Choralosophy
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Choralosophy
This page is dedicated to driving a conversation for choral musicians with the PHILOSOPHY of Choral Music at the heart of every post and podcast episode. Topics will be wide ranging from the technical aspects of our jobs and careers all the way to the artistic interpretations and values that make us...
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Episode 295: Give Them Tools and Let Them Build Part 5 (Vocal Freedom and Function)
In part five we are dive into the importance of a simple to understand system of vocal instruction for groups of beginners. Many choir teachers say “I...
Episode 294: Reopening the All State Debate. Sight read, or nah? with David Ritschard
We are revisiting a topic today to bring in more perspectives. Dave Ritschard teaches choir in Alabama, where they are considering ADDING sight readin...
Car Thoughts: Programming Considerations with Chantae Pittman and Clelyn Chapin
How do you choose your repertoire? Is it the same rubric for every choir? Or does it vary? What’s on your list? Enjoy this short, bonus episode where...
Episode 293: Middle School is JUST The Right Age for Rigor with Ryan Lindley
What happens when you look at your choir’s packed performance schedule and realize you’ve been teaching the repertoire, but not the actual skills? But...
Episode 292: How to Be A Choir Coach with Gary Seighman
Have you ever noticed that good pedagogy and the perfect methodology only goes so far? The job of a teacher, conductor or a coach is a complicated coc...
Episode 291: Wrestling With AI in the Arts with Beth Philemon
Should would we reject AI, or embrace it? Or maybe neither? Like all new technologies, there will be problems. Early adopters, and late ones, and some...
Episode 290: Ethical Choral Gatekeeping with Samuel Grace
Is there even such a thing as “Ethical Gatekeeping?” In modern discourse, the term seems to always be a negative. Maybe some gates need a keeper. Toda...
Episode 289: Voice Change Isn’t Just for Adolescents with Joanne Bozeman
This episode is GUEST HOSTED by Beth Munce! Our voices continue to change through our lives. This can affect us as directors, but also the singers und...
Episode 288: When we are Forced to Choose…
Between process or performance. Between our philosophy and our job. Between what’s best for kids and what our colleagues want How do we navigate the c...
Episode 287: Give Them Tools and Let Them Build Part 4 (Rhythm)
Part Four are the rhythm tools: Rap the words, Takadimi, count singing. Each have their roles, and particular problems that they help to solve. In thi...
Episode 286: Give Them Tools and Let Them Build Part 3 (Pitch)
Part Three is the Solfége or Pitch tool: Give Them Tools and Let Them Build is based on a premise. We are not the music makers. Our students are. So,...
Episode 285: Teach Choir Like Band. And Band Like Choir with Matthew Arau
What can vocal and instrumental music education learn from each other? At what point does specialization become uneccessary siloing of what should be...
Episode 284: Is the Ensemble Model Outdated? With Kevin Droe
I’ve said for a long time that music education is at a crossroads—but depending on who you ask, we’re either evolving… or we’re missing the point enti...
Episode 283: Beyond the Buzzwords Live at SWACDA
A one of a kind event happened at this year’s convention of the Southwest Region of American Choral Directors. We gathered a panel of thoughtful profe...
Episode 282: Music Literacy is MORE Than Pushing Buttons
Among the more misunderstood, mischaracterized, and confusing topics discussed on this show is Literacy. What is it? What is it not? It’s time to incl...
Episode 281: Give Them Tools and Let Them Build Part 2
Part Two of a New Series: Give Them Tools and Let Them Build is based on a premise. We are not the music makers. Our students are. So, are we teaching...
Episode 280: Give Them Tools and Let Them Build Part 1
The First Part of a New Series: Give Them Tools and Let Them Build is based on a premise. We are not the music makers. Our students are. So, are we te...
Episode 279: Music Ed Podcasts From the Research Perspective with Theresa Hoover
Is a podcast “real PD?” Is it a trustworthy source of information? What are the best ways to use one? What are the worst? Why do music educators liste...
Episode 278: 7 Years of Choralosophy from BEHIND the Mic
Seven years ago, Choralosophy was an experiment. Today, it’s a career. It is a job, no different than your job, albeit a bit more public. Today is the...
