WED 10/28: If you think "Mr. Holland's Opus" was a TERRIBLE movie, you're probably a music teacher.

#039. In Part 5 of Steve's conversation with Jerusalem Youth Chorus' founder Micah Hendler, they continue their conversation about the groundbreaking "Raise Your Voice Labs" which Micah created with Sarah Brajtbord and Austin Willacy  (pictured) . Micah recalls that Steve's Commonwealth Youthchoirs is the only ensemble of the many that have hosted JYC who invited Micah to lead a JYC style dialogue about its own internal challenges around race.  I guess you could say it was a precursor "Raise Your Voice Labs." Somehow "Mr. Holland's Opus" and "The 3 Amigos" came up in today's conversation.  Listen to find out why. Visit the SHOW NOTES for links related to this episode. You can also visit coronachoir.org for more resources. There you can join the email list and  be automatically entered into a drawing to tour South Africa with me and make music with my South African friends - all expenses paid. You will also get exclusive access to the official "Links Hub," which includes all the links from all episodes, organized by category.  Also, if you're a choir leader and you need help solving a choir problem of any kind, visit 1 on 1 with Fish the Choir Guy, where 30 years experience meets your choral challenges. Finally, stay tuned for Steve's online mine course series, "South African Songs in 7!"