Questions of the Week

Question 1. Which sight reading method do you teach and why?

Question 2. Do you require your students to tryout for all region? If so why and if not why not?

Question 3. Fund Raising for choral directors, is a fact of life. Given that, what is your most profitable fund raiser and how often do you run it?

Question 4. Everyone has their own pet warm ups. What's one warm up you absolutely WON'T start a rehearsal without doing?

Question 5. No choral directors' professional library is complete without......

Question 6. How do you incorporate technology into your choral music program?

Question 7 & 8. What can I do to get boys who sing an octave lower than written to sing in the correct octave?

Question 9 & 10. What do you consider the primary hallmark of a successful choral director?

Question 11. Do you have a budget? If so does it include transportation?

Question 12. Do you receive a salary supplement for being a choir director? If so, how is it determined?

Question 13. Given that you pick music to fit your groups what are the primary considerations you use when selecting music for CPA?

Question 14. 1) How do you approach teaching a piece in a foreign language? 2) How do you approaching teaching minor in sight-reading?