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Episode 168: I Need This Choir with Nathan Connell and the Glacier High School Concert Choir
October 04, 2023

I am excited to bring back the Student Perspectives category on the Podcast this week with the Glacier High School Concert Choir. Beth and I traveled from KC almost to literal Canada to Kalispell, M

Episode 167: Compose Like a Girl with Jocelyn Hagen
September 27, 2023

Often times, the most confident and assertive person you will ever meet is an 8 or 9 year old girl. Then, somewhere along the way society teaches her that like a girl is not a compliment. For a disc

Episode 166: A Day in the Life of a Choralosopher’s Rehearsal
September 20, 2023

Easily the most frequent request I get from the audience is for more teaching examples, rehearsal videos, samples, demonstrations etc. I have decided to stop dragging my feet about this and start crea

Episode 165: What IS Choral Music?
September 06, 2023

In this episode I draw on a few sources, including audience comments to present an advocacy conversation. To make the case for Choral Music classrooms, infrastructure support, and educational prioriti

Episode 164: Is “Music Education for All” Realistic? with Stephen Cox
August 30, 2023

Stephen Cox has the honor of being the FIRST band director and educator to appear on the show! His perspective on music education brings some different insights to the big picture so to speak. This cr

Episode 163: Catching the Wind in Our Sails with Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman
August 23, 2023

This week, I am PUMPED to be joined by renowned Psychologist, researcher, author and host of the Psychology Podcast, Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman. We in the Performing Arts education sphere are in a unique

Episode 162: The Problem with “Talent” with Joshua Mazur
August 16, 2023

This episode was a product of a submission on the main page here at Choralosophy.com. The prompt really grabbed me. Guest Joshua Mazur suggested that we need to have a grown up discussion about the wa

Episode 161: Where Has All the Polyphony Gone? with David Simmons Wood
August 09, 2023

Recently, David Simmons Wood made a splash by writing an article for Early Music America called Toward a Rebirth of Renaissance Choral Repertoire. In the article, David drew attention to what I see

Episode 160: Practical Vocal Acoustics with Kenneth Bozeman
August 02, 2023

I am excited to welcome Kenneth Bozeman to the podcast this week to blow your minds! Ken is a voice teacher, author and prominent lecturer presenting all over the world to help teachers of singing und

Episode 159: The Entrepreneurial Future of Choral Music with Ryan Main
July 26, 2023

Could it be that the new era of the choral entrepreneur is what we need to save Choral Music? After the pandemic, we have seen a resurgence of enthusiasm for Choral Music amongst the already initiat