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If You Build It, They Will Come: How to Build a Successful Choir Program – Educate the Administrative Team

By Anne Guess Read part one here.  Part 2: Educate the Administrative Team         In all my years in the Texas public school system, both as a student and a teacher, I have met very few school administrators that were ever music educators.  By very few, I mean I can count them all […]

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If You Build It, They Will Come: How to Build a Successful Choir Program

By Anne Guess  Part 1: Educate the Children   Building a choir program from nothing is a daunting task.  I am always amazed at the   number of directors that leave floundering choir programs and play the blame game.  Directors will blame everyone from the “untalented” student body, their administration that has it “out to get them”, […]