--- title: Welcome to the Prelude Music Planner Blog! | Karol Kinard Kimmell description: "Karol Kinard Kimmell, a life-long Lutheran, is Director of Youth & Children's Music at All Saints' Episcopal Church in downtown Atlanta, directing four singing choirs (PreK - 12th grade) and three ringing choirs (4th grade - Adults). Karol serves as co-director and clinician at the summer music experience, Lutheridge (NC) Music Week (20 years). She serves on the faculty of the Choristers Guild Institute, a 3-year certification program for children's church choral directors, and has recently accepted the co-director's position for the CG Institute. Karol was on the task force and faculty for ALCM's Young Lutherans Sing. She attended Wittenberg University and Lenoir-Rhyne University, graduating from LRU with a music education degree/organ. She sang in the NYC Riverside Church Choir in the 1980's and the Atlanta Bach Choir and Atlanta's Baroque Camarati in the 1990's. She received training in Orff Schulwerk, KinderMusic, and Rhythmically Moving. Karol has presented for GA ACDA, ALCM, Augsburg Fortress, and Choristers Guild, directed the NC All State Elementary Chorus (2009), and led children's choirs at various summer music camps: Massanetta Springs, Lutheridge, Bonclarken, and Mabel Boyter Choir Camp." --- [![AF-prelude-logo](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Augsburg%20Fortress/AF_Prelude_Blog/AF-prelude-logo.png?width=181&height=52&name=AF-prelude-logo.png "AF-prelude-logo")](http://www.preludemusicplanner.org/) - [LEARN MORE](https://preludemusicplanner.org/) - [BLOG](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org) - [SIGN IN](https://members.preludemusicplanner.org/) # [Prelude Music Blog](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org) # Prelude Blog ## Karol Kinard Kimmell Karol Kinard Kimmell, a life-long Lutheran, is Director of Youth & Children's Music at All Saints' Episcopal Church in downtown Atlanta, directing four singing choirs (PreK - 12th grade) and three ringing choirs (4th grade - Adults). Karol serves as co-director and clinician at the summer music experience, Lutheridge (NC) Music Week (20 years). She serves on the faculty of the Choristers Guild Institute, a 3-year certification program for children's church choral directors, and has recently accepted the co-director's position for the CG Institute. Karol was on the task force and faculty for ALCM's Young Lutherans Sing. She attended Wittenberg University and Lenoir-Rhyne University, graduating from LRU with a music education degree/organ. She sang in the NYC Riverside Church Choir in the 1980's and the Atlanta Bach Choir and Atlanta's Baroque Camarati in the 1990's. She received training in Orff Schulwerk, KinderMusic, and Rhythmically Moving. Karol has presented for GA ACDA, ALCM, Augsburg Fortress, and Choristers Guild, directed the NC All State Elementary Chorus (2009), and led children's choirs at various summer music camps: Massanetta Springs, Lutheridge, Bonclarken, and Mabel Boyter Choir Camp. ### Recent Posts ## [Making Biblical Stories Come Alive through Song:  Sing the Stories of Jesus](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/2017/12/making-biblical-stories-come-alive-through-song-sing-the-stories-of-jesus) Posted on Dec 28, 2017 9:30:03 AM by [Karol Kinard Kimmell](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/author/karol-kinard-kimmell) in [Music Ministry](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/tag/music-ministry) One of my favorite collections of songs for children is the book [*Sing the Stories of Jesus*](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/4637/Sing-the-Stories-of-Jesus) by John Horman and Mary Nelson Keithahn*.* It is chock-full of songs based on various stories from the Gospels, some well-known stories and some that are often overlooked.  Several songs are simple enough to be used for Sunday School groups, but all are perfect for young singers in choirs.  They cover events of Jesus' life from the angels' *Gloria* at his birth to *Breakfast by the Sea* after the resurrection. Instructions for teaching are included for each song as well as an accompaniment CD if you need it. Over time, I have taught and directed many of these songs, but I'd like to share the way I have taught, embellished, and performed four of my favorites from this collection. [Read More > >](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/2017/12/making-biblical-stories-come-alive-through-song-sing-the-stories-of-jesus) [0 Comments](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/2017/12/making-biblical-stories-come-alive-through-song-sing-the-stories-of-jesus#comments-listing) ## [[Evaluating Your Choir Program: Children's Choirs, part 2](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/2013/09/evaluating-your-choir-program-childrens-choirs-part-2)](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/2017/12/making-biblical-stories-come-alive-through-song-sing-the-stories-of-jesus#comments-listing) Posted on Sep 27, 2013 10:21:56 AM by [Karol Kinard Kimmell](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/author/karol-kinard-kimmell) in [Choral Techniques and Repertoire](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/tag/choral-techniques-and-repertoire), in [Planning](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/tag/planning), in [review-prelude](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/tag/review-prelude) \[Editor's note: Last week we heard from Karol Kimmel on building your youth choir program, with ideas about scheduling, worship suggestions, and continuing education. This week: more ideas from Kimmel on choir visibility, rehearsal punctuality, recruitment, and team-building.\] [Read More > >](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/2013/09/evaluating-your-choir-program-childrens-choirs-part-2) [0 Comments](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/2013/09/evaluating-your-choir-program-childrens-choirs-part-2#comments-listing) ## [[Evaluating Your Choir Program: Children's Choirs, part 1](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/2013/09/evaluating-your-choir-program-childrens-choirs-part-1)](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/2013/09/evaluating-your-choir-program-childrens-choirs-part-2#comments-listing) Posted on Sep 20, 2013 2:47:44 PM by [Karol Kinard Kimmell](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/author/karol-kinard-kimmell) in [Assembly Song](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/tag/assembly-song), in [Choral Techniques and Repertoire](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/tag/choral-techniques-and-repertoire), in [review-prelude](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/tag/review-prelude) \[Editor's note: This week begins part 1 of a 2-part article by Karol Kimmell about children's choirs, with applications for all ages: this week part 1 includes attendance/scheduling, liturgy and worship suggestions, and continuing education ideas.\] [Read More > >](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/2013/09/evaluating-your-choir-program-childrens-choirs-part-1) [0 Comments](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/2013/09/evaluating-your-choir-program-childrens-choirs-part-1#comments-listing) ## [[Good Diction: Start With Your Youngest Singers](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/2013/04/good-diction-start-with-your-youngest-singers)](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/2013/09/evaluating-your-choir-program-childrens-choirs-part-1#comments-listing) Posted on Apr 29, 2013 7:17:40 AM by [Karol Kinard Kimmell](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/author/karol-kinard-kimmell) in [Choral Techniques and Repertoire](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/tag/choral-techniques-and-repertoire), in [review-prelude](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/tag/review-prelude) Children have an incredible capacity to mimic sounds, so there is no reason why shaping good vowel sounds and giving detail to some consonants should wait until children are in upper elementary school. I have become a firm believer that we should model our best diction and be intentional about teaching and reinforcing good diction with our youngest choristers. I introduce diction awareness to my PreKindergarten singers the first day of rehearsals in August. We make choir fun, but infuse good diction training throughout everything we sing: warm-ups, singing and counting games, hymns, anthems. 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