All Choir Resources are available for instant download.
One purchase allows you to duplicate for your ensembles.
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This resource aligns with the blog post,“BE RESPECTFUL” is a BAD REHEARSAL RULE!
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Sale!You can purchase via PayPal or Credit Card and instantly receive a downloadable PDF of this product. Duplicate for your entire ensemble.
My blog, The Best Ear-Training Exercise You Will Ever Use, provides a foundation of this exercise within an ensemble, in small groups, one-on-one, with beginners, and even with advanced singers.
Included with the purchase of this exercise is a more detailed explanation of the guidelines and variations for this incredible Aural Training Exercise. -
Sale!This Sight-Singing Developmental Rubric will revolutionize the way you train your sight-singers. It presents the 6 prerequisites needed to become a successful sight-singer and tangible, step-by-step goals for improving these fundamental skills. The Sight-Singing Developmental Rubric BUNDLE (best value) - includes a DETAILED rubric for each of the 6 prerequisite skills along with dozens of 8 measure examples for the note and rhythm labeling rubrics.
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Sale!Receive both a PDF and Editable Document that you can customize for your ensemble When your students miss the concert, they should have a meaningful assignment in place of the performance. Students who miss for legitimate reasons should be able to receive full credit for completing this assignment, while students who missed for unexcused reasons should receive a penalty, but still earn most of their points back using this assignment. This 3-page assignment w for more information, read blog post: Your Singer MISSED the Concert......What do we do?
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Sale!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
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Sale!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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Sale!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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Sale!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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PDF and Editable WORD DOCUMENT is provided! - one purchase is for unlimited usage within your ensemble This is a detailed officer application that helps to ensure the correct students are chosen to be officers of your ensemble. The application requires the submission of a resume, cover letter, evaluation of their potential time commitment, skills/desires, and self-reflection on their previous performance within our choral program. Special Bonus: A "voting" ballot that will allow all students to give qualitative input about each candidate
Check out the corresponding blog post: Why Choir Elections Are a Bad Idea!
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THIS PRODUCT COMES AS PDF AND EDITABLE DOCUMENT
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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Sale!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!