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Virtual Choir Made Easy

Virtual Choir Made Easy
A simple, step-by-step guide for setting up virtual choir sessions

Six Strategies To Improve The Sound Of Your Volunteer Choir

Six Strategies To Improve The Sound Of Your Volunteer Choir
Directing a volunteer choir can be challenging and quite rewarding at the same time. The potential to immediately and radically change the sound of your ensemble is always present. Consider these six strategies that can help you improve the sound of your volunteer choir right away.

7 Ways To Show Your Choir You Love Them

7 Ways To Show Your Choir You Love Them
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and everyone is focused on showing that special someone just how much you care for them. It is also a great time for choir directors everywhere to show our choirs how much we care about them.

Mid-Year Posture Check

Mid-Year Posture Check
It’s always a good time to stop and have a quick mid-year posture check.  I hope these simple reminders are helpful to you as you shape singers of all kinds.

Five Quick And Easy Ways To Improve Your Conducting

Five Quick And Easy Ways To Improve Your Conducting
Check out these simple, yet effective tips to help improve your conducting skills!

Choir Is For Everyone!

Choir Is For Everyone!

“Not every singer is suited to every choir, BUT there is a choir suitable for EVERY singer!”

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...

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.

4 Simple Ways To Affirm Your Singers

4 Simple Ways To Affirm Your Singers
As directors, working to keep a positive atmosphere among our singers can be challenging. So, here are four simple and timely reminders to help us all maintain a positive and affirming environment within our ensembles.

What To Do With Your Choir In May?

What To Do With Your Choir In May?

Our contests and concerts are over

Easter has come and gone too

There’s still six weeks until summer

Oh, what is my choir to do?

How To Improve Choral Sound Immediately

How To Improve Choral Sound Immediately
Our rehearsal time is limited, so there isn’t time for a complete overhaul of our ensemble’s sound.  However, there are a few quick tune-ups we can make to improve our choir’s sound right away.

How Much Money Do Composers Make?

How Much Money Do Composers Make?
Every wonder how much money is in the composing business? This article from ECM will tell you all the revenue splits that the industry has long kept secret.