Monday, July 28- July 2
Choral Music Experience – Building community through choral singing
Janet Galván and Nick Page

Offered by choral conductor and clinician Janet Galván, along with special guest Nick Page, this workshop will feature ways to draw more students into the choral experience through the use of rote singing activities and “community sings” within the rehearsal. Instructors at the Choral Music Experience (CME) present ways to  enhance the quality and variety of repertoire,  create a truly musical rehearsal environment, enhance the peformance experience,  and improve the quality of sound of the ensemble.  The Choral Music Experience brings an integrated approach to music education, combining the development of performance skills with the acquisition of musical knowledge.  The repertoire will be varied, featuring distinctive works for all levels (easy to difficult) from several styles and periods for treble voices, mixed choirs, and young men’s choruses.  One special characteristic of this workshop is that participants work with composers on the music of the composer.  Nick Page will present his compositions as well as bring his expertise as a song leader.  Workshop participants will have the opportunity to participate in a conducting master class working with a chorus of young people ranging in age from eleven to eighteen and observe conductors rehearsing the young people.  Members of the Young People’s Chorus of New York City and the Sussex Children’s Choir will join the Ithaca Children’s Choir to be singers for the conductors.

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