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Choral Clarity is a website that focuses on education for the choral director. It provides a blog with both philosophical and tangible application. It also provides downloadable choral music, resources, and online training.
The Choral Clarity Blog is read around the world. There are currently over 150 blog posts. Each post provides actionable information to help choir directors become more effective in the classroom.
Some popular topics of the choral clarity blog:
-classroom management
-ear-training
-sight-singing
-choral rehearsal tracks
-finding appropriate choral music
-how to give grades in choir
-how to match pitch
-empowering students as leaders
-a-cappella
-self-assessment
Choral Clarity believes that singing is for everyone. All human beings are capable of matching pitch and learning to sing. As a result, all interested people should be accepted into choirs.
Choral Clarity’s main audience is the secondary-level choral director. Our goal is to provide the tools and support for choral directors to build a healthy choral program, filled with with happy and successful singers. We provide self-assessments for daily rehearsals, concerts, homework, and part-learning. For the teacher, we provide tools to teaching and assessing ear-training and sight-singing. We have an online course to show choral director how to get any struggling singer to match pitch.
While most of the blog posts are timeless, some blog posts are topical or season. This helps choral directors to navigate through holidays, the different seasons in the choral world, and the ever-changing world.
The choral music sold on Choral Clarity is well-crafted and accessible for self-selected choirs (choirs that accept everyone). We also provide choral rehearsal tracks for many pieces, which allow singers to effectively practice at home. All of the resources on our site are accessible immediately.
Choral Clarity was founded by Adam Paltrowitz
Here is the bio of it’s founder, who writes all of the content on the website:
Adam Paltrowitz is a master educator, composer, conductor, and clinician.
During his 24-year tenure as the Director of Choral Activities at Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School in New York, his groups have toured throughout Europe, Canada, and the United States.
What makes his choirs unique is his belief that anyone can sing; as a result, his ensembles are always self-selected, while maintaining the highest standard of musical excellence. He also has pioneered a philosophy that every student is a soloist. All students in his choirs continually learn and perform solo repertoire in various languages. Adam’s choral program has also gained great acclaim for the cultivation of eight student-run a-cappella ensembles; some of these ensembles have performed on national and local television programs.
Adam earned his B.S. in music education from New York University, M.A. in vocal pedagogy from Columbia University – Teacher’s College, and Ed.M. choral conducting from Columbia University – Teacher’s College.
His weekly blog, Choral Clarity, has gained a large international audience as it provides a unique perspective to both the role of the choral director and the empowerment of all students.
His choral compositions and arrangements have been performed by choirs around the world; many are available on his Choral Clarity instant download platform.
Please join the Choral Clarity Facebook Group for an interactive and introspective conversation about finding our own choral vision.
Adam resides in Port Washington, a beautiful town just outside of New York City, with his wife, Blair Goldberg, a professional Broadway actress, their daughter, Lyla, and son, Nolan.
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