Welcome to our center for virtual resources and online educational opportunities for all interested choral music singers. Check out our repertoire classes, conductor interviews, and sing-at-home vocal warm ups and workshops. Do you have a suggestion for an online resource that you would find helpful? Send us an email.
Online Learning Events
We’ll be creating occasional online events to share music and interviews together via YouTube. Some events will be streamed live and you can share chat features with other choristers, or you can watch anytime on your own after the premiere.
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Live Event: Ten Tips for Chorus ZoomHearsals with Erin Freeman
Sunday, March 6, 4pm Eastern
Conductor Erin Freeman will present a live workshop offering ten best practices that will help make your time on Zoom palatable and maybe even fun. It is designed for chorus directors, voice teachers, and educators, but all are welcome. Free, advance registration required.
Singing for a Lifetime
Legendary BCI voice faculty member Barbara Ann Peters offers a vocal health workshop with advice and illustrated techniques to keep even aging voices in tip top shape, followed by a Q&A session with Barbara and Music Director Frank Nemhauser.
View and Download Singing for a Lifetime PDF Notes
Rise Up!
Listen to an enlightening conversation about social justice in choral music with Eugene Rogers (The Washington Chorus), Tesfa Wondemagegnehu (St. Olaf College), and Alysia Lee (Sister Cities Girlchoir). Produced in collaboration with GALA Choruses.
Exploring Stravinsky
Conductor Rob Istad leads a 2-part appreciation of Stravinsky’s sound world, with a focus on his Symphony of Psalms.
Explore Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms - Part 1
Explore Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms - Part 2
Word Painting in Haydn’s The Creation
In November, BCI Music Director Frank Nemhauser led a fascinating lecture-demonstration on word painting in Haydn’s evocative choral masterwork The Creation.
The Missa Solemnis Project
Conductor Erin Freeman leads an in-depth study of Beethoven’s monumental choral-orchestral work Missa Solemnis.
The Missa Solemnis Project - Part 1
The Missa Solemnis Project - Part 2
The Missa Solemnis Project - Part 3
Vocal Exercises and Information
Chorister Warm Up with Erin Freeman
Keep your voice fresh and healthy. BCI Conductor Erin Freeman leads a 15 minute vocal warm up that you can sing along with daily or as needed.
Vocal Warm Up with Barbara Ann Peters
Enjoy a warm up with BCI Faculty Barbara Ann Peters.
Vocal Exercises with Kathleen Hansen
Learn to Love Your Own Voice Vocal Exercise: Lift, Relax, and Focus
Vocal Warm Up with Katherine FitzGibbon
This warm up with Conductor Katherine FitzGibbon originally appeared in our Virtual Open Sing, a partnership with The Washington Chorus.
Vocal Warm Up with Margaret Taylor Woods
A vocal warm up video by Margaret Taylor Woods
Vocal Warm Up with Rob Istad
This warm up with conductor Rob Istad was also originally a part of our Virtual Open Sing program with The Washington Chorus.
Vocal Warm Up with Colin Baldy
A warm up with BCI conductor Colin Baldy.
Vocal Warm Up with Frank Nemhauser
A warm up with BCI Music Director Frank Nemhauser
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Conductor Chats
Join Music Director Frank Nemhauser for a series of newly recorded chats with BCI conductors.
Tom Hall Kathy Saltzman Romey Colin Baldy Rob Istad Katherine FitzGibbon Gary Thor Wedow