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Continue reading →: Essential Music Teacher Resources for Back to SchoolThe beginning of a new school year brings fresh possibilities—and an enormous number of tasks. Music teachers need to organize classrooms, plan lessons, select repertoire, review curriculum expectations, prepare instruments, establish routines, and learn the needs of new students. Having the right music teacher resources prepared before the first day…
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Continue reading →: How to Teach Sight-Singing to Beginning Choir StudentsSight-singing can feel intimidating to beginning choir students. Many new singers believe that reading music is a skill they either possess or lack. When notation looks unfamiliar, they may wait for the director or piano to demonstrate every note. Fortunately, sight-singing is not an innate talent. It is a collection…
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Continue reading →: The Complete Guide to Building an Independent ChoirA strong choir does more than reproduce notes after hearing them from a teacher or piano. Independent singers can decode unfamiliar music, maintain their own vocal parts, recognize mistakes, solve musical problems, and contribute confidently to the ensemble. That kind of independence does not appear automatically. It develops when choir…
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Continue reading →: Choir Classroom Routines That Save Time All YearChoir directors rarely feel as though they have enough rehearsal time. Between attendance, announcements, warm-ups, musicianship, repertoire, performances, and classroom management, an entire rehearsal can disappear surprisingly quickly. Strong choir classroom routines help protect that limited time. When students know how to enter the room, collect their music, respond to…
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Continue reading →: How to Accompany Yourself on Piano Without Reading MusicIf you have ever wanted to sit down at the piano and accompany yourself while singing, but had no idea where to start, you are not alone. A lot of singers assume they need years of piano lessons or the ability to read sheet music before they can accompany themselves.…
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