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PART 2 of Episode 50 with two-time Grammy Award winner Donald Nally of The Crossing
CORONA CHOIR...what choral folks NEED to know with Fish the Choir Guy - March 14, 2021 02:00 - 24 minutesBe sure to listen to Part 1 before listening to this! Artwork for Part 2 by Steven Bradshaw. Visit www.stevenbradshawart.com.
PART 1 of Episode 50 with two-time Grammy Award winner Donald Nally of The Crossing
CORONA CHOIR...what choral folks NEED to know with Fish the Choir Guy - March 14, 2021 02:00 - 28 minutes#50. If you're a choral nerd, get ready to nerd OUT. You're about to hang out withThe Crossing's two-time Grammy Award winner Donald Nally. One of the remarkable things about Donald is that his immense talent does not stop him from being vulnerable. In fact, I'm sure his openness and humility,...
Mermaiding is a THING. What's THAT about? And what does it have to do with choral music?
CORONA CHOIR...what choral folks NEED to know with Fish the Choir Guy - February 09, 2021 11:00 - 1 hourNot THAT much, so only give this a listen if you love mermaids or are obsessed with Ariel from The Little Mermaid, and want to explore the actual world of real life mermaiding. Yes, it's really a THING. Of course, there are always - at most - six degrees of separation between any two people or ...
The Long Run...building lasting relationships with our Singers and fellow Choirs
CORONA CHOIR...what choral folks NEED to know with Fish the Choir Guy - January 29, 2021 22:00 - 43 minutesCORONA CHOIR is baaaaaaaack with both "Greatest Choir Director" and "Let the Choir Kid Talk". If you want great ideas on how to maintain and grow choral relationships, for what this episode's main guest thinks of as "the long run" - with not just your choir members but with the other choirs in w...
Exclusive conversation with "Colorado" aerosol study lead-researcher Dr. Jelena Srebric
CORONA CHOIR...what choral folks NEED to know with Fish the Choir Guy - November 21, 2020 02:00 - 39 minutes#048. If you still have questions around singing and the science of rehearsing and performing in person, this episode is for you! Don't miss this exclusive conversation with Dr. Jelena Srebric of the University of Maryland, one of two lead researchers on the main study that choral directors hav...
Are choir directors allowed to be as tough as they need to be with their choristers today to make great music? Old school vs. warm and fuzzy with former Philadelphia Boys Choir star soloist Manny Carrera
CORONA CHOIR...what choral folks NEED to know with Fish the Choir Guy - November 16, 2020 13:00 - 52 minutes#047. Welcome to this first CORONA CHOIR episode recorded LIVE! You can view the video episode here. If you ever wonder whether choir directors have gone soft, compared to when WE were choristers, this episode is for you! In some ways the pandemic is just another challenge for our choristers....
"Let the Choir Kid Talk" Part 2 with Pennsylvania Girlchoir member Audim
CORONA CHOIR...what choral folks NEED to know with Fish the Choir Guy - November 06, 2020 18:00 - 11 minutes#046. Spoiler alert! This is Part 2, the sequel to yesterday's cliff hanger episode (#045). Find out Audim's decision when Steve told her that if she left the rehearsal for the upcoming world premier of The Little Dancer musical in NYC to go to an undisclosed cheerleading practice, she would ...
"Let the Choir Kid Talk" Part 1 with Pennsylvania Girlchoir member Audim
CORONA CHOIR...what choral folks NEED to know with Fish the Choir Guy - November 05, 2020 16:00 - 12 minutes#045. If you want to be reminded of the POWER of CHOIR in a person's life, this episode is for you. Steve lets Audim, this week's Choir Kid of the week, TALK! Audim is a 10th grader who has been a member of Commonwealth Youthchoirs (CY) since 2nd grade. She started out in the Find Your Instr...
WED. 11-4: Ideas on where to tour with your choir next, how to plan your best, most inexpensive tour ever, and even how to tour right now with host Steve Fisher
CORONA CHOIR...what choral folks NEED to know with Fish the Choir Guy - November 04, 2020 15:00 - 14 minutes#044. The pandemic WILL end and our choirs WILL tour again. Steve's prediction is that, by this summer, it will be safe to tour - depending on your tolerance for calculated risk. But you need to start planning now. For those choirs who don't have a tradition of touring, maybe you should start...
TUES. 11-3: When we put Choir Directors, including ourselves, in boxes & the need to build relationships with our Singers
CORONA CHOIR...what choral folks NEED to know with Fish the Choir Guy - November 03, 2020 17:00 - 12 minutes#043. It's "Greatest Director" Tuesday with a final conversation with Jenny Hutton and a shout out to the supremely awesome Dr. Donald Dumpson. Dr. Dumpson comes up in one of Steve's "Confessions of a Choir Director." Even when we're making real, significant, noble efforts to rid ourselves an...
MON. 11-2: When Corona is gone, CULTURAL APPROPRIATION concerns will remain. Let's reframe the aim: APPROPRIATENESS!
