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From:  "Lisa M Olson" <lisa_molson@m...>
Date:  Thu Sep 7, 2000  4:57 pm
Subject:  Need Advice


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Hi gang!

I have an interview tomorrow for a teaching position at a public high school.
They apparently already have 2 private voice teachers who come in, but have
gained so many new choral students, they need someone for 1 - 2 days a week. I
have done this before, but the choral director told me to bring my "teaching
materials" and said that he would have a student come in for about 10 minutes
for me to work with.

I plan to bring in the song books I use for beginning and intermediate students
(I don't give high school age students books about technique. I think they
have to come to an innate understanding about how *they* sing best before they
need to know about the theory of technique.) But, I'm concerned about this
little 10-minute lesson. Does anyone have ideas on what I should concentrate
on? It always takes time with a new student to understand how he/she works
best, how much he/she understands, etc. The director suggested maybe I have a
song from "Sound of Music" for them to sing. Would this be a better idea than
vocalises?

I teach primarily instinctively, based on what I hear is already there, so I
don't have a specific program that fits for every student, and I don't really
believe in quick-fixes.

Help.

Lisa-Marie
URL: www.angelfire.com/music2/singermolson/Home.html




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4070 Re: Need Advice Mezzoid@a...   Thu  9/7/2000   2 KB
4096 Re: Need Advice Lisa Miller   Fri  9/8/2000   2 KB
4098 Re: Need Advice Susan Schneider   Fri  9/8/2000   2 KB
4124 Re: Need Advice jjh   Sat  9/9/2000   2 KB
4196 Re: Need Advice Mike & Vicki Bryant   Mon  9/11/2000   3 KB

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