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We're All Exhausted!

We're All Exhausted!
Let’s face it, now we’re all exhausted. Exhausted from long rehearsals, endless details, multiple challenges, loose ends, threatening weather, ill-fitting costumes, belligerent singers, nagging parents and so, so, so much more!

For Your Choir The Day After A Big Christmas Performance

For Your Choir The Day After A Big Christmas Performance
The Christmas season is so incredibly busy, and choirs and their directors can truly very easily become distracted by all that must be done to adorn the season. But this year, when the dust settles and the big program is over, consider conveying some of these warm words of encouragement to your ensemble. 

How The Grinch Stole Music

How The Grinch Stole Music
Keys to a Positive Attitude During Holiday Performance Prep Week

Tips For Teaching New Tunes

Tips For Teaching New Tunes
     Summer is over and choirs are back and already hard at work. Choral directors all over the world are busy teaching new songs to their choriste...

Director Tips For Choir Recruiting

Director Tips For Choir Recruiting
Fall is just around the corner and it’s time to begin thinking about adding to your ensemble’s numbers. Since fall is the beginning of a new annua...

How To Get ‘RRRRREFRESHED’ This Summer

How To Get ‘RRRRREFRESHED’ This Summer

When school is in session, the pressure is on, and the schedule is non-stop! Sometimes it’s hard to tell where one day ends and the next one begins. Your days are super demanding and there is an endless line of people requiring your constant attention. The mad dash toward the spring concert is a giant whirlwind of endless details.


Then...in a moment…it’s all over. Whew! Finally!! School is out. Now…what to do this summer? There are many ways to fill your time this summer, but consider these five R’s as a formula for maximizing your time.

Pine Needles and Candle Wax

Pine Needles and Candle Wax
  Well, Christmas is over.  The joyous sounds of the season still echo through performance and worship venues all over the world, but Christmas is ...