Choir Fam Podcast
The Choir Fam Podcast is a venue for conversations about the current state of choral music. Hosts Dean Luethi and Matthew Myers seek to bring the worldwide choral community closer together through their discussions with a variety of guests who work with choir in its various forms. The goal of the podcast is to provide listeners with interesting tidbits of knowledge they could use in day-to-day choral rehearsals and to bring light to the ways that issues in the choral field are being observed and addressed.
Podcasting since 2022 • 162 episodes
Choir Fam Podcast
Latest Episodes
Ep. 150 - Encouraging Singer Ownership in the Rehearsal Process - Grant Gershon
“It’s not until you’re leading an ensemble that you really figure out how to make the music happen and how to motivate the people around you. It’s humbling in a lot of ways, and it’s so gratifying. As a conductor, you’re providing the framework...
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Season 6
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Ep. 149 - Enhancing Choral Pedagogy with Voice Science - Brian Winnie
“This is a way to understand how the voice operates in all its parts – perceptually, physiologically, and acoustically -- so that we can learn to stop doing things that are unnecessary for a particular outcome. A lot of people get worried when ...
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Season 6
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49:12
Ep. 148 - Building Artistry with Elementary Singers - Molly Toups
“One of my favorite parts of teaching younger students is getting to see them experience things for the first time. I was their introduction to choir a lot of the time, their first choir teacher. I got to see them have those moments like, ‘Whoa...
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Season 6
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Ep. 147 - Challenging the Choir with a Playful Spirit - Jonas Rasmussen
“What most people want to get out of choir is to feel a progression, that they slowly master the craft of choral music. For every warm-up, I boil it down to make it simple but also find the sweet spot where I can challenge the singers to get ou...
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Season 6
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Ep. 146 - Making Junior High Music Accessible and Appealing - Dan Davison
“In many choirs, the tenors and basses were a minority. The tenors and basses at the middle level are disparate; they’re not like each other in any way. Sometimes there’s a common range of only about a minor third. I made it my goal to see if I...
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Season 6
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