Fifty Tips For Training Amateur Choirs

June 8, 2016 - 12:34pm — Richard Schletty

The article below is from Jeff Ostrowski at Corpus Christi Watershed.

Fifty Tips For Training Amateur Choirs

http://www.ccwatershed.org/talk/released/

EARLIER THIS WEEK, I promised to release my 98-minute speech online if we could garner enough pledges to donate $30 to Corpus Christi Watershed. I’m so grateful to everyone who made a pledge, and we met our goal. This talk was delivered live at the 2016 Sacred Music Symposium, and here’s the recording:

98-Minute Mp3 • “FIFTY TIPS FOR TRAINING AMATEUR CHOIRS”

These solutions may not work for everyone; I can only share what I have done. You can use my suggestions or discard them.

My speech is 96 minutes long, and explains the following:

PDF Download • 50 Bullet Points From This Speech

More downloadable goodies (including Cliff Notes for the symposium) at http://www.ccwatershed.org/talk/released/

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