June 13, 2025

Episode 251: Audience Mailbag

A special episode where I read audience questions, comments, raised points for the benefit of all listeners. I have also updated the form on the main page to collect ideas for future shows and your questions or comments.

This episode turns the focus out toward you. The listener. I have been collecting feedback since the beginning in a variety of ways. This week, I have curated some questions, raised points, and even criticisms from audience responses. They all serve the greater goal of expanding the conversation and the Overton window.

Many questions have come in through the form on the main page here, the email [email protected] and of course Substack, Facebook and Instagram.

How can a high school choral director teach his/her students to be successful in sightreading (e.g., music literacy), when they face one or more of the following factors?

Admin that pushes performance goals, low skills coming from feeders, declining enrollment?

I was wondering whether you would ever be interested in doing an episode about ageing voices and choirs made up of elderly people – the challenges this represents and how to handle them?

Short answer: YES I need to find the right expert!

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“I teach music to everyone in an elementary school with 40 minutes a week with each group. While I applaud all of your success with unaccompanied singing, I wonder if there is a guest who could outline what the essentials are for teachers like me who see their students only a fraction of the time than you do. I am focusing on rhythmic cohesion, singing in tune, beginning rounds, and silencing the students’ inner critics. Audiation is definitely a goal. Please provide some guidelines for teachers in my situation.” Jura Litchfield

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“During your earliest/initial podcast episodes you claimed that you started the podcast just to have conversations and learn. But, yesterday your wife, in a comment, stated that your initial reason was money (because you lost your church position, likely due to the pandemic, which I can relate). From day one, dozens of my colleagues, and myself, stated that your podcast was created for money, not a positive change for our choral profession. But, then, some of your podcast episodes (count 5, as of today) were positive and a great contribution to our profession.” -Anonymous professor

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