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Vocal Health: Save Your Voice Through Pacing
Leda Scearce | Health, Rehearsal, Singing, Technique/Tool
Between corralling the kids, leading meetings at work, socializing with friends, and singing, the voice can reach its limit. In this Chorus America interview, vocal health expert Leda Scearce of the Duke Voice Care Center offers tips about how to pace yourself to protect your voice from overuse. Read more
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Overcoming Psychological Barriers to Good Singing
Kelsey Menehan | Rehearsal, Singing
What are your inner critics saying as you sing? Are they keeping you back from being the best you can be? If so, it's time to take control and set yourself free. Read more
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VocalEssence's WITNESS: Celebrating Cultural Diversity through Music
Kelsey Menehan | Children/Youth, Civic Engagement, Community Outreach, Impact/Value, Schools, Singing, Volunteer
Shining the spotlight on VocalEssence and its remarkable education outreach program serving thousands of students in and around the Twin Cities. Read more
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Gifts from My Voice Teacher
Kelsey Menehan | Adults/Seniors, Singing, Technique/Tool
When you are a woman of a certain age, it is no small thing to "find your voice" again. In this season of gift giving and receiving, I am celebrating the many gifts that my voice teacher has bestowed on me this year. Read more
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There’s No Place Like Chorus for the Holidays
Kelsey Menehan | Civic Engagement, Singing
Instead of participating in a traditional holiday chorus concert this year, one singer finds community in a different sort of musical gathering. Read more
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Online Music Resources for Choral Singers
Daniel Molkentin | Rehearsal, Singing, Technology
Looking for an obscure piece of music? The lyrics to a song in French? Sheet music for Handel's Messiah? These online resources will help you find what you need. Read more
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4 Techniques for Memorizing Lyrics
Mark Bosnian | Performance, Rehearsal, Singing, Technique/Tool
Having trouble getting the words to stick in your mind? Here are several strategies for succeeding at memorization. Read more
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How to Learn a New Piece of Music
Mark Bosnian | Rehearsal, Repertoire, Singing, Technique/Tool
Four steps to ironing out those tricky passages so that you hit the mark at performance time. Read more
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Postcards from Tour: Singing Leavitt’s Requiem in Paris
Cory Davis | Performance, Singing
One choral singer travels to France with a hundred others to perform the European premiere of a new requiem setting by Paul Leavitt. Read more
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The Power of "With"
Ann Meier Baker | Civic Engagement, Diversity, Performance, Singing
Choruses bring diverse people together to make beautiful music and offer us a much-needed antidote to the "i" epidemic. Read more
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Resources
Virtual Voice Lesson: The Farinelli Breath Exercises
Shauna Fallihee | Singing, Technique/Tool
Carlo Broschi, known as Farinelli, was a famous, and wildly popular castrato of the early 1700s. One of the secrets to his magnificent voice was the seemingly unending stream of breath that supported it. Voice teacher Shauna Fallihee demonstrates the breathing exercises Farinelli created to strengthen the intercostal muscles. Read more
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Warm-Ups for What Ails You: Lack of Breath Control
Rebecca Achenbach | Singing, Technique/Tool
Work on your breath control with these exercises from choral conductor and voice teacher Rebecca Achenbach. Read more
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Warm-Ups for What Ails You: Tuning Problems
Rebecca Achenbach | Singing, Technique/Tool
Improve your intonation with these exercises from choral conductor and voice teacher Rebecca Achenbach. Read more
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Warm-Ups for What Ails You: Vocal Fatigue
Rebecca Achenbach | Singing, Technique/Tool
Choral conductor and voice teacher Rebecca Achenbach offers simple warm-up exercises to help you keep singing and singing. Read more
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Kent Tritle: Choral Singing Is a "Health Club for the Soul"
Conductor Kent Tritle talks about power of choral music to change the world, the importance of taking choral music "into the trenches," and how older singers can keep their voices healthy and strong over many years of singing. Read more
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Virtual Voice Lesson: Singing Legato
Shauna Fallihee | Rehearsal, Singing, Technique/Tool
In a series of video lessons, soprano soloist and voice teacher Shauna Fallihee guides you in the essential steps to freeing your natural voice and singing with ease. Read more
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Warm Up with the San Francisco Festival Chorale
Jimmy Kansau | Singing, Technique/Tool
Are you tired of the same rehearsal warm-ups every week? Do you want to try some different exercises for a change? Sing along with the San Francisco Festival Chorale. Read more
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Chorus Impact Study
How Children, Adults, and Communities Benefit from Choruses
Chorus America Staff | Adults/Seniors, Children/Youth, Civic Engagement, Health, Impact/Value, Participation, Research/Data, Singing
Chorus America's landmark study on the impact of choral singers of all ages on the communities in which they live. The study tracks a marked increase in the number of singers across the USA, it also collects data on the impact of choral singing on children and youth for the first time. Read more
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Virtual Voice Lesson: Getting to Know Your Instrument
Shauna Fallihee | Rehearsal, Singing, Technique/Tool
In a series of video lessons, soprano soloist and voice teacher Shauna Fallihee guides you in the essential steps to freeing your natural voice and singing with ease. Read more
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How Massage Can Benefit Singers
Chorus America Staff | Health, Singing
Have you ever considered that singing can be a remarkably athletic activity? According to Beth Keltz, a licensed massage therapist, singing requires just as much athleticism as playing baseball or football. Beth and colleague Carly Greenwood, who work with the singers at the Berkshire Choral Festival, explain the benefits of massage for singers. Read more
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Events
Cordus Mundi Summer Sing - Faure Requiem
Solebury, PA
Sing Faure this summer! Cordus Mundi to host Summer Sing session on July 22 Read more
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San Gabriel Valley Choral Company Presents "Tell It!"
