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.
The Choir Director Podcast
Latest Episodes
Ep #28: Eimear Crehan: Choirs Help Us Deal with Life — Music, Connection and Belonging
Choirs do not just teach harmony, they teach people how to belong. Russell Scott sits down with Irish singer-songwriter and vocal and creativity coach Eimear Crehan to unpack what happens when you treat creativity as a practice, not a talent, a...
Ep #27: Christopher Munce: Stop Chasing The Perfect Choir And Start Singing
The fastest way to improve your choir might not be a new warm-up or a clever rehearsal plan. It might be dropping the “presenter voice” and leading with genuine curiosity. Russell Scott shares a cross-over conversation with Christopher Munce (C...
Ep #26: Herbert Washington: How the Phoenix Boys Choir Went from Car Park Rehearsals to Grammy Gold
A boys’ choir that can rehearse in a car park, tour for weeks, premiere brand new works, and still feel like a safe place to belong does not happen by accident. We sit down with Herbert Washington, Artistic Director of the Phoenix Boys Choir, a...
Ep #25: Walter Martella: Stop Talking And Start Singing In Rehearsal
Choirs do not become resilient by accident. They last when rehearsal choices are deliberate, kind, and repeatable, even when singers have mixed skills and limited time. I’m joined by Walter Martella, a Canadian musician, conductor, and educator...
Ep #24: Michael Joseph Barrett: How To Programme Music From Other Cultures With Excellence And Respect
“Authentic” choral singing is not about getting the accent roughly right and hoping the audience buys it. It is about understanding why a piece exists, what a culture expects singing to do, and how your rehearsal habits either honour that truth...