Choralosophy
Episodes
Episode 32: Resetting the Voice for the Choral Director with Lori Sonnenberg
16 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Speech Pathologist, Singing Voice Specialist and Classical Soprano I have notice during my time working from home that my voice felt fresher, freer an...
Choir Director Probs: No I Am Not Going to Embrace Distance Learning
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Instead, I will temporarily place myself inside of a different box as an educator. Believe me, I will be busting out of that box and shredding it ASAP...
Episode 31: Stuck at Home? Try Composing! With Ryan Main
28 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Have you been looking for an excuse to try your hand at composing or creating custom classroom materials for your students? Ryan Main made the switch ...
Choir Director Probs: It’s Ok to Suck at Being an Online Choir Teacher
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Just a short note of encouragement to those of you colleagues putting a lot of pressure on yourself right now. Stop it! Do your best, but stop it. 🙂...
Episode 30. How to lead the perfect FINAL rehearsal before festival. If COVID 19 lets us have the festival…
17 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
And other musings about my plans to take choir online. This is a strange time to be posting about choir in a Podcast right now. Considering that choir...
Episode 29: Part 4 of “Choral Music: A HUMAN Art Form” with Christopher Harris
29 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Passing the Torch of Representation In this fourth and final installment of the first Choralosophy Miniseries, Dr. Christopher Harris and I discuss th...
Episode 29: Part 3 of “Choral Music: A HUMAN Art Form” with Jazz Rucker
26 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Going on the Equity Journey In this part of the February series, I invited my friend Jazz Rucker into the studio to discuss a term that has rocketed t...
Episode 29: Part 2 of “Choral Music: A HUMAN art Form” with Maria Ellis
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Carving out a place for a Girl Conductor.” In this episode Maria Ellis and I discuss the practical aspects of recruiting across cultural ...
Episode 29: Part 1 of “Choral Music: A HUMAN art Form”
31 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Why does representation in Choral music MATTER?” Stay tuned throughout February for my first ever Podcast mini series! Choral Music: A Hu...
Episode 28: Can Pitches be Perfect?
11 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is a FASCINATING discussion with Donald Brinegar, author of the recently published “Pitch Perfect: a Theory and Practice of Choral Intonati...
Episode 27: Reboot, Restart and Revitalize
03 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Seven important concepts to master to keep your choir moving forward for an ENTIRE academic year. Sometimes we fall into ruts. Sometimes the singers d...
Episode 26: The Art (or Science?) of Teaching the Vowel with Amanda Quist
15 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I asked the expert, Dr. Amanda Quist to chat with me about teaching the concept of vowels, resonance and intonation. Is it possible to...
Episode 25: Loving by Letting Go with Jaclyn Johnson
06 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Beth and I chat with our mutual friend, Dr. Jaclyn Johnson about her choice to step away from the choral classroom and her University...
Episode 24: Thanksgiving-Finding your “Why” by Practicing Gratitude
27 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“We live in a time where directing choirs for a living is possible. In the broad scope of human history, THAT alone is an amazing luxury.”...
Bonus: Teaching Vowels, Blend and Resonance with 21st Century Tools
14 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I am beyond excited to show you an amazing tool that I use to introduce my students to the concept of vowels, resonance and formants! And, by extensio...
Episode 23: Words, Music and Art with Charles Anthony Silvestri
07 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I have the privilege of chatting with Charles Anthony Silvestri, noted lyricist, about the artistic magic that is possible when music...
Episode 22: The VOCES8 Philosophy with Paul Smith
30 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode, I sat down (twice… long story) with Paul Smith, co-founder and CEO of VOCES8 and the VOCES8 Foundation while he was in Kansas ...
Episode 21: Anyone can get an A in Choir…
20 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Is choir a real class? Can the group goals be balanced with the individual academic accountability that we owe to our students? I think the answer to ...
Episode 20: Choral Appropriation? Or Cultural Sharing with Brandon Boyd
03 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
One of the hottest topics of discussion online in the last few weeks in the choral world has been the topic of cultural appropriation. Who should be a...
Episode 19: Seeking Anti-Fragility in the Choral Rehearsal with Eric Barnum
12 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I feel like this episode might be PHILOSOPHICALLY the most important episode I have published to date. Eric and I pick up right where I left off in Ep...
