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.

Guest

Simon Berg

Simon Berg is a choral musician and choir leader known for practical rehearsal work that builds blend, tuning, and confidence quickly. Their approach centres on active listening, unified vowels, and text-led singing, treating diction and rhythm as part of musical expression rather than a last-minute add-on. In this conversation, Simon shares first priorities in rehearsal, fast ways to diagnose when tuning will not settle, and methods for helping singers self-correct without creating a tense atmosphere. Choir directors will come away with concrete strategies for clearer ensemble sound and more efficient, supportive rehearsals.

https://simonberg.de

Guest appearance on:

Ep 09: Simon Berg: A Better Ensemble Sound Starts When Singers Trust Their Ears