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 • 120 episodes
Choir Fam Podcast
Latest Episodes
Ep. 109 - Growing and Thriving in the First Years of Teaching - Ross Cawthon
“Your first year is not going to be perfect. You're not going to feel like you're having a lot of success a lot of the time because you're figuring out how to work within a school system, how to work with other teachers, with parents, with stud...
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Ep. 108 - Adapting the Voice for Solo and Ensemble Singing - Alisa Toy
“Going back for a master’s was exhilarating. So many of the things that I had been doing in my studio were corroborated with education. On the flip side, I had a lot of moments where I thought, “I've been doing that wrong. I should change that....
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Ep. 107 - Strengthening Pedagogy Through Choral Literature Study - Chester Alwes
"I think in many ways the pattern is the least important part of conducting. It’s much more about showing what the music should be doing, not beating four. If it were just a matter of keeping time, we could use a flashing red light. That's not ...
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Ep. 106 - Building Bridges Between Singers and the Music - Luke McEndarfer
“You have to create the bridge between the instructor and the student. Talk about your passion about the music, why you're performing it, why the piece is so special, and mix some humor in there. Once that engagement happens, everything you tea...
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Season 5
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45:51
Ep. 105 - Advocating for the Study of Music Written by Women - Alan Davis
“I said, ‘I really wish a book existed with more women composers in it’... This book is so important in 2024 with equality and inclusivity being at the forefront of our profession. I think that this is timely, and I think it's a great represent...
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