The Choir Director Corner Podcast
The Choir Director Corner Podcast is dedicated to providing choir directors with practical resources to utilize in their teaching. Matt Walker, the creator of The Choir Director Corner, reveals the teaching strategies, methods, and workflows that he has used in building a successful choral program. Discover tips and strategies that will help you save time amidst your busy schedule, run more productive, engaging and efficient rehearsals, and help you tackle your biggest teaching challenges.
Podcasting since 2020 • 104 episodes
The Choir Director Corner Podcast
Latest Episodes
101. Five Reasons Why Your Choir Recruiting Isn't Working
Maybe you got your class registrations for next year and thought, "Maybe I should do some recruiting!" But all of your time and energy didn't produce the results you wanted, resulting only in stress and frustration.In Episode 101 ...
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100. Celebrating 100 Episodes: Ten Top Episodes of the Podcast
It seems like just yesterday, I uploaded the first episode of the Choir Director Corner Podcast, not knowing where the road might take me. And here we are, at 100 episodes!In Episode 100, I'm going back into the podcast archives a...
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099. Diving into Music Literacy with Your Choir: Sound Before Sight
The question came from one of the members of our CDC Community Membership: "How, or where, do I start in teaching music literacy to my choir, when almost all of my singers are beginners when it comes to sightreading?" Our elementary gener...
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098. Using Choir March Madness to Cover National Music Standards!
As choir directors, we often find our teaching centered in the "Performing" set of the National Music Standards--it can be difficult to find ways to incorporate the "Responding" and "Connecting" sections of the standards. In Episode 98 of...
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097. Lessons that Choir Directors Can Learn from Ted Lasso
After several days off due to snow and dangerous wind chills, I knew it was going to be a challenge to get my singers back into our routine. As they started coming into the room, I thought to myself:"I'm going to have to go all Te...
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