Choralosophy

Episode 40: When Artists Have to Learn Science with Nick Sienkiewicz

13 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

When Science gets thrust to the center of our artistic world, how do we react, how do we gather info, and how do we decide? An enlightening conversati...

Bonus Episode: Plans for a Hybrid Rehearsal Structure

06 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How can we streamline the rehearsal process to make the most of student contact time? If you are like me, you have seen a TON of ideas for online acti...

Episode 39: The Birth and Maturation of the Virtual Choir with Eric Whitacre

29 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Eric Whitacre may be the father of the virtual choir. But could he have ever envisioned what it would become? In this episode, I have the honor of spe...

Bonus Episode: Stepping Outside the Choir World with Sociologist Dr. Roderick Graham

23 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Our online choral conversations are frequently centered, especially recently, around culture. How do we negotiate a diverse society within our classro...

Resonance Singer’s Mask Demo (video version on YouTube)

11 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Introducing an AMAZING product from MyMusicFolders.com! The resonance singer’s mask shown in this short demo is an excellent option for risk red...

Episode 38: Necessity is the Mother of Invention with Dr. Farrin Manian

02 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I continue my deep dive into attempting to understand how the pandemic may effect our world generally, but specifically the world of ...

Episode 37: Speaking of Diversity in High Definition with Arreon Harley-Emerson

18 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

National Chair of the American Choral Directors Association’s Diversity Initiatives Committee This episode flipped the normal script a little bi...

Episode 36: Are We Asking All the Right COVID Questions? With Dr. David McKinsey of Research Medical Center

04 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I bring you a substantially in depth conversation with another expert physician who specializes in infectious disease and is on the f...

The Eye of the Tiger

28 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How Narrow Focus and Tribalism Leads to Bad Decision Making A special edition of the Choralosophy Podcast. It’s basically not about choir at all...

Episode 35: Equity Pitfalls of Online Music Instruction with Emmy Burch

21 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This special episode is a Podcast exchange with the brand new “Music (ed) Matters” podcast hosted by Dr. Emmy Burch. I invite you to check...

Episode 34: Copyright Law Myths and the Future of Choral Publishing with Susan LaBarr

15 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As we all look forward to an uncertain future in our choral rehearsals, we might also turn our attention to what was an already RAPIDLY changing marke...

Episode 33: Risk Assessment for Group Activities with Dr. Amesh Adalja of Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

08 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Adalja is a Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security. His work is focused on emerging infectious disease, pandemi...

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&#8221...

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