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[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] A while back I attended a singing workshop and hated the way it was run. Was it just me, or was the workshop leader no good? We all have different learning styles, so perhaps the leader&rs... read more
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I am a filmmaker creating a musical feature documentary called BIG VOICE about a visionary high school choir director and his most advanced co-ed ensemble overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles to become "one big voice". We have completed principal photography and are now heading into post production. &nbs... read more
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Greetings again, fellow music educators! You can now get part recordings sung by professional singers for virtually any choral piece to help your students learn challenging music on their own time at a much faster rate. Part recordings offered in two formats: 1) Separate parts alo... read more
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Greetings fellow choral educators! Please feel free to click on the links below to hear some of my latest choral music. Send me an email if you would like some sheet music (great prices)! I’m also accepting four more commissions for the spring semester – first come, first serve (great r... read more
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Reminder that the early-bird booking fee for this workshop applies to all bookings before 1 October 2012 Back by popular demand, the Conduct with Charisma workshop will run again on 24 November 2012. Details of the content and how to book can be found at http://www.helpingyouharmonise.com/charis... read more
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This post first appeared on Helping You Harmonise I was listening recently to a Stuff You Should Know podcast about cults and thought reform, and it made me notice how a number of areas I have been interested in as both scholar and musician interact even more than I had already noticed. The first is m... read more
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[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Does your choir actually have a public following, or are you just kidding yourself? When a choir first starts performing in public, most of the audience will be made up of friends and fami... read more
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This post first appeared on www.HelpingYouHarmonise.com When I was working up to my Grade 1 piano exam aged 8 or so, my piano teacher introduced me to a game of ‘lucky dip’. This involved identifying all the passages in my pieces I was stumbling over, writing each on a piece of paper, and putting t... read more
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[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] As a singing workshop and choir leader I have an incredibly easy life. I can get up when I want to and have no work commitments for five days of the week. So why do I feel so tired? I&rsqu... read more
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This post originally appeared on Helping You Harmonise in August 2009 I’ve been threatening since last winter to write about how the Inner Game ideas can inform rehearsal techniques, and the time has at last arrived. This post will outline some big-picture principles, and three subsequent ... read more