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

Manvinder Rattan

Manvinder Rattan is a UK-based choral and orchestral conductor and tutor. He is Musical Director of Hertford Choral Society (since September 2021) and Hertford Chamber Choir, and also leads Serafine Chamber Choir and Sinfonia. From 2006–2023 he was Head of Conductor Training for Sing for Pleasure, supporting conductors from beginner to advanced level and helping to develop and accredit courses (including ABRSM accreditation). Manvinder spent 27 years as Musical Director of the John Lewis Partnership Music Society and became a visible advocate for the benefits of singing in the workplace, including appearing as a judge on Gareth Malone’s BBC2 series The Choir – Sing While You Work. He continues to deliver bespoke training programmes for choirs, schools, and music organisations in the UK and internationally.

Guest appearance on:

Ep #33: Manvinder Rattan: You Get Better Faster When You Conduct The Choir You Actually Have