The Choir Guys

Welcome to this episode of The Choir Guys Podcast, presented by Endeavor Music Publishing! In this episode, Blake and Danny join the Choir Fam Podcast with Dean Luethi and Matthew Myers. Dean and Matt ask The Choir Guys questions about co-teaching, performing at conferences, and more! We hope you find our discussions helpful, entertaining, and applicable. If you have any questions or topics you wo...

Heather Orr's Treble Tactics, Vocal Pedagogy Deep Dive, and Strange Guilty Pleasures | Ep 13 Welcome to this episode of The Choir Guys Podcast, presented by Endeavor Music Publishing! In this episode, Blake and Danny have a special guest - Heather Orr! After seeing her choir perform at ACDA, Danny and Blake knew they HAD to pick her brain on the podcast. They discuss various vocal pedagogy strateg...

Welcome to this episode of The Choir Guys Podcast, presented by Endeavor Music Publishing! In this episode, Blake and Danny their time at National ACDA in Dallas. Blake celebrates Danny’s accomplishment of having an incredible ACDA performance and discusses the impact it had on him. Blake and Danny also discuss other takeaways from ACDA. You will also hear our favorite segment, Hack Yeah! We hope...

Welcome to this episode of The Choir Guys Podcast, presented by Endeavor Music Publishing! In this episode, Blake and Danny discuss what to do after a concert is over. Whether you have weeks or days left in the semester after your concert, you will learn about fresh, new ideas to implement with your students after the performance is over. You will also hear our favorite segments, Hack Yeah! and Ch...

Welcome to this episode of The Choir Guys Podcast, presented by Endeavor Music Publishing! In this episode, Blake and Danny have a special guest - Blake’s co-teacher, Lauren Vomund! They discuss the benefits of co-teaching, how to co-teach effectively, and how to handle certain situations if you do not have a co-teacher. You will also hear our favorite segment, Hack Yeah! We hope you find our disc...

Welcome to this episode of The Choir Guys Podcast, presented by Endeavor Music Publishing! In this episode, Blake and Danny discuss submitting students for honor choirs, honor choir audition tips, and what to do when you are asked to be an honor choir clinician. You will also hear our favorite segment, Hack Yeah! We hope you find our discussions helpful, entertaining, and applicable. If you have a...

Welcome to this episode of The Choir Guys Podcast, presented by GIA Publishing, Inc. and Walton Music! In this episode, Blake and Danny discuss their goals for the upcoming school year. They go into the what, why, and how with each of their goals. Additionally, they do a Choir Guys summer recap. You will also hear segments like Choir News and Hack Yeah! We hope you find our discussions helpful, en...

Welcome to this episode of The Choir Guys Podcast, presented by GIA Publishing, Inc. and Walton Music! In this episode, Blake and Danny are joined by Dr. J. D. Frizzell, the Director of Fine Arts and Director of Vocal Music at Briarcrest Christian School in Memphis, TN. His resume is PACKED with incredible knowledge regarding choral music and especially contemporary a cappella. This episode may be...

Welcome to this episode of The Choir Guys Podcast, presented by GIA Publishing, Inc. and Walton Music! In this episode, Blake and Danny discuss all things Tenor/Bass Choirs. Lots of middle school and high school teachers are unsure of what to do with the unchanged, changing, or changed male voice. What do you do if they have a small range? What do you do if they cannot match pitch? Watch this epis...

Welcome to this episode of The Choir Guys Podcast, presented by GIA Publishing, Inc. and Walton Music! In this episode, Blake and Danny discuss their process in making a great conference submission recording. We hope you find our discussions helpful, entertaining, and applicable. If you have any questions or topics you would like us to cover, please email us at thechoirguyspod@gmail.com, or simply...

Welcome to this episode of The Choir Guys Podcast, presented by GIA Publishing, Inc. and Walton Music! In this episode, Blake and Danny are joined by the Timber Creek High School Choir Director, Adrian Kirtley. Adrian comes to us from the Dallas/Fort Worth area and talks through many of his daily processes that have led his choirs to performances at National ACDA and SWACDA. Some of these processe...

Welcome to this episode of The Choir Guys Podcast, presented by Endeavor Music Publishing! In this episode, Blake and Danny are joined by “The Queen” of elementary music, Bethany Main. Bethany talks through some of her philosophies and hacks as an award winning elementary choir director. You will also hear segments like Embrace It or Erase It, Fact or Fiction, and our brand new Blind Listening Seg...

Welcome to this episode of The Choir Guys Podcast, presented by Endeavor Music Publishing! In this episode, Blake and Danny dive into the intricacies of a very dark time in all choral directors’ lives: auditions. Additionally, Danny fan girls over Jason Max Ferdinand and Blake attempts to make Danny think Chat GPT is a real person. You will also hear new segments like Embrace It or Erase It, Fact...

Welcome to the first episode of The Choir Guys Podcast, presented by Endeavor Music Publishing! In this episode, we introduce you to the show’s hosts - Blake Richter and Daniel Gutierrez, the show’s various segments, and we have a lengthy discussion regarding concert programming. You will also get a sneak peek of the Choral Singing in America Documentary, courtesy of the doc’s filmmaker, Brian Gau...