Episode 18: Ripping off the bandaid
03 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Why you CAN and SHOULD stop playing notes and making tracks for kids tomorrow. In this episode I will take you through a topic that I believe should b...
Episode 17: Beyond Elijah Rock with Dr. Marques Garrett
18 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Marques and I discuss importance of the music of black composers that do NOT fit into categories of idiomatically black music like Gos...
Episode 16: Growing the Choral Pie with Beth Philemon
12 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I had a blast chatting with Beth Philemon of the Choir Baton Podcast and Instagram Takeover account about MANY concepts related to th...
Episode 15: Making Your Choir Thoughts Public with Adam Paltrowitz
30 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I have noticed in the 6 months I have been doing this show that there is a hunger for questioning and exploring choral and educational topics at a phi...
Episode 14: The Divide Between Pro and Amateur Choirs with William Baker and Patrick Neas.
15 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I joined William Baker and Patrick Neas of the Choral Conversations Podcast to discuss a variety of topics including the distinctions...
Special Edition: Summer Institute Panel Discussion
08 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A special JOINT production of the Kantorei Summer Choral Institute and the Choralosophy podcast that took place on June 19th, 2019. Each of the guests...
Episode 13: Choral Snobbery? with Chris Maunu
27 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I dig deeper with Chris Maunu on his “choiral” blog called “Choral Elitism” which has been a frequent conversa...
Episode 12: Does the Performance Goal of Most Choirs Lead to Exclusion? With John Perkins
11 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we parse our way through a Choral Journal Article from December of 2018 called “What is Written on our Choral Welcome Mats”...
Episode 11: Breaking Down Barriers with Jason Max Ferdinand
05 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I sit down with the biggest star in the Choral World right now. Dr. Jason Max Ferdinand of the famed Aeolians, fresh off their WORLD c...
Episode 10: A Voice in Transition with Theo Wren
13 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Is it possible that removing gendered language from our choral rehearsals solves the problem of inclusion? Is it possible that it DOESN’T solve ...
Episode 9: How Should Choralosophers Handle Contentious Choral Topics?
06 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Greetings, friends and colleagues. As Choral Directors, we stand in front of large diverse groups of people from different backgrounds, races and reli...
Episode 8: Renovating the Voice
29 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When we are fortunate enough to get our students to take voice lessons, what do we want them to learn? What is best for them? What is best for our cho...
Episode 7: The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci with Jocelyn Hagen
08 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What can we learn from the philosophies of Leonardo on Art and Music? Does he have anything to say to us in the 21st Century? The host discusses da Vi...
Episode 6: Avoiding Burnout and Other Life Hacks. Elisa Janson Jones
16 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“If you are there for the music, you’re in the wrong profession. It has to be student centered, or you will burn out.” Elisa Janson ...
Episode 5: What I Suck At
11 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I share a small part of my “suck list” as well as my “not suck” list to demonstrate the healthy balance we all...
Episode 4: Part 2. Seeing the Trees (There is no forest) with Tony Maglione
19 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the second part of this episode, I look to Anthony Maglione for insight into this topic from the collegiate perspective. Conductor/Composer/Tenor A...
Episode 4. Part 1. Seeing the Trees (There is no forest) with Stephen Rew
19 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I make the shocking claim that there is no such thing as a choir. Then I bring on Stephen Rew for a discussion about connecting with s...
Episode 3: What’s in a Gesture? Bradley Ellingboe
19 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bradley Ellingboe  In this episode, I sit down with noted conductor and composer, Bradley Ellingboe to discuss what attributes make a great condu...
Episode 2: Advocating for Our Art. Part 2-Dale Trumbore
18 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the second part of this episode, I chat with composer Dale Trumbore about how we, as performers and composers, can tell our story in an authentic a...
Episode 2: Advocating for Our Art. Part 1-Elise Hepworth
18 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How do we “sell” our profession? How do we tell the story of what we do so that non-musicians can understand? We all know our “why,&...
Episode 1: Health, Happiness and Balance, with Beth Munce
18 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
At times, we, as working professionals, struggle to maintain our health and balance. As a result, our happiness suffers. In this episode, I will share...
Pre-Production Update
06 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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Podcast Promo
21 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas