Ranked #1
Teaching with the End in Mind, with Denise Eaton
Teaching with the End in Mind, with Denise Eaton
Pearls of wisdom just drop out of Denise Eaton’s mouth with every sentence she speaks. In this episode, Denise and Ryan ... Read more
26 Jan 2018
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52mins
Ranked #2
When You’re Not Their First Love, with Beth Richey-Sullivan
When You’re Not Their First Love, with Beth Richey-Sullivan
Beth Richey-Sullivan discusses strategies for surviving the most perilous of choir director jobs: taking over a program ... Read more
30 May 2017
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32mins
Ranked #3
Finding choral heroes, with Patrick Dupree Quigley
Finding choral heroes, with Patrick Dupree Quigley
Seraphic Fire's Patrick Dupree Quigley speaks about the need to grow Choir Nation by making sure students of choral musi... Read more
20 Jul 2016
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33mins
Ranked #4
Breaking into the professional choral scene, with James Bass
Breaking into the professional choral scene, with James Bass
James Bass of UCLA and Seraphic Fire joins Ryan today to speak about balancing out your education and conducting career ... Read more
10 Aug 2016
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45mins
Ranked #5
Life Changing Concerts, with Dr. Abby Musgrove
Life Changing Concerts, with Dr. Abby Musgrove
Yes, your concerts should meet educational standards. Yes, they should also meet your own goals for helping your singer... Read more
6 Mar 2018
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54mins
Ranked #6
Find your entry point, with Craig Hella Johnson
Find your entry point, with Craig Hella Johnson
GRAMMY-award-winning conductor and professional listener Craig Hella Johnson joins me for an interview on presence, hone... Read more
28 Sep 2016
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1hr 23mins
Ranked #7
CN Rewind: How to teach a piece using sequential layering, with Denise Eaton
CN Rewind: How to teach a piece using sequential layering, with Denise Eaton
A Choir Ninja Rewind Today we bring you an encore airing of one of our most popular interviews with a Houston-area direc... Read more
15 Sep 2017
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46mins
Ranked #8
10 proven ways to prevent Choir Zombie Syndrome, with Ryan Main
10 proven ways to prevent Choir Zombie Syndrome, with Ryan Main
Learn 10 ways Ryan Main gets his middle and high school choirs to be more expressive when they sing, preventing "Choir Z... Read more
19 Apr 2016
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23mins
Ranked #9
Technique Tuesday 006 : Start the period off right for a peaceful and focused rehearsal, with Ryan Guth
Technique Tuesday 006 : Start the period off right for a peaceful and focused rehearsal, with Ryan Guth
Start each rehearsal with the choir focused and accept nothing less. You're doing their little anxious brains a favor. Y... Read more
15 Oct 2015
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9mins
Ranked #10
The importance of being present on the podium, with Joseph Flummerflet
The importance of being present on the podium, with Joseph Flummerflet
Dr. Joseph Flummerfelt, Musical America's 2004 Conductor of the Year, and director emeritus of the world-famous Westmins... Read more
23 Aug 2016
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43mins
Ranked #11
A crash course in classifying high school voices, with Ryan Guth
A crash course in classifying high school voices, with Ryan Guth
Some of us barely get to see our students individually for any real length of time, so today I’m going over my short pro... Read more
31 Mar 2017
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32mins
Ranked #12
FYF 028 : How to achieve authenticity through tone, with Kenney Potter
FYF 028 : How to achieve authenticity through tone, with Kenney Potter
In this episode, Dr. Kenney Potter of Wingate University explains his three-tiered process to achieve authenticity in ch... Read more
14 Oct 2015
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43mins
Ranked #13
Sell out your concerts and create raving fans, with Stevie Berryman
Sell out your concerts and create raving fans, with Stevie Berryman
Stevie Berryman, of Stevie Be Music, explains how she goes beyond programming to create concert experiences that enterta... Read more
13 Apr 2016
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57mins
Ranked #14
Leggings as pants - A woman's perspective, with Vikki Siddell
Leggings as pants - A woman's perspective, with Vikki Siddell
In this episode, I sit down with MO choral educator, Vikki Siddell to discuss why she almost stopped supporting my podca... Read more
17 Jan 2017
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35mins
Ranked #15
TT008 : Fix breathy and chest-dominant tone in adolescent female voices with these key exercises, with Ryan Guth
TT008 : Fix breathy and chest-dominant tone in adolescent female voices with these key exercises, with Ryan Guth
Alan Davis from Portland, OR writes: So, my question was: How would you approach working with a 9th-grade girl, in begin... Read more
27 Oct 2015
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11mins
Ranked #16
10 things I learned as a veteran director in a new school, with Ryan Guth
10 things I learned as a veteran director in a new school, with Ryan Guth
Ryan looks back on lessons learned this past year as a choir teacher in a new school/state/culture. This is a must liste... Read more
13 Jun 2017
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36mins
Ranked #17
How to succeed at a national-level conference performance, with Daniel Gutierrez
How to succeed at a national-level conference performance, with Daniel Gutierrez
Today, I deep dive into the practices of Daniel Gutierrez of Reed Academy Singers to find out what it takes to put toget... Read more
28 Mar 2017
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50mins
Ranked #18
FYF 003 : Respecting your choir's "Why", with Dr. Ryan James Brandau
FYF 003 : Respecting your choir's "Why", with Dr. Ryan James Brandau
Dr. Ryan James Brandau sits down with Ryan and gives choir nation insight on running an effective rehearsal be rememberi... Read more
1 Apr 2015
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45mins
Ranked #19
8 must-do's for choral directors in December, with Amanda Simon and Ryan Guth
8 must-do's for choral directors in December, with Amanda Simon and Ryan Guth
In December especially, choral directors spend their days focused on serving others so much that they often neglect thei... Read more
6 Dec 2016
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37mins
Ranked #20
FYF 029 : Lose the maestro mentality and make genuine connections, with Dominick DiOrio
FYF 029 : Lose the maestro mentality and make genuine connections, with Dominick DiOrio
An incredibly fun conversation with Dr. Dominick DiOrio (@DomDiOrio) of Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music. We ... Read more
21 Oct 2015
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45mins