Chorus America Staff | October 15, 2011
A PowerPoint template that you can adapt for use when making a presentation on the value of choral singing.
Schools
Chorus America Staff | October 15, 2011
The goal of this supplemental guide is to specifically help parents build a solid case for having choral music as part of the school curriculum. Working with your child’s teacher and other partners, use this information to encourage school boards and administrators to begin, revive, or expand your child’s school choral program.
Chorus America Staff | October 15, 2011
A list of useful quotes from influential leaders in support of the arts and choral music.
Chorus America Staff | October 15, 2011
Chorus America’s member choruses all across North America are leading the way in working with school music programs to support, revive, or expand choral
music education. Here are some examples of how our members are creatively partnering with schools.
Chorus America Staff | October 15, 2011
In the 21st century, America’s manufacturing-driven economy is being replaced by a creative economy. President Obama is calling for a “complete and competitive education” to ensure our place in the global economy. How do the arts—and choral music specifically—help prepare our students to meet these challenges?
Chorus America Staff | October 15, 2011
This annotated and linked bibliography for Making the Case for Your School Choir provides data from more than 40 different studies, advocacy guides, and publications at your fingertips.
Kelsey Menehan | September 22, 2011
Winner of Chorus America’s 2010 Education Outreach Award, Chanticleer demonstrates how to grow an education program that touches the lives of the next generation of singers
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A Free Resource from Chorus America Can Help
Ann Meier Baker | June 1, 2011
There is plenty of evidence that singing in a choir helps students succeed in school, work, and life. And yet, today choral programs are under siege—competition for school dollars, time in the school day, and a narrow focus on just a few subjects covered on standardized tests all pose significant challenges to the future of school choirs.
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Chloe Veltman | June 1, 2011
An influx of new programs are beginning to recognize the value of keeping boys singing—through changing voices and for a lifetime.
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Changing Lives, One Child at a Time
Heidi Waleson | September 1, 2009
Choruses are pouring more resources and creativity into education outreach programs that have a far-reaching impact on students, teachers, schools, and communities—as well as on the choral artists who deliver them.
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