Tom Shelton, director of children’s and youth choirs at Princeton United Methodist Church and assistant professor at Westminster Choir College. will present a nationally broadcast webinar on Thursday, August 25, at noon for the Choristers Guild, a church music publisher, on Effective Teaching Techniques for Working with Children’s Choirs.
To prepare the webinar he invited members of the choir to join him in the music room last week. Here is how they “warmed up.”
And here is how Tom uses the Dalcroze Method to teach rhythm:
Looks like fun, doesn’t it! EVERY child is invited to join the PUMC Children’s Choirs. Participation is free, all are welcome.
Tom Shelton invites children and parents to a Children’s Choir open house at the church, Nassau at Vandeventer, on Wednesday, September 7. Kindergarten and first grade come at 4:30 p.m., second through fifth graders at 5:30 p.m.
Youth from grades 6 to 12 are invited to an open house for the Youth Choir, led by Tom Shelton, at Princeton United Methodist Church, Nassau at Vandeventer, on Sunday, September 11 at 5 p.m. Parking is free on Sundays; for parking information click here. Email Tom@PrincetonUMC.org or call 609-924-2613.