How to build a successful choir - Episode 2: Key components and measuring success
Tom and special guest Donny Rose discuss key components of a successful choir, and how to measure that success!
How to build a successful choir - Episode 1: Series Intro
Tom and special guest Donny Rose discuss how to successfully build a choir!
Growing your choir - Episode 6: Plan ahead for growth
Tom and Lars discuss the importance of planning ahead for the growth of your choir.
Growing your choir - Episode 5: Successful onboarding of new members
Tom and Lars discuss the successful onboarding of your new members!
Growing your choir - Episode 4: Using a marketing funnel
Tom and Lars discuss using a marketing funnel to help increase your choir growth!
Growing your choir - Episode 3: Tailoring effective marketing messages
Tom and Lars discuss tailoring effective marketing messages to gain more members for your choir!
Growing your choir - Episode 2: Getting great images and video
Tom and Lars discuss getting great images and video of your choir, and how these assets can help grow your choir!
Series Intro: Growing Your Choir
Join Tom Metzger as he chats with Lars Myren of Columbia Choirs as they chat about all the things you’ll need to consider when focusing on choir growth.
Not Your Granddaddy's Barbershop Quartet
This ain’t your granddaddy's barbershop! Marty Monson, CEO of the Barbershop Harmony Society, joins us from Nashville to talk about the new energy in barbershop and the influx of diverse new styles and repertoire from around the world.
How choral singing teaches teamwork, leadership and perseverance.
Dr. Emily Burch teaches educators how to teach music! In this interview, she shares the innovative teaching techniques she’s developed to empower students to develop teamwork, leadership and perseverance through choral singing.
When the world went dark, this choir inspired the hearts of it’s audience.
At the height of the global pandemic, Artistic Director Michael Zaugg created innovative choral performances that captivated his listeners while staying true to the mission of this choir Pro Coro Canada: to inspire the hearts of his audience.
New Ways To Make Your Choir Rehearsals More Effective
If you are looking for ways to make your rehearsals more effective this episode of ChoirSuccess is for you! Meet Håkan and Olof Berg of ChorusClass.
Are you an Artistic Director ready to hone your business chops?
Are you an Artistic Director buried under endless paperwork, fundraising and admin work? Don’t despair! This episode of ChoirSuccess will give you back your mojo. Guaranteed!
How one company is transforming rehearsal to make choirs better
Do you spend countless hours creating rehearsal tracks? No more!
Matt Curtis, founder and CEO of Choral Tracks, talked to Tom Metzger in the ChoirSuccess studios.
How Choir Directors are becoming fearless MacGyvers
Choirs find new ways to attract - and delight - audiences
Catherine Dehoney, President and CEO at Chorus America, talked to Tom Metzger in the ChoirSuccess studios.
MomChoir: Mothers, singers and community-builders
Ever seen a Mom lose herself to music? What about 60 moms?
In this episode of ChoirSuccess, we talk to Kay Cadman, the musical director of Vancouver’s upstart MomChoir.
Becoming Choral Rock Stars with Chanticleer
If you ever dreamed of singing with a famous vocal ensemble touring the world like a rock star, sit back and enjoy this episode of ChoirSuccess.
Sell more concert tickets with Dr. Philip Grant
If you are looking to attract a long line of excited music fans subscribing to your concert series, this edition of ChoirSuccess is for you.
Grant Writer & Fundraiser Michelle Herrewynen
What is the best way to secure funding for your choir this year?
In this episode of ChoirSuccess, we sit down with Michelle Herrewynen, a professional grant writer who has raised millions of dollars for choirs and other arts organizations.
Michelle explains the difference between categories of grants, how to secure the most desirable ones, and a deal-breaker when writing an application. You’ll learn how to access lesser known sources of funding and how to access grant databases that usually cost $1,200 a year for free!
As a successful fundraiser, Michelle shares her strategies for attracting high-value donors and turning them into superfans who are passionate about your organization.
Vancouver Chamber Choir with Kari Turunen
This leading professional choir survived the choir apocalypse, floods, pandemics and the departure of its longtime founder. You're going to want to watch this one.