The Heartbeat of Youth Choir
This past July I had the wonderful opportunity to attend Baylor University’s Alleluia...
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Author: Jonathan Rodgers
Choral Techniques – Energizing the Rehearsal
Friends, it is good to be back with you on our online community. My teaching schedule this semester has been unusually hectic, but it involved teaching one of my courses: “Choral Techniques.” This has been a really fun class to...
Read MoreOn the voice…pt. 1: Prepare the body/Posture
Introduction If a student or parent in your church asked you if you would give private voice lessons, how would you respond? Would you be enthusiastic, reserved, hesitant or even nervous at the thought? Your answer might...
Read MoreFinding Purpose: Effective Left-Hand Conducting Gesture
SCRIPTURE: “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.” –Ecclesiastes 9:10 (ESV) “But when you give to the...
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Preaching FROM the choir: hallmarks of effective programming
If someone were to ask me what is the most important and difficult job of any choral director, I...
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