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Top Interviews
CN Rewind: How to teach a piece using sequential layering, with Denise Eaton VOICES FROM HOUSTON
A Choir Ninja Rewind Today we bring you an encore airing of one of our most popular interviews with a Houston-area director. In today’s episode Ryan and Denise Eaton look at her layering method of sequential teaching. In other words, this is a breakdown of her...
CN Rewind: Choosing repertoire the smart way, with Denise Eaton VOICES FROM HOUSTON
A Choir Ninja Rewind Today we bring you an encore airing of one of our most popular interviews with a Houston-area director. In today’s episode (Part 1) you will learn what Texas music educator and superstar, Denise Eaton, looks at when choosing repertoire for her...
The Creative Roots Run Deep, with James Mulholland
With over 600 choral compositions in publication, Prof. James Mulholland of Butler University chats with Ryan just before a concert exclusively of his works (including a new commission). Dropping the names of legends and movie quotes with equal ease, Prof. Mulholland...
The Big Reveal, with Someone
It’s possibly the most important podcast Ryan has ever recorded! You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you’ll learn all about the awesome new changes at Choir Ninja! Listen: [podcast...
On presence and keeping secrets, with Betsy Cook Weber
Betsy Cook Weber pops in to talk about being present as a choral director and planning for her upcoming ACDA National Conference performance. Support our sponsor for this episode: KI Concerts Listen [podcast...
Top Technique Tuesdays
Should you really get that master’s degree?, with Ryan Guth
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...
5 guidelines when approaching religious music with your choir, with Adam Paltrowitz
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...
7 Ways to Love Your Choir
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...
Student Teachers: If you eventually want a job, listen to this first!
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...
11 essential components of the choral department handbook, with Ryan Guth
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 this...
Most recent content
Coda, with Dr. Donald Beebe and Maryann Beebe, Jon & Robbin Rose, and Don Crafton, and Adam Rabung
This is the final episode of the Choir Ninja Podcast. As always, the goal is to bring value to you choir directors, so Ryan gives you a chance to get to know the people behind the companies that have supported this show. Listen to their origin stories, their goals,...
Motivation Monday: Feeling Like An Imposter?, with Ryan Guth
Imposter syndrome is real, and it means that you are human and have achieved success. Be thankful that you have these feelings; they mean you are accomplishing something worthwhile. But that doesn’t make it easy to deal with. For this penultimate podcast episode, Ryan...
Countdown, with Ryan Guth and Stevie Berryman
We begin the Choir Ninja wrap up with a countdown of the stats, names, and episodes that define us. In this antepenultimate episode, Ryan and Stevie look back on the moments and interviews that have stayed with them. Did they mention your favorites? Listen [Subscribe...
Big Wins with Little Singers, with Anna Dore
At the end of this episode, Ryan Guth makes an important announcement about Choir Ninja. If you’ve ever felt stuck in your job, like you couldn’t make your reality match your vision, this episode is for you. Anna Dore talks about what she, as an elementary choir and...
From Failure to Flanders Fields, with Dr. Paul Aitken
November 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day, the end of World War I. It’s an unprecedented milestone of the modern era. Dr. Paul Aitken will observe that anniversary in concert with a performance of his moving and beloved setting of the poem “Flanders...
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