The Zaki Nassif Music Program at

The American University of Beirut presents

The Choir Teacher’s Training Workshop: “What They See is What You Get.”

 Making the most of your conducting gesture.

Saturday, November 7, 2009

The AUB Campus

This one-day workshop will focus on the topics below. Please let us know  which topics are the most interesting, so they can be emphasized.  Simultaneous translation into Arabic will be provided.

-          Conducting, and its impact on vocal tone

-          How to get the tone quality you want

-          Free resources for the choral director

-          Sight-reading in the choral context

The workshop leader will be Paul Meers, Director of University Choirs at AUB.  For more information, see http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~pm05/paul_meers'_info.htm

DEADLINE for REGISTRATION:  Friday, October 30

FEE:  None, Free of Charge

To register, e.mail pm05 with teachers’ names, school name and address, e.mail or fax, and telephone contact.  Early registrants may be notified by fax; later registrants will be notified by  e.mail only.

Schedule (subject to change):

10 am to 12 pm: West Hall Auditorium B, first floor upstairs.

12 – 1.30 pm:  Lunch

1.30 – 4.00: Assembly Hall