Singing Through the Summer bySBO Staff September 19, 2022 0 Music educators and students alike can benefit from a change of pace now and again. One place to accomplish such...
A Choir Takes Flight bySBO Staff September 19, 2022 0 In the spring of 2000, Kathleen Kane, the choir director at Roosevelt High School in Wyandotte, Mich., hosted a German...
Standard Choral Repertoire Part III: Classical bySBO Staff September 19, 2022 0 This is the third installment in a limited series of columns regarding standard choral repertoire. In the flurry of new...
Five Minutes of Enrichment bySBO Staff September 19, 2022 0 Wouldn't it be wonderful if the students in our schools were exposed to five minutes of classical music every day?...
Musical Literacy and Rote Learning: Balancing Thinking and Feeling bySBO Staff September 19, 2022 0 The concepts of teaching music either through notation or through direct rote instruction carry all kinds of baggage unrelated to...
Tips for Maintaining a Healthy Voice bySBO Staff September 19, 2022 0 It is easy to understand why singers are more prone to voice difficulties than others: the demands placed on their...
Standard Choral Repertoire Part II: Baroque bySBO Staff September 19, 2022 0 This is the second part in a limited series of columns regarding repertoire that is considered "standard." I have chosen...
Third Annual Choral Directors of Note bySBO Staff September 19, 2022 0 "Choral Directors of Note" are vocal music educators whose achievements in the classroom and concert halls merit additional recognition. In...
Teaching Four-Mallet Marimba Technique: A Sequential Approach to Repertoire byMike Lawson September 19, 2022 0 Although evidence exists of four-mallet playing in Asia as early as the 16th Century, on Western mallet instruments it is...
Show Choir: Enhancing Singing through Movement bySBO Staff September 19, 2022 0 photo #169; stevemarselstudio.comOften a controversial topic among choral purists, show choir has been steadily gaining popularity across the country as...
Standard Choral Repertoire Part I: Renaissance bySBO Staff September 19, 2022 0 There is a set of repertoire that is considered "standard." But choral educators are all too often left to learn...
The Opera Stereotype bySBO Staff September 19, 2022 0 We've all seen the stereotypical opera singer portrayed in cartoons, comic strips, and skits as a man or woman in...