The Choir Director Podcast

About The Choir Director Podcast

The Choir Director Podcast is the essential resource for choir directors, conductors and vocal leaders who want to build stronger choirs, run better rehearsals and create outstanding musical experiences. Hosted by international conductor and festival producer Russell Scott, each episode shares practical strategies for rehearsal technique, vocal training, repertoire choices, choir recruitment, leadership, performance preparation and managing real-world community and amateur choirs. Whether you lead a school choir, church choir, community choir or professional ensemble, this podcast gives you actionable ideas you can apply immediately — from improving blend and tuning to motivating singers and growing your choir. Featuring expert interviews with leading conductors, vocal specialists, composers and choir educators, alongside solo coaching episodes packed with real solutions for real choir challenges. If you’re a choir director who wants practical tools, musical insight and leadership strategies to help your singers thrive, this is the podcast for you.

Publisher

Russell Scott

Category

arts · education · music

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Mar 2026

Latest episode

4 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

38 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   4 Nov 2026

   Ep #38: Thomas Burton-Bresba: Narrative Concert Programming For Choir Directors

   A choir concert can be technically impressive and still feel forgettable. Russell Scott sits down with Canadian choral conductor and educator Thomas Burton-Bresba to get into what makes an audience lean forward: programmes that move like stories, transitions that keep the room focused, and performance choices that feel motivated rather than gimmicky. If you are a choir director looking for better concert programming, this is a masterclass in intention and pacing. We talk about building...

2. 

   28 Oct 2026

   Ep #37: Casper de Haas: Kodály-Inspired Games For Confident Young Singers

   A choir does not become brave by being corrected into bravery. It becomes brave when singing feels safe, playful, and genuinely rewarding and that is exactly what Dutch music educator Casper De Haas brings to the table. We talk about the Kodály concept in the real world of primary schools: singing games, movement, and simple call-and-response routines that quietly teach pitch matching, inner hearing, and listening. Casper shares how he normalises solo singing early (yes, with a stuffed anima...

3. 

   21 Oct 2026

   Ep #36: Lhente-Mari Pitout: What South African Choirs Can Teach Us About Culture, Movement and Community

   An 80-voice rehearsal room can change a life, especially when you walk in thinking you don’t belong. Russell Scott sits down with Lhente-Mari Pitout, Artistic Director of the University of Pretoria Youth Choir, to explore what it really takes to bring young singers from different schools, languages, and backgrounds onto the rehearsal stage and onto the international stage with confidence. We talk through Lhente's journey from a small-town musical upbringing to the World Youth Choir, an...

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