Category: Off The Podium

Warm Up on Canons

Chances are good that if you’re a choral director, you already have a choice selection of canons in your bag of tricks.

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The Blue Bird

Although he is little recognized today, the English composer Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 – 1924) was one of the most prominent musicians in the

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Universal Music Education

As we enter the third decade of the twenty-first century, the time has come for music educators to stop pussyfooting around and advocate for universal

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Herring’s Head

“Herring’s Head“ is a cumulative folksong that I have taught and sung with students of all ages at many schools over the course of my teaching

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The Boar’s Head Carol

For about 25 years, I spent nearly every holiday season consumed by the preparations and execution of a big school performance. I have directed so

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