How choral singing teaches teamwork, leadership and perseverance.
Dr. Emily Williams 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.
“Singing brings us together, but through singing, we learn about socializing and service too,” says Dr Burch.
She reveals how she went about founding a nonprofit called Rise Outreach, to offer programs for organizations, community centers and schools that don't have music programs. She gives us insight into the importance of business structure when founding a new choir to allow for maximum flexibility and ownership in the long term.
Dr. Emily Williams Burch sat down with Tom Metzger in the ChoirSuccess studios
“Singing brings us together, but through singing we learn about socializing and service too.”
About Dr. Emily Williams Burch
Dr. Emily Williams Burch is the Founder/Artistic Director of RISE Chorales and RISE Outreach. Both RISE organizations provide community choirs and music programs to the city of Savannah, GA.
Dr. Burch is the Coordinator of Music Education and Professor at the University of South Carolina, Aiken. A published author, Burch co-wrote “The Business of Choir” in 2022.
About RISE
RISE Chorales and RISE Outreach, are organizations that provide community choirs and music programs to the city of Savannah, GA.
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