Discussing our Failures
In graduate school, all of the first and second year conducting students had to sing in the opera that the third year students were conducting. I was given a short …
Senior High Choirs
Redesigning the Final Exam for High School Choir For those of us who have early spring concerts, we’re often tasked with finding lessons and activities to keep our students occupied …
Leaving Time to Create: 4 Ways to Engage Students After the Concert
We’ve all been in the situation of counting the school days after the concert and wondering, “what am I going to do with them for that long?” We have a …
High School Never Ends
My summer is usually filled with searching for that perfect piece for teaching at the beginning of the year. It needs to have plenty of unison singing, accessible ranges, an …