by TheNinjaHimself | Nov 15, 2016 | Find Your Forte, Technique Tuesdays, Top Technique Tuesdays
Should you really get that Master’s degree? In this episode, I speak about the reasons people choose to leave their teaching job to go back to school, give you a simple cost/benefit analysis one can use to determine whether school makes sense, and what they could do...
by TheNinjaHimself | Nov 1, 2016 | Find Your Forte, Technique Tuesdays, Top Technique Tuesdays
In this special guest Technique Tuesday, Adam Paltrowitz of the Choral Clarity blog, explains his 5 guidelines to follow when programming religious music with your public school ensemble. This is a very insightful episode that I hope will be food-for-thought for Choir...
by TheNinjaHimself | Sep 20, 2016 | Find Your Forte, Technique Tuesdays, Top Technique Tuesdays
Listen Be the leader they need You wouldn’t know this since I’m the guy who wrote “Your choir sucks because you suck”, but I’m a sappy, open, and vulnerable choir director. It doesn’t take much to get me all choked up in rehearsal when I’m lovin’ on my choir and I...
by TheNinjaHimself | Sep 6, 2016 | Find Your Forte, Technique Tuesdays, Top Technique Tuesdays
5 things to keep in mind when student teaching with a choral director. I want you to make the most of you student teaching opportunity, and I want your cooperating teacher to want to take on more student teachers in the future, so don’t screw this up!! Listen...
by TheNinjaHimself | Aug 9, 2016 | Find Your Forte, Technique Tuesdays, Top Technique Tuesdays
In today’s Technique Tuesday, I give a quick and dirty lesson on the 11 essential parts of any middle/high school choral department handbook. JOIN CHOIR NATION ON FACEBOOK Listen Show Notes The essential components of the choral department handbook discussed in...
by TheNinjaHimself | May 10, 2016 | Find Your Forte, Technique Tuesdays, Top Technique Tuesdays
Choir Nation, you have an assignment. Write, or rewrite your bio. Share it in a post in the Choir Nation facebook group (www.facebook.com/groups/choirnation/). Even if you can’t think of any need to have a bio, this is a great exercise for self-reflection and personal...
