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 Halsey

Simon Halsey CBE is a British choral conductor, teacher and artistic leader. He is Artistic Advisor and Choral Director of the Oslo Philharmonic, Conductor Laureate of the Rundfunkchor Berlin, Chorus Director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Choruses, Choral Director Emeritus of the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, and Emeritus Professor of Music at the University of Birmingham. He has led major professional, youth and community projects across Europe, including Human Requiem, and has prepared choirs for conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle, Antonio Pappano and Kazuki Yamada. His nearly 80 recording projects include three Grammy-winning recordings with the Rundfunkchor Berlin. He also teaches through masterclasses and wrote Chorleitung: Vom Konzept zum Konzert

https://intermusica.com/artist/Simon-Halsey

Guest appearance on:

Ep#35: How Simon Halsey Rehearses For Sound And Meaning