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Adam Paltrowitz

Adam Paltrowitz

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First Name Adam
Last Name Paltrowitz
Gender Male

Location

Country United States
State NY
City NY

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Musical Activities Conductor, Arranger, Composer, Voice Teacher

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Website www.adampaltrowitz.com
About Me Adam Paltrowitz is a master educator, composer, conductor, and clinician. He resides in Manhattan with his wife, Blair, who is a professional Broadway actress, and his beautiful daughter, Lyla.

He is currently the Director of Choral Activities at Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School, on Long Island, New York. During his eighteen year tenure, his groups have toured Europe, Canada, and throughout the United States. What makes his choirs unique is his belief that anyone can sing; as a result, his ensembles are always self-selected, while maintaining the highest standard of musical excellence. He also has pioneered a philosophy that every student is a soloist. All students in his choirs continually learn and perform solo repertoire in various languages.

As director, the choral program has gained great acclaim for the cultivation of eight student-run a-cappella ensembles that have performed on national and local programs. Under his advisement, these talented students write their own a-cappella arrangements, teach and rehearse fully on their own, and perform in dozens of concerts throughout the year. This approach stems from the concept of student empowerment.

Adam is well-known for leading workshops with current and future music educators on topics including, “Motivating Students to Exceed Expectations”, “Creating a Positive Learning Environment”, “Building a High School Choral Program”, “Training the Soloist in the Choral Setting”. As a guest conductor, Mr. Paltrowitz has conducted at numerous festivals and events for elementary, middle school, high school, college, adult, and senior citizen choirs.

As a composer, Adam is focused on writing inspiring, yet accessible music that singers of all ages can relate to. Music is intended to evoke pure emotions from the singers and in turn, touch the audience. We sing because we want to communicate. We sing in a choir because we want to communicate together. Adam's music is intended to reach people through its clarity of thought, purity of emotion, and poetic beauty and word painting. His music has been performed throughout the country.

17 (Last Minute) Things to Avoid - to Ensure a Smooth Concert!

Added December 8, 2018 - 987 views - 0 comments

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Choral Clarity blog] We've just spent many months learning notes and rhythms, memorizing lyrics, working on balance and blend, shape, and internalizing meaning. But now it is concert season and our priority needs to s...
Your Singer MISSED The Concert….What do we do?

Added December 29, 2017 - 1535 views - 0 comments

(this blog post has been taken from the Choral Clartiy Blog) Your Singer MISSED The Concert….What do we do? – Use the 5 “E”s It can be quite frustrating when we have prepared for months, have a perfect balance, exact riser alignment and then students don’t sh...
11 Reasons Why “The Best” belong with “The Rest”

Added August 19, 2016 - 1159 views - 0 comments

(A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog Choral Clarity) Eliminating the Choral Caste System: As we aspire to have outstanding high school choral programs, it is easy to fall into the trap of perpetuating the traditional Choral Caste Syste...
11 Things to Avoid Doing at the First Rehearsal (High School)

Added August 12, 2016 - 2319 views - 0 comments

(A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog Choral Clarity) Prior to my first day of teaching high school, I was given advice from the person who had just hired me. He told me exactly what I should do on the first day. He said, “Do what you did during your demo...
14 "Secret" Indicators That Your Choral Program is Outstanding

Added July 30, 2016 - 2700 views - 0 comments

(A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog Choral Clarity) How do we measure success? This, of course, is a lifelong question that stares us in the face every day. This article is far less philosophical, but does perhaps pose a way in which we should change the way we view suc...

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Adam Paltrowitz wrote a new blog entry:

17 (Last Minute) Things to Avoid - to Ensure a Smooth Concert!

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Choral Clarity blog] We've just spent many months learning notes and rhythms, memorizing lyrics, working on balance and blend, shape, and internalizing meaning. But now it ...

December 8, 2018
Adam Paltrowitz wrote a new blog entry:

Your Singer MISSED The Concert….What do we do?

(this blog post has been taken from the Choral Clartiy Blog) Your Singer MISSED The Concert….What do we do? – Use the 5 “E”s It can be quite frustrating when we have prepared for months, have a perfect balance, exact ris...

December 29, 2017
Adam Paltrowitz wrote a new blog entry:

11 Reasons Why “The Best” belong with “The Rest”

(A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog Choral Clarity) Eliminating the Choral Caste System: As we aspire to have outstanding high school choral programs, it is easy to fall into the trap of pe...

August 19, 2016
Adam Paltrowitz wrote a new blog entry:

11 Things to Avoid Doing at the First Rehearsal (High School)

(A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog Choral Clarity) Prior to my first day of teaching high school, I was given advice from the person who had just hired me. He told me exactly what I should do on the first day. He ...

August 12, 2016
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July 30, 2016
Adam Paltrowitz wrote a new blog entry:

14 "Secret" Indicators That Your Choral Program is Outstanding

(A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog Choral Clarity) How do we measure success? This, of course, is a lifelong question that stares us in the face every day. This article is far less philosophical, but does perhaps pose a way ...

July 30, 2016
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