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Episode 154: Episode 154 - The Dr. Is In (Listener Question): What’s your Fav Choir Stuff for Choir Camp or Choir Workshops?


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Planning a Summer Choral Camp? Thinking of hosting a Choir Recruitment Workshop? Looking for some fun engagers or warm-ups to spice up the end of the school year or season?  This episode is for you! After getting a listener question for “my fav choir stuff for summer camp” and after teaching a MUED methods class on “classroom management,” I figured, this is the perfect time to create a solo episode. 


This episode shares my “formula” and some of my favorite ideas. It starts with “What do I want the student to learn?” and “How can we get to there together?” I then break it down into:  

  1. What’s the hook?
  2. What’s the transfer? 
  3. What’s the practice? 
  4. What’s the application? 

  5. Below are some of my trade and true favorite hooks, transfers, practices, and application routines - borrow them, adapt them, change them, do whatever you need to connect with YOUR singers, YOUR purpose, and YOUR musical image - then let me know how it goes! Have fun! 


    Songs features in this episode: 

    Closer - Chainsmokers ft Halsey

    Hold My Hand - Jess Glenn

    Bim Bom (little body percussion warm-up song)


    Like I’m Gonna Lose You - Meghan Trainor

    Swedish Counting Song (with optional snaps, claps, and stand/sit)


    The Decades Blast: 

    Headvoice - stole this from Arreon Harley Emerson - Kirk Franklin, Revolution

    And scooping up to it - Drop it Like its Hot - Snoop

    Eh vowel - Staying alive - Bee Gees

    Ah and Oh - September - Earth Wind and Fire

    Oo and oh and Ah - Yellow Brick Road - Elton John

    Uh and Ah - Tom’s Diner - Suzane Vega


    Other quick teaching vocal tech options:

    He Has Done Marvelous Things - Maria Ellis! 

    Fine by Me

    Color (both Evan Powers) 


    Some of my fav “teach in a day songs” - in no order, just as I thought of them:  

    ROUNDS: 

    Umoja - Zanaida Robles

    Hebrew Melody

    Be Like a Bird - Abbie Betinis

    Yonder Come Day

    Freedom is Calling 

    Asante Sana

    Ipharadisi

    This Pretty Planet

    Alleluia Round


    OCTAVOS: 

    I Believe - Mark Miller

    More Love - Mark Miller

    Two African Pieces - arr Andrea Ramsey

    Three Things - Ryan Main

    Two Shaker Canons - Ron Jeffers

    Feel Good - arr. Baker

    Storm is Passing Over - arr. Baker

    Music of Life - B E Boykin

    Ubi Caritas - Victor Johnson

    Turn the World Around - arr. Mark Hayes

    Dream Keeper - Rollo Dillworth 

    I Started Out Singing - Jocelyn Hagen


    Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/E-_rBi6wj8k 


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    **Show music originally written by Mr. Todd Monsell


    **Episode infographic photo by Donnie Biggs/Fairfax County Public Schools

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