Children’s Repertoire • Three More Recommendations by Keven Smith
Don’t give up. Your work with young singers today will continue to bear fruit for decades after you die.
Catholic Youth Choirs
Is this what the new “Youth Mass” looks like?
“We had 14 singers in the loft—nearly all of them teenagers.”
Join Your Parish Choir! • Why We Sing as a Faith Community
As many parishes struggle, your presence, your voice, your witness to the love of Christ is that much more important!
Summer Ward Method Courses • CUA 2022
Study the Ward Method this summer in Washington, DC.
How to Help Children Match Pitch (part III)
Three more tips on what to do and how to act with your young music students. Learn the secret ingredient of success!
How to Help Children Match Pitch (part II)
Got your kids singing in head tone? Good. Next, try these two tips to eliminate obstacles to their success.
How to Help Children Match Pitch (part I)
It all starts with teaching your kids to sing in head tone. Here are some ideas on how to do it.
The Real Reason Why Some People Don’t Match Pitch
(Keven Smith) • I’ve come to realize that the vast majority of “tone-deaf” people aren’t really tone-deaf at all. They just haven’t been trained to coordinate their voices with their audiation+
Real Life in a Large Church Choir Program (Part IV of IV)
We come now to the final installment in my series on our music program at St. Stephen the First Martyr Catholic Church in Sacramento, California.
Real Life in a Large Church Choir Program (Part III)
Far from being a mere complement to our parish choir, our young Choristers are, quite frankly, its core.
Real Life in a Large Church Choir Program (Part II)
Yes, children as young as seven or eight will focus and listen as you’re teaching them solfege scales, rhythm patterns, beautiful Latin vowels, and more!
Real Life in a Large Church Choir Program (Part 1)
At St. Stephen the First Martyr Church in Sacramento, the road to the choir loft begins at age four and is paved with furry puppets.
Our children must at the very least be exposed to the great music of the Church.
Traditional hymnody is often easier to sing: simpler melodically and rhythmically, and generally more substantive in theology.
Flash Mob • Franz Biebl’s “Ave Maria”
A special celebration of the Annunciation 2019
New Resource! • Chant Videos for Treble Voices
A new website seeks to record the full Gregorian propers each week using a treble voice.