Choir Fam Podcast
Choir Fam Podcast
Latest Episodes
Ep. 162 - Poetic Lyricism in Choral Music - Charles Anthony Silvestri
“I tell composers to collaborate with a poet who takes their craft as seriously as they take their craft. It’s a very rare creative who can do both well. What most often happens is a really good composer isn’t a very good poet, or a very good p...
Ep. 161 - Secondary Trauma Stress in the Choral Profession - Lynn Ryan
"Secondary trauma is when you experience trauma second-hand. The trauma might not have happened to you specifically, but somebody shares with you their firsthand trauma and it impacts you emotionally, maybe physically. We don’t realize that we ...
Ep. 160 - Enlivening Conducting with Imagery & Kinesthetics - Gary Seighman
"For years, I felt that there was no connection with my hands and the sound. My perception of conducting at the time was that everything needs to be free and relaxed, no tension - and no tension when you sing. There has to be tension when you s...
Ep. 159 - Sparking Community Dialogue Through Music - Wendy Moy
“We really wanted our choirs to be more embedded in the community. When I moved to Syracuse, I thought, ‘what does that mean for me?’ There are a lot of teachers out there who are just itching for a professional or pre-professional experience. ...
Ep. 158 - Stirring the Pot to Encourage Vocal & Choral Dialogue - Mandy Matthews
“I really care a lot about what the student wants to get out of our time together: finding a nice, healthy, balanced phonation that they identify with, that they feel is their true sound, not something I’m forcing them to sound like. More than ...