Pasadena, CA 91101
San Gabriel Val... | Adults/Seniors, Audiences, CA News, Community Outreach, Conducting, Performance, Repertoire, Singing
The San Gabriel Valley Choral Company presents a concert entitled “Tell It!” Complete with soloists and instrumentalists, this rousing concert features folk songs, spirituals, and American classics by Aaron Copland, Stephen Foster, and more. Tickets are now available at the cost of $9 to $15 for two performances: June 8 at 6:15 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church of Monrovia and June 15 at 5:00 p.m. at All Saints Church in Pasadena. More information can be found at www.choralcompany.org or by calling 626-579-2433. Read more
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San Gabriel Valley Choral Company Presents "Tell It!"
Monrovia, CA 91016
San Gabriel Val... | Adults/Seniors, Conducting, Families, Performance, Repertoire, Singing
The San Gabriel Valley Choral Company presents a concert entitled “Tell It!” Complete with soloists and instrumentalists, this rousing concert features folk songs, spirituals, and American classics by Aaron Copland, Stephen Foster, and more. Tickets are now available at the cost of $9 to $15 for two performances: June 8 at 6:15 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church of Monrovia and June 15 at 5:00 p.m. at All Saints Church in Pasadena. More information can be found at www.choralcompany.org or by calling 626-579-2433. Read more
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A Boy Called King
100 Northern Ave., Boston, MA, 02210
Ileana Maria | Audiences, Children/Youth, Community Outreach, Composing/Commissioning, Diversity, Performance, Singing
World Premiere: "A Boy Called King" is a turbulent love story exploring many interesting themes. Daniel Roumain is the composer, and the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston is hosting the performance. Read more
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Breath of Inspiration: An evening of Gospel, Classical, Jazz and More!
111 S Grand Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90012
iris@DCINY.org | Adults/Seniors, Audiences, Children/Youth, Composing/Commissioning, Conducting, Diversity, Education, Families, General, Marketing/Public Relations, Participation, Performance, Repertoire, Schools, Singing, Symphonic, Venue
An evening of triumphant music! Members of Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra, Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony and Gwen Wyatt Chorale (CA) provide an entertaining palette of unique genre-bending sounds. From Gospel to Classical, these passionate, energetic artists perform with a supreme gusto and enthusiasm that is sure to delight and entertain audiences of all ages and tastes. Read more
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SA Choral Society presents Beyond the Horizon: Music of the 20th and 21st Century
230 E. Travis Street, San Antonio, TX 78205
Gustavo Rios Jr | Adults/Seniors, Children/Youth, Civic Engagement, Community Outreach, Conducting, Diversity, Education, Families, Fundraising, Participation, Performance, Singing, Volunteer
Season finalé featuring music of the 20th and 21st century. Read more
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The Mature Voice: Adjusting to the Age Factor
Madison, NJ 07940
This choral musicianship workshop sponsored by Harmonium Choral Society is lead by Lauran Fulton Corson, a highly talented voice instructor. Encompassing techniques of interest to singers of all ages, their choir directors and their teachers, it addresses changes that occur in the voice as the singer matures through an entire lifetime of singing. Advance registration is required. The workshop costs $35, which includes light refreshments. Read more
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Voce Chamber Singers presents "Summertime..."
432 Van Buren Street, Herndon, Virginia
Joan Winter Skerritt | Adults/Seniors, Audiences, Families, Performance, Repertoire, Singing
Voce welcomes the sultry months with a concert featuring the summer section of Haydn's “The Seasons” along with selections by Gershwin, Brubeck, Piazzolla and many more, all with a summertime theme. Read more
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Voce Chamber Singers presents "Summertime..."
Reston, Virginia 20191
Joan Winter Skerritt | Adults/Seniors, Audiences, Families, General, Performance, Repertoire, Singing
Voce welcomes the sultry months with a concert featuring the summer section of Haydn's “The Seasons” along with selections by Gershwin, Brubeck, Piazzolla and many more, all with a summertime theme. Read more
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Helena Choral Week (9th!)
Helena, Montana
Morning lessons and classes, lunchtime mini recitals, evening chorus rehearsals, final concert Saturday evening, Sunday morning liturgy at St. Peter's. Guest Artists Evanne Browne (soprano), Jay White (countertenor). Thomas Gregg (tenor), Bobb Robinson (baritone), Robert Tudor (baritone). Jean Browne (piano). See www.musikantenmt.org for more info. Read more
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Dialogue
Questions During Rehearsal?
Anonymous | Rehearsal, Singing
Singers, does your conductor allow questions during rehearsal? What are the pros and cons from your perspective? Read more
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Questions During Rehearsal?
Anonymous | Rehearsal, Singing
Conductors, do you let your singers ask questions during rehearsal? What are the pros and cons? Read more
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Enjoy Seattle’s First Online Choral Music Channel
In celebration of Chorus America’s Annual Conference coming to the Pacific Northwest, Classical KING FM has launched Seattle’s first all-choral music channel online at www.king.org. Listen 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for music from top choral groups, including winners of Chorus America’s Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence.
