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In this episode, we are joined by Scott Tucker. Scott has enjoyed an incredible career as a choral conductor and is currently Artistic Director of the Choral Arts Society in Washington DC. You'll love this interview - Scott is an inspiring choir leader and his joy and gratitude for his career is infectious. The post #236 The joy of leading choirs with Scott Tucker appeared first on Total Choir Resources.

Our guest for this episode is Beth Morgan, community choir leader and founder of The Creative Choir Leader. We talk about building a sustainable career as a choir leader where we can be our authentic selves and play to our strengths. The post #235 Building a sustainable choir-leading style with Beth Morgan appeared first on Total Choir Resources.

Our guest for this episode is Tom Metzger, founder of Choir Genius, one of the world’s most popular choir management platforms. We talk about his background in barbershop, what inspired his business and how he uses his knowledge of the choir world to keep innovating. So let’s welcome Tom. The post #234 Innovating for choirs – with Tom Metzger appeared first on Total Choir Resources.

In the last few months, we’ve all been on a journey with our choirs. From online rehearsals to being back in a room, then online again for some. It’s been a rollercoaster ride! As many of us look towards performing again, how we can ensure our singers sound great, feel ready and embrace the experience? The post #233 Raring to go? Preparing our choirs for post-lockdown performance appeared first on Total Choir Resources.

Amy Standridge is a choir leader and Total Choir Resources member who specialises in leading singing for people with dementia and their carers. She’s a self-confessed ‘brain nerd’ who joined us in this episode to talk about the importance of humour in our choir rehearsals. The post #232 The best medicine – with Amy Standridge appeared first on Total Choir Resources.

Marie Benton is the founder and Chief Executive of The Choir With No Name, an organisation that supports homeless and marginalised people around the UK. Christine talked to her about community, connection and friendship through choirs. The post #231 The Choir with No Name – with Marie Benton appeared first on Total Choir Resources.

As we head back into the rehearsal room, many of us are still living with covid protections, including shorter session times. How does this affect our planning and teaching? How can we get the most out of the time we have with our choirs? The post #230 How organisation feeds inspiration – with Jane Reeves appeared first on Total Choir Resources.

As we head back into the rehearsal room, many of us are still living with covid protections, including shorter session times. How does this affect our planning and teaching? How can we get the most out of the time we have with our choirs? The post #229 Shorter rehearsals? A new approach to choir planning appeared first on Total Choir Resources.

In this episode, we want to give you a glimpse behind the scenes at something our paid members get on the Total Choir Resources website. The post #228 An exclusive peek behind the scenes appeared first on Total Choir Resources.

The pandemic continues to take us all on a journey. Here in the UK we now have the opportunity to return to indoor rehearsals, something which we ourselves did last week. So how did it feel and how did it all go? The post #227 Back to live choir – how does it feel? appeared first on Total Choir Resources.

Eyleen Braaten is the Executive Director of the Giving Voice Initiative, a unique organisation that inspires and equips choirs to help people with Alzheimer’s and their care partners through the joy of singing. In this episode, Christine talks to Eyleen about building a movement that celebrates the unique power of singing together. The post #226 – Music in the Brain with Eyleen Braaten appeared first on Total Choir Resources.

In our modern world we can connect in so many different ways, yet we hear about high levels of loneliness in our societies, particularly during the pandemic. How does loneliness affect people and how can being part of a choir change that? The post #225 Together – the importance of choir and community for loneliness appeared first on Total Choir Resources.

Matt Ramsey is an American voice coach and founder of the Ramsey Voice Studio. In this episode, we discuss how individual voice tuition can benefit choral singers, how to find a contemporary sound when you’ve been classically trained, and just how many Mariah Careys is too many!  The post #224 – Finding a singer’s unique voice with Matt Ramsey appeared first on Total Choir Resources.

This special episode is a first for the Total Choir Resources podcast - a collaboration with the Music(Ed) Matters podcast, hosted by Dr Emily Williams Burch. We’re exploring the issue of collaboration by launching our own collaboration project. The post #223 – Exploring collaboration with Dr Emily Williams Burch appeared first on Total Choir Resources.

In this episode, we catch up with our old friend Dean Jones. You may already know Dean from his beautiful choir arrangements that are available to all Total Choir Resources members. Dean is a musician, composer and all-round great guy who we’ve known since the early days of Total Choir Resources. We talk to him about finding the music that your audience needs, building a career that inspires you, and bringing music to communities. The post #222 Audience-focused programming with Dean Jones appeared first on Total Choir Resources.

In one of our most popular podcast episodes, we talked about the idea of imposter syndrome, what it could mean to us as choir leaders and how we could take action to minimise it. So, today, a few years later and on the back of a global pandemic we’ve decided to pick up this topic once again and see how it looks today. The post #221 Revisiting ‘impostor syndrome’ appeared first on Total Choir Resources.

One of the greatest joys about doing this podcast is getting to talk to some amazing people within the choir world. Today we welcome Kathryn Rowland, a choir leader and Total Choir Resources member, who runs a multi-choir business including adult, workplace and charity choirs. The post #220 Juggling multiple choirs with Kathryn Rowland appeared first on Total Choir Resources.

In this episode, we’re going to bore you silly and that’s a promise! We’re talking about all the issues that creative types would prefer to ignore, but which are vital to our success as choir leaders. The post #219 – Boring but important stuff every choir leader needs to know appeared first on Total Choir Resources.

In this episode we’re discussing the role of technology and social media in our lives and how we can use it responsibly to support and develop our choirs while looking after our mental health. The post #218 We can do things differently – using social media and technology for our choirs appeared first on Total Choir Resources.

In this episode, we’re reaching back into the archive to repost a great podcast that may have passed you by. We discuss how to approach leading a choir made up of individuals with diverse abilities, expectations and preferences. These issues are incredibly relevant at the moment, as we rebuild our choirs post-pandemic and decide what to keep and what to change going forward. So let’s dive in. The post #217 FROM THE VAULT: How to handle different abilities and expectations in your choir appeared first on Total Choir Resources.