender disparity and imbalance in the Arts and Education. But, this week, our guest gets personal by sharing some specifics. The mi...
The First Days of Choir Part 6: Installing a Personhood Curriculum
What is the POINT of a solid, well installed, Choral/Vocal Pedagogy for young people? Why does it matter? Just to make good performers? Or is it somet...
Episode 258: Crafting Identity Through Music with Shruthi Rajasekar
“Everything in my music journey was my own drive… I actually love this.” Shruthi’s story of “falling in love at first sight” will inspire you. In this...
The First Days of Choir Part 5: Voicing, Reflecting and Redirecting
Even when all the plans are best laid, we sometimes miss. How do we reflect and redirect before we lose the whole school year? The episode is the FIFT...
Episode 257: Music is My Language with Ananya Venkateswaran
Ananya has made music in many places around the world, and she believes that “choir is everywhere” and for everyone. This week, I am discussing music...
Episode 256: Teaching Expression from Day One with Craig Hurley and Rebecca Atkins
A an honorary addition to the “First Days of Choir Series” could not have been more serendipitous. In this episode, the two researchers and I delve in...
The First Days of Choir Part 4: Repertoire with Intent
“In an effective classroom, students should not only know what they are doing, they should also know why and how.”- Harry Wong. In this episode, we de...
The First Days of Choir Part 3: The Feedback Cyle
“Assessment continues learning,” -Harry Wong. When we are making decisions about what gets “graded” it is important first to decide, “what is crucial?...
Episode 255: Uncovering the Overlooked with Hilary Apfelstadt and Alan Davis
We often say we value diverse voices in the choral world, but programming habits don’t always reflect that. What are the biggest structural or cultura...
The First Days of Choir Part 2: The Power of Infrastructure
“It could be dangerous to teach the way you were taught.”-Harry Wong. Research is not something only scientists do. Businesspeople do research; so do...
The First Days of Choir Part 1: Introduction and Day 1
“You will be able to be successful, because what we do here works.” Day 1 is when the indoctrination begins. You heard it here. We ARE indoctrinating...
Episode 254: Finding Passion in EVERY Note with Elena Sharkova
Elena Sharkova is a an artistic leader and pioneer in American Choral Music. But, her roots are Russian. This shared identity has its complexities now...
Episode 253: Car Thoughts with Chris Maunu
A Choralosophy first. A podcast, with a guest, recorded in my car. Chris Maunu and I riding to the airport, discussing how our roles change, or don’t…...
Episode 252: Literacy is Agency with Kareem Weaver
The American Education System(s) are facing a crisis that too few within these systems are wanting to name or face. It is a Literacy crisis. As educat...
Episode 251: Audience Mailbag
A special episode where I read audience questions, comments, raised points for the benefit of all listeners. I have also updated the form on the main...
Episode 250: Accessible IS Beautiful with Edryn J. Coleman
For those of us who have been in the classroom since 2019, we KNOW things of changed. Programs are shrinking and kids are coming to us with lost years...
Episode 249: The 10,000 Foot View of Choral Repertoire with Dennis Shrock
How do we decide what is and what isn’t a “Great work of choral repertoire?” Dennis Shrock says, “Time.” Let a few hundred years pass and see if peopl...
Car Thoughts: Evidence of Engagement is Not Evidence of Learning
Kids learn at a young age how to show teachers that they are learning. Even if they aren’t… And with many kids, ESPECIALLY when they are not. The long...
Episode 248: What is a Vowel Made Of?
Is there value to teaching the “science of singing” to young kids? I say yes. The goal is not to over-intellectualize the voice. It is to demystify it...
Episode 247: Solving Music Education’s Literacy Crisis with Carol Krueger
“If they cannot pick up a piece of music at the end of the year (at whatever level) and do it themselves, I would question what we had been doing in m...
Episode 246: Don’t Sleep on Filipino Choral Music with Reagan Paras
Choirs across the Western world are making huge strides as we push for more diverse repertoire as well as approaches to vocalization and instruction....
Episode 245: Want to Make it on Stage? Take Choir! With Zoie Lee
Zoie Lee is making a name for herself as a Musical Theater performer, and triple-threat. While on break from the National Tour of Chicago, she stopped...
Episode 244: An Ambassador for African Choirs with Ken Wakia
Recently named one of the 100 most influential Africans, Ken Wakia joins me to share his story as a Kenyan Choral musician and founder of the successf...
Episode 243: Seeing With Sound with Re Robinson
A blind teacher’s take on Is “music” reading or “sight” reading important enough to provide resources to both blind and sighted students alike? One vi...
Episode 242: Vocal Ped! Don’t Blame Classical Music with Justin Petersen
Next up on the Vocal Pedagogy series!:Justin Peterson is a voice teacher with some very interesting and thought provoking things to say about how we t...
Episode 241: Instrumental and Vocal Music United! With John Hinkle and Chops Podcast
A collaboration episode! Chops podcast has been making a splash in the Band world, so we decided to team up to create this “comparing of notes” on tea...
Episode 240: First, Do No Harm with Megan Farison
Grooming isn’t always obvious. It’s a gradual process that can occur in many forms. Educators have a special responsibility to keep our spaces safe. P...
Episode 239: Shaping the Future Through Leadership with Jessica Nápoles
Recently selected President-Elect of the American Choral Directors Dr. Jessica Nápoles joins me to talk imposter syndrome, leadership and her ACDA pas...
Episode 238: The Art of the Consort with Apollo5
Recently, Apollo5 was touring through the US, and stopped not too far from me. So I grabbed my road kit and drove to St. Louis to speak with them, obs...
Episode 237: The Must Haves in Your Conducting Tool Box with Richard Sparks
I grew up as a conductor in a world where conductors were measured by their ears. We were kind of obsessed with it. And maybe for good reason. In addi...
Episode 236: Unlocking Student Musicianship with Dictation with Cindy Ellis
A common theme on this show is “teaching the WHOLE language of music.” So, I was pleased to link up with Cindy to hear how important dictation is in h...
Episode 235: The Technique of Expressive Singing with Donald Brinegar
I often see “technique” and “expression” discussed as opposite sides of the coin. This couldn’t be further from the truth. The technique UNLOCKS the e...
Episode 234: Advocating for the Symphony Chorus with Anthony Blake Clark
The Symphony and its Chorus provides us with a rich history, Canon, and tradition. It also provides us a powerful medium for living composers, and asp...
Episode 233: A Natural Laboratory for Reconciliation with Ryan Luhrs
Music has long been celebrated as a universal language, capable of moving hearts, bridging divides, and bringing people together. But what exactly is...
Episode 232: Choral Music in Chile with Javiera Lara Salvador
The US is a cultural exporter, and often times, we don’t do a great job of importing. I find it fascinating and valuable, as an American, to seek out...
Episode 231: It’s Process AND Product with Andrew Schmidt
There is a paradox between performance and pedagogy. Are we teaching our ensembles to perform? Or are we teaching them skills that LEAD them to become...
Episode 230: Enneagram in Ensembles, Classrooms, Music and Life with Sarah McMahill
Enneagram study has been used to heal families, relationships, work places and more. It is also used by individuals seeking to simply have a better re...
Episode 229: 2024 Year in Review. HIGHLIGHTS!
2024 comes to a close this week! What a ride its been. This episode features highlights of YOUR favorite episodes of the year, as well as a preview of...