Massachusetts native Kirsten Oberoi is the Founding Artistic Director of the South Shore Children’s Chorus, and also taught public school chorus at the secondary level for eight years in both Massachusetts and California. Regarded as a unique and creative choral artist and arts entrepreneur, Oberoi is known for her strong philosophies and teaching practices based on inclusion and equity in the music education classroom. 

In this episode, we talk about auditions, inclusivity, teaching groups of students from different experience levels together, does non-auditioned have to equal not excellent….basically, philosophy! We explore what it means to Kirsten and her SSCC choir, when they say they believe "the priority is the individual, music is the vessel, and excellence is the byproduct."

Learn more about Ms Oberoi: www.southshorechildrenschorus.org, https://www.choralconnectivity.com/, https://blog.chorusconnection.com/embracing-diversity-of-musical-experience-in-your-chorus,  https://www.southshorechildrenschorus.org/ssccblog/noauditionsever. 

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/llyOk3WP0YE 

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