CORONA CHOIR...what choral folks NEED to know with Fish the Choir Guy - November 02, 2020 10:00 - 15 minutes#042. Veteran high school choir director and Temple University doctoral candidate Jenny Hutton and Steve take on cultural appropriation and the need to balance honoring the music without paralysis by analysis. Jenny talks about her opportunity to work with the fabulous Rollo Dilworth and his a...
FRI. 10-30: When a boy in your boychoir says he can't sing a "boy" songs because he's not identifying as a boy today with doctoral candidate Jenny Hutton
CORONA CHOIR...what choral folks NEED to know with Fish the Choir Guy - October 30, 2020 17:00 - 15 minutes#041. Veteran high school choir director and Temple University doctoral candidate Jenny Hutton and Steve pick up where Micah and Steve left off in dialoging about challenges in choral communities around gender. We tend to think of gender issues as being solely trans issues. But there is a spec...
THURS. 10/29: Who says Forbes only cares about profit? It named Micah Hendler one of its 30 under 30.
CORONA CHOIR...what choral folks NEED to know with Fish the Choir Guy - October 30, 2020 02:00 - 12 minutes#040. Part 6 wraps up Steve's conversation with Jerusalem Youth Chorus' founder Micah Hendler. With his Forbes free lance writer hat on, Micah talks about some of his favorite interviews, like Eric Whitacre talking about virtual communities. Confession of a Choir Director: Steve has an ADD mome...
WED 10/28: If you think "Mr. Holland's Opus" was a TERRIBLE movie, you're probably a music teacher.
CORONA CHOIR...what choral folks NEED to know with Fish the Choir Guy - October 28, 2020 16:00 - 17 minutes#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 Youthcho...
TUESDAY, 10-27: "Raise Your Voice Labs" harnesses the power of song writing and dialogue to transform organizations whose cultures are troubled by conflict
CORONA CHOIR...what choral folks NEED to know with Fish the Choir Guy - October 28, 2020 03:00 - 16 minutes#038. In Part 4 of Steve's conversation with Jerusalem Youth Chorus' founder Micah Hendler, they talk about the groundbreaking "Raise Your Voice Labs" which Micah created with Sarah Brajtbord (pictured) and Austin Willacy, to help organizations experiencing conflict to improve their community's ...
MONDAY, 10-26: Choirs and Gender Challenges with Jerusalem Youth Choir founder Micah Hendler
CORONA CHOIR...what choral folks NEED to know with Fish the Choir Guy - October 26, 2020 14:00 - 16 minutes#037. Do you have questions or struggles around gender inclusivity and choir? If so, this episode is for you. In Part 3 of 6 of Steve's dialogue with Micah Hendler, Founder and Artistic Director of the Jerusalem Youth Chorus, they talk about Steve's struggles regarding gender and the particula...
FRIDAY, OCT-23: In this US presidential election season, we need the conflict resolution tools that the Jerusalem Youth Chorus has developed under the direction of founder Micah Hendler handles conflict more than ever
CORONA CHOIR...what choral folks NEED to know with Fish the Choir Guy - October 22, 2020 21:00 - 10 minutes#036. At CORONA CHOIR, on Fridays, we traditionally let the choir kid talk. But today we let the founder talk. This is Part 2 of 6 of my dialogue with Micah Hendler, Founder and Artistic Director of the Jerusalem Youth Chorus. Micah and Steve now have something in common. They are both trans...
Greatest Director THURSDAY, 10-22: What Israelis and Palestinians in Jerusalem singing in the same choir can teach the world with founder Micah Hendler
CORONA CHOIR...what choral folks NEED to know with Fish the Choir Guy - October 22, 2020 18:00 - 15 minutes#035. Here's some binge-worthy listening. Steve's guest is Micah Hendler, the Founder and Artistic Director of the Jerusalem Youth Chorus. If you know this ensemble, you love and are inspired by it. If you don't know the Jerusalem Youth Chorus, you need to. It's an ensemble of of Israeli and P...
WEDNESDAY, 10-21: Dogs vs. cats, words Brits use like "brilliant" and "jolly" and ideas on how to make your Zoom Choir rehearsals more successful and FUN with "Total Choir Resources" founders Victoria Hopkins & Christine Mulgrew
CORONA CHOIR...what choral folks NEED to know with Fish the Choir Guy - October 21, 2020 16:00 - 36 minutes#034. If you need ideas on how to make your Zoom Choir rehearsals more successful, Victoria Hopkins and Christine Mulgrew have some! They are the founders of "Total Choir Resources," a training and information platform that helps choir leaders all over the world to build and run successful co...
TUESDAY, 10-20: How does a choir singing safely in person with Dr. Joseph Ohrt
CORONA CHOIR...what choral folks NEED to know with Fish the Choir Guy - October 21, 2020 01:00 - 12 minutes#033. Are you still struggling to understand the science of making choral music safely in person? Is your choir transitioning from virtual to in person, or you'd like to but need to convince your community that it's safe? Have you made the transition but are still anxious about things such as t...