Episode 277: Structured Classrooms are Safer with Kevin Lackie
An important distinction for young teachers: we want our students to view our class as safe, free and open. But, in order to do this, there must be an...
Episode 276: Your Program Depends on the “Beginners” with Bruce Rockwell
It can be so tempting for ensemble music directors to fall into a kind of tunnel vision where all roads lead to the “top group” or most advanced ensem...
Episode 275: The Duality of HBCU Musicians with Dr. Craig Robertson
As much as we would love it to not be the case, Americans still see Black Musicians and make certain assumptions. Black Choir? It must be gospel? Blac...
Episode 274: Work Less Hard than Your Students
When I scroll around the internet, I see more and more examples of great choir rehearsals going on around the world. It’s an exciting time to be a mem...
Episode 273: Applying the Whole Language of Music
Pedagogy, it could be argued, is a meaningless academic fantasy if it isn’t proficiently applied. In music, we can do all of the “right” methods. Solf...
Episode 272: In Service of a Singing Culture with Tori Longdon
Sometimes as performing artists, we are hyper focused on “the polished finished product.” Tori Longdon creates stunning finished products, but along t...
How to have “The Perfect Choir”and 2025 Top 10!
Don’t you love it when everything about a performance, and it’s preparation is completely perfect?! Well, it must be nice for you… I am pretty sure th...
Episode 271: Responding to the Challenge in Education with Clelyn Chapin
“Education’s Race to the Bottom of the Brainstem,” episode 264 generated a lot of discussion. But, none more productive than this one. This week’s gue...
Episode 270: Balancing Tradition with Innovation with Jocelyn Hagen and Timothy C. Takach
The Choral Music Art form, AND the economics of the art form are changing. That makes some people uncomfortable. But, others, like Jocelyn and Tim are...
Episode 269: “Classical” Music: An Endangered Species
Possibly the most important philosophical divide in music education, and we rarely discuss it outside of echo chambers. A deep dive into the claim tha...
Episode 268: More Music for More Students with Shane Colquhoun
There are some fascinating philosophical divides in Music Education. And we don’t discuss them enough. What does “inclusive” music education really lo...
Episode 267: The Choir Teacher that Sucks with Mitch Al-Ubaidi
Young teachers bailing from the classroom within the first 5 years is an epidemic. Many things contribute to this, but one factor is the expectations...
Episode 266: Leading with Intention with Dr. Justin Baeder
“We need to go beyond compliance in evaluations.” How many teachers experience administration in their classroom for the purpose of understanding thei...
Episode 265: What’s Next for the Most Dangerous Choir Podcast?
Hey I didn’t say it… But some think it. We are Better Conversation Activists here. And this episode is a CALL TO ACTION! I want to hear from you about...
Episode 264: Education’s Race to the Bottom of the Brain Stem
I did not coin this phrase. I borrowed from former Google Exec Tristan Harris. Social media companies are trying to outcompete the others for attentio...
Episode 263: Parents As Key Players in Music Education with Marianne Forman
‘If we see that this is a beneficial thing for our kids, then that’s my burden of responsibility as a parent to make sure that my kids are doing that...
Episode 262: How to Avoid Making Our Singers Worse
Group vocal tips, and singing instructions can be a mine field. Every voice in the room is different. It really is possible to say things in a choir r...
Episode 261: The Art of Programming with Jo-Michael Scheibe
The name “Jo Michael Scheibe” has been known to many in the world of choral music for decades for more than just the sound of his choirs. The Jo-Micha...
Episode 260: The World is Your Chorister with Jonas Rasmussen
Many choir directors share warm ups and other activities in the form of video clips. But few have gained as much traction as Jonas Rasmussen. Tune in...
Episode 259: But You Don’t LOOK Like a Conductor with Dr. Nicole Mattfeld
Much is said about gender disparity and imbalance in the Arts and Education. But, this week, our guest gets personal by sharing some specifics. The mi...
The First Days of Choir Part 6: Installing a Personhood Curriculum
What is the POINT of a solid, well installed, Choral/Vocal Pedagogy for young people? Why does it matter? Just to make good performers? Or is it somet...