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Bekah Schulz

Rebekah Schulz, AiM, holds a Bachelor of Music-Church Music degree from St. Olaf College (Northfield, MN) and a Master of Sacred Music degree from Luther Seminary (St. Paul, MN). She is on the middle school choir faculty at the International Music Camp (on the border of Manitoba and North Dakota), serves on the Board of the New Hampshire Council of Churches, and teaches early childhood music in Nashua & Manchester, NH. A certified Kindermusik teacher, Rebekah is completing her certifications in Orff‚ÄêSchulwerk and Kod√°ly music education philosophies from the University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN). She has served congregations in Minnesota and Connecticut. While in Minnesota, Rebekah was the soprano section leader of the National Lutheran Choir (Minneapolis), interim conductor of the Treble Choir of the Northfield Youth Choirs (Northfield, MN), and adjunct faculty at Luther Seminary. She is a member of ALCM, AOSA, OAKE, the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada, and the Choristers Guild. She lives in Nashua, NH, with her husband, Rev. Matthew Tingler.

Recent Posts

Resources to Get You Moving!

Posted on Mar 25, 2013 7:34:31 AM by Bekah Schulz in Choral Techniques and Repertoire, in review-prelude

In last week’s blog post, I tried to make the case for the use of movement in children’s choir rehearsals. In this blog post, I have included a variety of resources to help even the most unsure of movers to get started. This list is by no means exhaustive; it is merely a jumping-off point to the great wide world of musical movement.

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Movement in the Children's Choir Rehearsal

Posted on Mar 18, 2013 7:30:20 AM by Bekah Schulz in Choral Techniques and Repertoire, in review-prelude

As anyone who works with children can attest, children are movers. They are bodies in constant motion. As conductors, we often spend much of our time fighting against that natural urge by requiring them to sit in adult-sized chairs for the good portion of an hour. How much more would our littlest singers get out of choir if their natural propensity for movement was woven into the rehearsal, rather than squelched?

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No Need to Triage: They Can Do It! - Part Two

Posted on Jul 16, 2012 8:00:09 AM by Bekah Schulz in Choral Techniques and Repertoire, in review-prelude

Part Two: A Proposal for Childrens Choir Rehearsals

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No Need to Triage: They Can Do It!

Posted on Jul 9, 2012 9:19:55 AM by Bekah Schulz in Choral Techniques and Repertoire, in review-prelude

Part One: A Philosophy of the Children’s Choir

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