The Choir Guy

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I help choir teachers build confident choirs where students want to sing and keep coming back.

šŸŽ¶ Choral Consultant | Clinician | Presenter
šŸ“ Fort Worth, TX | Nationwide
šŸ’” Practical strategies.

02/15/2026

When boys arenā€™t singing clearly, donā€™t rehearse harder.

Instead of fixing it inside the musicā€¦
take the concept out of the song.

Speak it. Clap it. Feel it.
Then put it back in.

šŸŽÆThey lock in immediately because now they know what success feels like.

Instant clarity. Instant buy-in.

Save it. Steal it. Use it tomorrow. āœØ

02/13/2026

Middle school boys struggle with toneā€¦
because weā€™re speaking a different language.

When we say ā€œcreate space,ā€ they hear words.
When we attach it to movement, they feel it. āœØ

So we turned it into a game:
Eyebrow push-ups.
Physical anchor.
Instant difference.

šŸŽÆWith boys, the body often unlocks what the voice wonā€™t.

Save it. Steal it. Use it tomorrow.

02/11/2026

Meet me at TMEA 2026! šŸŽ¶šŸŽ‰

Iā€™m excited to see familiar faces, meet new ones, and talk all things tenorā€“bass choir. If you see me, stop me ā€” letā€™s chat!!

See you there! šŸ”„

02/08/2026

Iā€™m not yelling. Iā€™m not arguing.
Iā€™m not repeating myself 12 times. šŸ˜®ā€šŸ’Ø

I give them a cue.
We run it.
If it slips, we run it back.

šŸ“ŒThatā€™s it.
Thatā€™s the system.

Save it. Steal it. Use it tomorrow.

02/01/2026

šŸ¤ÆPART 3 (Final): Connect Sound to Singing šŸŽ¶

This didnā€™t start with singing.
It started with safety.

šŸŽÆBefore boys are ready to sing,
they have to feel safe enough to make sound.

When sound is allowed to be rawā€¦
when itā€™s encouraged instead of correctedā€¦
when itā€™s anchored with trustā€¦

sound becomes singing.

Every voice you hear here found its way into head voice
not through force,
but through patience, movement, and belief. šŸ”„

Boys will sing.
Boys want to sing.
Let them. šŸŽ¤

01/30/2026

šŸ¤Æ PART 2: Move the Soundā€¦

Before boys are ready to sing,
they have to feel safe letting their sound move.

I start where their voice already feels safe, then guide the sound up using:

ā€¢ movement
ā€¢ familiar context
ā€¢ airflow

This is how sound becomes singingā€”
without breaking trust.

Part 3 is where it all connects. šŸ”„šŸŽ¶

01/29/2026

100 Middle School Boysā€¦šŸ˜±

First time meeting this groupā€¦
Some chose choir. Some didnā€™t.

šŸŽÆ But Iā€™ve learned that before boys feel safe enough to sing, they have to feel safe enough to make sound.

So we start there.

Sound builds trust.
Trust builds buy-in.
Buy-in leads to singing.

šŸŽ¤ Boys need to be BROUGHT IN before they BUY IN.

šŸŽ¶Iā€™m excited to be presenting at ā€œVoices in the Middle,ā€ an online mini-conference created specifically for middle schoo...
01/28/2026

šŸŽ¶Iā€™m excited to be presenting at ā€œVoices in the Middle,ā€ an online mini-conference created specifically for middle school choir teachers.

šŸŽ¤ Iā€™ll be joining an amazing group of clinicians who are passionate about supporting directors in one of the most important (and challenging!) stages of choral education.

If youā€™re looking for practical strategies, new ideas, and real encouragement from people who truly get the middle school choir world, this conference is for you.

šŸ—“ January 31 & February 1

šŸ”— Register here: https://anola-douglas-s-school.teachable.com/p/voices-in-the-middle-an-online-conference-for-middle-school-choir-directors

01/28/2026

How to get 75 studentsā€™ attention without raising your voiceā€¼ļøšŸ¤Æ

First time meeting this group.
75 students. Zero raised voices.

šŸŽÆ Iā€™ve learned that attention isnā€™t about being louder ā€” itā€™s about giving students something to follow.

The very first thing you do sets the tone before you ever start teaching or singing.

Set the tone. Stay in the zone. šŸ˜Ž

12/24/2025

Waiting to conduct an honor choir,
but THIS happened insteadā€¦āœØ

09/19/2025

Fill it low. Let it flow. šŸŽ’šŸ’Ø

Backpack Breathing is a game-changer for you tenor-bass singersā€”helping them build the foundation of breath support needed to unlock a stronger, freer, and more supported tone! šŸ”„

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