Choral Music Experience

Think like a Composer: Bringing Mind, Body, and Spirit to Choral Rehearsal and Performance

(MUED 73500-01)

Location: Whalen Center for Music, room 3104

Offered by national recognized choral conductor and clinician Janet Galván, along with composer Stephen Hatfield, this workshop will teach conductors/teachers to lead more engaging rehearsals and performances through a more complete understanding of score study and relating their score study to what happens in rehearsal. Participants will learn and refine a variety of rehearsal techniques to engage students in rehearsals which lead to greater musical understanding, more enthusiastic singing, and enhanced performances. The workshop includes multicultural selections, works by Stephen Hatifield, contemporary compositions, and masters of the past.

Instructors at the choral music experience (CME) will present ways to enhance the quality and variety of repertoire, create a truly musical rehearsal environment, and improve the sound of the ensemble.

CME brings an integrated approach to music education, combining the development of performance skills with the acquisition of musical knowledge. The repertoire will be varied, featuring distinctive works for all levels (easy to difficult) from several styles and periods for treble voices, mixed choirs, and young men’s choruses.

Workshop participants will have the opportunity to participate in a conducting master class working with a chorus of young people ranging in age from eleven to eighteen (including young men’s voices) and observe conductors rehearsing the young people with followup question time. Members of the Young People’s Chorus of New York City and the Sussex County Children's Chorus will join the Ithaca Children’s Choir to be singers for the conductors.