
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 • 138 episodes
Choir Fam Podcast
Latest Episodes
Ep. 126 - Balancing the Needs of Our Singers and Our Institutions - Kristina Ploeger-Hekmatpanah
“We’re often put in positions that make us uncomfortable with the inner struggle of how to keep our job and have our program recognized enough to get support versus how to carry out our true mission with students. If I’m trying to continue to f...
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Season 6
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47:29

Season 5 Wrap-Up
Thank you for listening to our show this season!!Here are the favorite choral pieces from our guests in the fifth season:Christmas Oratorio, Johann Sebastian BachMass in B Minor, Johann Sebas...
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Season 5
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15:56

Ep. 125 - Inspiring Choral Skills Through International Competition - Mark Anthony Carpio
“More competitions are being organized, and it has become a way for these conductors and choirs to work on their skills. By joining these competitions, the rate of their progress accelerated. People join choirs for different reasons. For most o...
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Season 5
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51:14

Ep. 124 - Exploring the Fusion of Choral and Commercial Music - MaryAnne Muglia
“We had 10 sopranos, 4 altos, 2 tenors, and 1 bass, and they were all volunteers. We were spending hours trying to learn this music that we didn’t have the numbers for, so I ended up writing almost 100 church arrangements, and I made the voice ...
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Season 5
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46:43

Ep. 123 - Improving Ensemble Intonation and Listening Skills - Albert Pinsonneault
“We ended up forming a new string orchestra at the high school, and I led every rehearsal and conducted every concert. I remember the very first day. I looked at my teacher and said, ‘how do you start them? Do I breathe?’ I tried something, and...
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Season 5
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