
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 • 132 episodes
Choir Fam Podcast
Latest Episodes
Ep. 121 - Choral Collaboration with the Choir Guys: Daniel Gutierrez and Blake Richter
"I start every morning at the junior high, and we co-teach together. It's great for alignment in the program, for familiarity with the students and getting to know them and hopefully continuing in choir. Our students see that we collaborate. I ...
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Season 5
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Ep. 120 - Unlocking Humanity and Vulnerability Through Choral Singing - Chris Maunu
“I think during my formative years, shying away from my true self – my authentic self – that's definitely shaped how I approach being in front of choirs, using choir as a platform to really encourage kids to be themselves. I think there's a vul...
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Season 5
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Ep. 119 - Mentoring the Next Generation of Choral Educators - Jennifer Sengin
“You never know what anybody's potential is. I think about that now as a teacher, that we are expecting 17-, 18-year-olds to know what they want to do for the rest of their lives. It’s so early in your life to make those decisions, and so much ...
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Season 5
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48:36

Ep. 118 - Preserving the Art of Community Music Making - Michael Murphy
“Sometimes my students ask me if I worry about the future of choral music with advanced technology, AI, but I really am not concerned at all. The way that I see it, the act of making music with each other, the need to connect with each other – ...
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Season 5
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49:59

Ep. 117 - Tips for Writing Accessible and Eloquent Choral Music - Dan Forrest
“I think the hardest thing in the world is to write easy music that still is eloquent. A piece relies on strength of idea and not strength of technique or difficulty. That underlying idea is so rich with potential and can be developed in so man...
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Season 5
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