Meet Dr. Tucker Biddlecombe, Director of Choral Activities at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music, where he conducts the Vanderbilt Chorale and Glee Club, and serves as Coordinator of Music Teacher Education. He also serves as Director of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra Chorus. As you’ll hear in this episode, Dr. Biddlecombe is a veteran teacher and a passionate advocate for music education. 

Dr. Biddlecombe shares his story into the choral profession and how, along the way, he has learned the art of authentically enveloping big ideas. In this conversation, we explore the craft of finding the macro idea - the big thing that works - and how we can all watch master teachers, innovators, and epic conductors and learn from them in ways that will benefit our individual teaching style, personality, situation, and ultimately, our music communities. 

Learn more about Dr. Biddlecombe and his choirs: 

https://blair.vanderbilt.edu/bio/tucker-biddlecombe

https://blair.vanderbilt.edu/ensembles/choirs.php 

https://www.facebook.com/vuchoral 

Explore the book referenced in this episode, “Sing Legato” by Kenneth Jennings. 

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/rerZrEf4dHk. 

Order your copy of Dr. Burch’s book, “The Business of Choir”: https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/the-business-of-choir-book-g10713. 

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**Show music originally written by Mr. Todd Monsell

**Show photography provided by Dr. Dan Biggerstaff