Creating Space to Sing

Stefanie Weigand

11:00 - 11:50 AM 

The world turned upside down after I announced the repertoire for our final concert. With everything canceled and morale at an all-time low, these songs suddenly felt meaningless. Two student compositions from a different canceled event became our saving grace and pulled my singers together through community-building conversations, remote rehearsals, and a final product that was both exciting and selfless. Composition has long been part of my choral ensemble classroom, and we can use it now to impart new meaning to our singers' work when the motivation of a large culminating performance is no longer present.

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