MONDAY, 10-19: Ubuntu, Virtual Choir and the chance to breath with Central Bucks High School-West's Dr. Joseph Ohrt
CORONA CHOIR...what choral folks NEED to know with Fish the Choir Guy - October 19, 2020 12:00 - 9 minutes#032. Ubuntu means "a person is a person through other people." Dr. Joseph Ohrt of Central Bucks High School-West instinctively knows what it means, evidenced by the remarkable choral program he's built. In fact, we didn't even mention the Zulu word in our conversation. Dr. Ohrt just gets it. T...
FRIDAY, 10-16: Choir Conductor who lost 2 singers from superspreader rehearsal tells - unlike the LA Times - the full story of what happened
CORONA CHOIR...what choral folks NEED to know with Fish the Choir Guy - October 17, 2020 00:00 - 29 minutes#031. How does a choir director react when a stranger tells him he has blood on his hands? Or when a post to his choir's facebook page asks, "Where's the remorse?" Dr. Adam Burdick honesty and poignantly answers these questions and much more. Part 6 of Steve's conversation with Adam is the...
Part 5: What does the shrinking brain of a lonely locust have to do with a Choir Director wearing eyeliner on Zoom?
CORONA CHOIR...what choral folks NEED to know with Fish the Choir Guy - October 15, 2020 04:00 - 7 minutes#030. Part 5 of Steve's conversation starts out with Steve asking Adam a question he's always wanted to ask of someone who is trans/gender fluid. Steve also reveals a recent encounter he had when a person of color in an overwhelmingly white neighborhood noticed Steve notice his presence. The c...
Part 4 with Mt. Vernon, Washington Choir Director Adam Burdick
CORONA CHOIR...what choral folks NEED to know with Fish the Choir Guy - October 14, 2020 14:00 - 11 minutes#029. From Matthew Shepard and Tyler Clementi, to the subject of unmarried men who interact with children often being suspected of being pedophiles (!), once again, today's conversation with Adam Burdick of the Skagit Valley Chorale winds its way to unexpected topics that Steve had no intention...
Part 3 with Mt. Vernon, Washington Choir Director Adam Burdick
CORONA CHOIR...what choral folks NEED to know with Fish the Choir Guy - October 12, 2020 05:00 - 11 minutes#028. Never estimate the power of a smile. Today is Part 3 of Steve's conversation with Skagit Valley Chorale artistic director and conductor Dr. Adam Burdick. What is the power of smile? Adam knows. And you should too - for the next time you encounter someone who is different, and they catch yo...
Part 2 with Mt. Vernon, Washington Choir Director Adam Burdick
CORONA CHOIR...what choral folks NEED to know with Fish the Choir Guy - October 12, 2020 04:00 - 11 minutes#027. Steve's conversation with Skagit Valley Chorale artistic director and conductor Dr. Adam Burdick continues. The Chorale, based in Mt. Vernon Washington, made international headlines when its March 10th rehearsal resulted in most of the attendees getting sick - including Adam and his wife. ...
Special 25th Episode FRIDAY 10-9: Part I with Mt. Vernon, Washington Choir Director Adam Burdick
CORONA CHOIR...what choral folks NEED to know with Fish the Choir Guy - October 09, 2020 04:00 - 11 minutes#026. Today is Part 1 of host Steve Fisher's conversation with Skagit Valley Chorale artistic director and conductor Dr. Adam Burdick. The Chorale, based in Mr. Vernon, Washington, made international headlines when a rehearsal resulted in most of the attendees getting sick with Covid-19, includi...
Greatest Choir Director THURSDAY 10/8 - Is your choir being told their not allowed to sing?
CORONA CHOIR...what choral folks NEED to know with Fish the Choir Guy - October 08, 2020 16:00 - 11 minutes#024. Is your choir being told you're not allowed to sing? Are athletic teams at your school or in your area being allowed to do things that your choir isn't? Like...meet? Or not adhere to social distancing and masks. Then this episode is for you! High School Choir Director Brett joins us a...
"What in the World" WEDNESDAY 10/7 - Will choirs be able to tour this summer?
CORONA CHOIR...what choral folks NEED to know with Fish the Choir Guy - October 06, 2020 16:00 - 11 minutes#024. If you are wondering whether your choir is going to be able to internationally tour this summer, this episode is for you. Steve shares what his organization is saying now to his choristers and how he's putting things in place in the event that it is possible and prudent to tour. He offers ...
"Science & Singing" TUESDAY 10/6 with Chorus America's CEO Catherine Dehoney, Part 2
CORONA CHOIR...what choral folks NEED to know with Fish the Choir Guy - October 05, 2020 05:00 - 7 minutes#023. The Corona Choir roller coaster continues. With President and Mrs. Trump and many in the White House inner circle having tested positive, everyone is reminded again that this ongoing pandemic is real. The Skagit Valley Chorale (SVC) community needs no reminders. In March this adult choir b...
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