
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 • 123 episodes
Choir Fam Podcast
Latest Episodes
Ep. 112 - Building Cultural Empathy Through International Travel - Emily Ellsworth
“People may live in a place that's very different from us, but they have the same hopes, dreams, fears, and struggles with everyday life that we all do at some level. All the parents want education for their kids. Everyone wants a home, wants g...
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Season 5
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Ep. 111 - Saying "Yes" to New Opportunities - Jessica Koenig
“A big part of being a musician is believing in yourself and saying ‘yes’ to the little opportunities that come your way. Sometimes we can get down on ourselves. We think, ‘I'm not cut out for that.’ Believe in yourself and what you can do, no ...
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Season 5
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44:27

Ep. 110 - Flourishing and Growing Amidst Life's Surprises - Julie Yu
“In science, they're not tied to an outcome. They're open to the possibilities of what is going to result from an experiment. How freeing is that – not to be tied to a specific outcome. I've really tried to adopt that in my own personal life, t...
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Season 5
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48:51

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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Season 5
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44:12

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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Season 5
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