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This resource aligns with the blog post,“BE RESPECTFUL” is a BAD REHEARSAL RULE! -
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DOWNLOAD ONCE AND PHOTOCOPY FOR ALL OF YOUR STUDENTS! It is important to give students the opportunity to productively express themselves. I have created an assignment for Valentine's Day that allows students to positively self-reflect upon their choral experience and think deeply into their both their choir connection and their connection within their music. -
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Do you have officers who are ineffective and put their own needs in front of our group's needs. Are your officers lazy? Do they develop a bad case of senioritis? How do they behave during rehearsal? These 10 Steps will ensure your choral program runs successfully, year after year. Developing great officers creates continuity and stability. It also eases our burden and allows us to be more focused on teaching.Check out the corresponding blog post: Why Choir Elections Are a Bad Idea!
Additional resource: Choir Officer Application
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The 10 Keys to Eliminate SENIORITIS for good in our Choral Program Senioritis can destroy a choir. When our supposed role models become lazy, unreliable, and defiant, our program suffers. Fortunately, this is something that is within our control! Believe it or not, we have created the ability for our students to act this way AND we have the ability to change their behavior. A change in culture will change senioritis. Download this free 3-page PDF that gives you the 10 Keys to Eliminate Senioritis permanently! -
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Many performances could be way more successful if director's knew where to place their focus. Some details are more important than others. Many of us focus on the WRONG details at concert time. Failure to attend to these details leads to disengaged audiences. Read the blog below and download this free checklist. As a result of following these 17 things, you will ensure your concert is well-received! -
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This 10 question choral midterm is the most effective way to measure the success of our students. This midterm will require no studying or preparation on the part of our students. It will, however, require some reflective thinking. Oh and one more important thing: This exam is NOT for your singers........it's for youIn taking this 10 Question Midterm, we must evaluate the progress of ALL OF OUR STUDENTS in ALL OF OUR CHOIRS; this includes the students in our select ensemble, beginner ensemble and any ensemble in between. How all students in our program are doing is the true assessment of how impactful we truly are as a teacher.
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If you've made it past the interview round, there's a good chance you may be asked to give a choir demo lesson.Download our complimentary 9-page handout with 17 Choir Demo Lesson Tips!
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Available for instant download! This simple, customizable spreadsheet could be used within a one-teacher choral program or shared between multiple teachers/feeder schools in order to prevent attrition between schools.. This simple, adaptable spreadsheet if used in google sheets will allow multiple teachers to communicate with one another in one place regarding potential continuing students. -
Download the 12 Summer "Do Nows" to ensure you are PREPARED for the 1st Day of Rehearsal. -
This is a printable version of the blog, How to Voice Your Choir Quickly & Effectively. Print this out and if you are interested, download the Choir Voicing; Easy and Effective Spreadsheet in order to get a head start on preparing for accurate voicing. -
This form will give your students to point out musical issues & ask specific musical questions without ever stopping the flow of the rehearsal! -
This is a chart of all the sight-singing homework assignments I give my students over 4 years of high school on Smart Music. Every assignment comes from "90 Days to Sight Reading Success". I have a printed copy of the book and number the assignments. From these, I create assignments on Smart Music by selecting each exercise as listed. -
Here's the tone deaf test that you can give your singer to find out if the are "tone-deaf". When your singers are watching the video and taking the quiz, give them the blank answer sheet. I've also included an answer key for you. For more information, check out: HOW TO TEACH ANYONE TO MATCH PITCH! - online course for choral directors and voice teachers -
Use this sheet to keep track of when students leave your room. Students must write their name, time out, time in, and circle the reason. This sheet is also fully editable! -
The 4 Steps To Building A Successful Choral Program
Do you want to know the 4 steps you can take to build a successful program? These steps work when you are:- Looking to improve your current program
- Starting a program from scratch
- Rebuilding a program
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When you are being observed, here is a solid lesson plan structure. Download this free lesson plan and edit it to your liking! -
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When you are being observed, here is a solid lesson plan structure. Download this free lesson plan and edit it to your liking! -
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Are you tired of being the secretary of all paperwork that happens DURING CLASS? Are you overwhelmed AND distracted as you try to teach and keep track of daily attendance, latenesses, students not participating, students exiting and entering the room? Here is an easy system that frees you up to focus your energy on teaching. See description below for details! -
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This rubric is intended to help: -vocal teachers & choral directors to better assess their soloists -soloists who are being guided by vocal teachers & choral directors Use these evaluative categories to gain the awareness of becoming a solid soloist. This rubric is intended to be positive and helpful. There is no fluff and total clarity in each specific category. Purchase via PayPal/Credit Card and instantly receive a downloadable PDF of this product that can be duplicated for all of your students. **The complete rubric is two pages long and scored out of 100 points (on screen version is just the first page of an early draft, intended to demonstrate it's simplicity and usefulness ) -
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*Receive both a PDF and Editable Word Document! Middle School and High School singers frequently lack the awareness of what it takes to participate effectively in group voice classes (rotating lessons, pullout lessons, or sectionals). If we want to see them improve their contribution, we must make them aware of what is expected of them. But that isn't enough to instill improvement. Singers must hold themselves accountable for their own participation in development and achievement. This self-assessment tool is incredibly useful for that purpose. -
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This is a rubric to assess the aural skills of a singer based on the their performance of the The Best Aural Training Exercise. You may duplicate this rubric for use within your ensemble and your private studio. -
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The straight-up choir officer election is a popularity contest, and a waste of many rehearsals. A balloted officer election is more effective but still very flawed. Here’s a different approach: have a qualitative election ballot. Here are the two main goals- This ballot is constructed in a way that provides important student input
- We gain the appropriate student input to determine the best choices in officers
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Singers must hold themselves accountable for their own rehearsal contribution. Included are 2 different self-assessments both as PDFs and as Editable Word Documents:- Self-Assessment for Daily Rehearsal Participation
- Self-Assessment for Rehearsal Participation - pre-concert
