| Comment: Re: High school bathroom break | Genevieve Tep | March 31, 2013 |
| Hi Jim,
Look forward to year 3 or 4, everything gets exponentially easier! :)
In my choirs I let the kids go whenever they need without penalty. I do NOT want them to ask me to go, I don't want to stop class to have them ask. Instead they just sign out and go. As long as the privilege ... |
| Concert: California All State Honor Choirs Concert | Genevieve Tep | March 22, 2013 |
| The California All State Honor Choirs concert is Saturday, March 23rd at 2pm at the California Theater in downtown San Jose.
The All State Choirs is a collaboration of ACDA and SCVA (Southern California Vocal Association) and includes almost 300 students from 115 high schools and community yo... |
| Comment: Re: Who is qualified to teach show choir | Genevieve Tep | March 2, 2013 |
| I think that if they are going to call the class Show Choir then anyone could understand that it must be taught by a music educator, after all, it is a choir. NCLB requires that all classes be taught by "highly qualified" teachers and the requirements are clear. You can find a lot of info, including... |
| Comment: Re: Pitch Problems | Genevieve Tep | September 15, 2012 |
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Just a thought. I've had kids (high school age) who have thought that when they were singing louder that they were singing higher. It might help to work with them a little 1 on 1 and point that out. The kids who have had that misperception after having that pointed out have improved very quickly. ... |
| Comment: Re: Sending PDF sample copies | Genevieve Tep | August 25, 2012 |
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I am a choir director and often purchase music directly from composers and arrangers. I would feel very uncomfortable doing what this director did. My personal feeling on the matter is that musicians are professionals, and professionals should never work for free unless they make the choice to do ... |
| Comment: Re: First Day of School | Genevieve Tep | July 25, 2012 |
| I've never done the rules on the first day. It's boring. :)
here's what I have done before for my beginners.
1. We've spent the day learning warm ups (lots of silly ones)
and really basic vocal technique. It gets them singing and set the
stage for the routine that we'll be doing each day. By the end... |
| Comment: Re: How do you start your choir rehearsal? | Genevieve Tep | July 6, 2012 |
| I have large high school choirs and my section leaders are
responsible to taking roll. I start warm ups BEFORE the bell rings
so many if the kids walk in singing. Then by the time the bell
rings we're already rolling. After warm ups (which I admit are
usually pretty substantial and include lots of v... |
| Comment: Re: iPad Apps for Chorus & Music? | Genevieve Tep | March 6, 2012 |
| IPANow apps for Italian, German, French and Latin (Latin is
free). Also don't forget that you can load PDFs of sight singing
material (think: CPDL) onto a central site that the kids can
access. |
| Concert: Jan 19 Champan University SF Bay Area Joint Concert w/ Carlmont Chamber Singers | Genevieve Tep | January 13, 2012 |
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Chapman University Singers, conducted by Dr. Steven Coker, and Carlmont High School Chamber Singers, conducted by Genevieve Tep, will present a joint concert in the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday January 19th at 7pm. The concert will be at Carlmont High School Performing Arts Center, located a... |
| Comment: Re: Singers sitting out of rehearsals | Genevieve Tep | October 30, 2011 |
| Hi Bruce,
I have my singers (high school kids) do a "rehearsal
critique" when they cannot sing. It's relatively structured, they
must write quite a bit, and it keeps them in the music even though
they may have a sore throat. My kids get 5 points per day for
"rehearsal etiquette" the rehearsal critiq... |
| Comment: Re: A "Good" Problem to Have | Genevieve Tep | August 26, 2011 |
| Just a thought, but if your singers leave their music in the
choir room, how do they practice and prepare for class? Maybe since
your choir is growing you can ask your advanced kids to be
responsible for caring for AND practicing their music outside of
class. |
| Announcement: California ACDA Regional Conferences Sept. 10th | Genevieve Tep | August 22, 2011 |
|
California ACDA Regional Conferences
September 10, 2011
Central/Central Coast Region
Fresno City College
Bay Area/Northern Region
San Ramon Valley High School, Danville
Southern/Far South Region
California State Universit... |
| Comment: Re: looking for more composers that sound like Eric Whitacre | Genevieve Tep | June 12, 2011 |
| Blake Henson
Joshua Shank
Eric Barnum
They have all written some beautiful choral music that has
similar sound. I like Blake Henson's My Flight For Heaven and Dream
A While and Eric Barnum's Lady In the Water. (if by similar you
mean chord stacking, etc) My choirs love singing Whitacre, but you
just... |
| Comment: Re: Classroom Management: Dicipline | Genevieve Tep | May 17, 2011 |
| Hello Andrew,
In my 10 years of teaching two major things have been more
helpful than anything else as far as discipline goes.
1. I have ridiculously high expectations of my students. We talk
about how professionals behave and how that is the only option. We
talk about what that means and specifical... |
