Choir Ninja, with Ryan Guth

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Mastering the music ed job hunt, with Kyle Karum May 25, 2016

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Kyle Karum is an expert music ed interviewee and shares his tips on creating a compelling cover letter, resume, and portfolio that your potential employers will love!

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Feng Shui your choral classroom (I think), with Ryan Guth May 24, 2016

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Here are some things to keep in mind when choosing the configuration of your room, and seating your choir.

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Choral preparation hacking, with Christian Giddings May 18, 2016

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Choir Nation member, Christian Giddings shares his use of numeric scoring to help identify the number of minutes he'll need to teach any choral work and program balanced concerts.

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What to do when you have a month of choir left and no mission, with Ryan Guth May 17, 2016

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There comes a time at the end of the year when there's a month left and your choir has very little left to accomplish. In today's Technique Tuesday, I'll go over some ideas of how to spend your time to enhance your program and add some fun to the end of the school year!

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5 considerations for writing a bio people actually care about, with Stevie Berryman May 10, 2016

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No one really cares about your bio as much as you do, but if you follow these guidelines, you'll make friends with your audience before even going on stage!

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Choir Nation, you have an assignment. Write, or rewrite your bio. Share it in a post in the Choir Nation facebook group (www.facebook.com/groups/choirnation/). Even if you can’t think of any need to have a bio, this is a great exercise for self-reflection and personal development. The goal of this particular bio should not be to impress us. It should be to reveal yourself to us.

My for-profit choir model: Get paid what you're worth for the work that you love, with Ryan Guth May 04, 2016

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Here's exactly what I did to start a half million dollar for-profit choir business without giving up my full-time teaching job.

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The 5 question choral audition process, with Ryan Guth May 03, 2016

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Here's my common sense approach to choral auditions that allow you to create a choir of humans, not voices.

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The Talent Monster, Part 2 (From The Positivity Effect) Apr 28, 2016

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The Talent Monster

Since age 17, choral director Ryan Guth has stepped up to the stage with purpose. With a true passion and fire for choral music, his purpose is use that energy and love to motivate and inspire others to find their forte and step up to the podium of life on their terms. Over the years, Ryan has taught countless kids achieve results in their singing beyond what they ever imagined by constantly raising the bar and teaching them how to work smarter. Some of Ryan’s projects have been featured in media outlets such as The Huffington Post, MSNBC & PBS. Through his digital platform and the “Find Your Forte” podcast, Ryan has used those teachings and mindset to help not only choral directors but individuals who are in need of some advice on they too can “Find Their Forte”. Ryan is a personal friend and I’m honored to have him on the show.

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On today’s episode we discuss:

The word rehearsal
How to serve correctly
How intimately personal music is
Why classical music gets a bad “rap”
How classical music is arranged
His upcoming book: The Talent Monster
How we all have hidden talents waiting to be unlocked
Gaining awareness of your childhood conditioning
If your parent, raising your awareness of your kids teachers
Why do we use the label “talented” or “not talented”
Why as a parent, you should be careful how you use the word “talented” with your kids
Parents who push their insecurities onto their children

Wisdom Nuggets:

“Good music is good music whether it’s Jay-Z, Justin Bieber or Bach” – Ryan Guth

“You’re not even unlocking your true potential, until you make some inner changes to your self talk and you realize how to make these gifts for good, not evil” – Ryan Guth

“Your kids spend more time at school than at home” – Ryan Guth

“No one ever became poor by giving” – Anne Frank

Book Recommendations:

The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle

Mindset by Carol Dweck

Talent Is Never Enough by John C Maxwell

How he found his forte, Part 1 (From The Positivity Effect) Apr 27, 2016

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Dr. Thomas Recher of the Positivity Effect podcast interviews me, Find Your Forte Host, Ryan Guth. Part 1 of 2

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Don't leave points on the table! (How your choir can kill it at competition), with Ryan Guth Apr 26, 2016

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In today's Technique Tuesday, learn the secrets to crushing it at choral competitions used each season by yours truly (the only guy in history to perform an encore at the Music in the Parks festival).

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