Recordings & Resources from Previous NJCC Events
Voice Activated! Technical Strategies for Expressive Singing (March 22, 2025)
This all-day workshop, presented by Cailin Marcel Manson, was held Saturday, March 22, 2025, at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 250 Gallows Hill Road, Westfield, NJ 07090, with two, two-hour sessions each in the morning and afternoon. Videos from the event are available upon request to those who attended the workshop.
Walk as Children of Light by Anna Gallos
Be Joyful in God (#4 from “Melodious Accord”) by Alice Parker
The Lord’s Prayer by John Farmer
Cherubic Hymn #2 by Kurt Sander
Receive the Body of Christ by Tikey Zes
Praise the Lord by Steve Cardiasmenos
Creating a Productive Board (February 2, 2025)
Is your board as harmonious as your chorus?
Creating a cooperative board takes finesse, encouragement, and patience.
In this discussion, you’ll hear from panelists with extensive nonprofit board experience:
- Bonnie Featherstone Johnson, Board Member, Lunch Break, 180 Turning Lives Around
- James Scavone, President, Monmouth Civic Chorus
- Carol Van Kirk, Board Member, Thrivent
Big NJ Sing! Open Sing of Mozart’s Requiem and Ave verum corpus
Tuesday, June 18, 2024, from 6:30 to 9 p.m.
6:30 p.m. Registration/7 p.m. Open Sing
At Grace Episcopal Church, 4 Madison Ave., Madison, NJ 07940 (Google map)
Admission: NJCC Members $10, Non-members $15, Students and Observers $5.
Walk-ins welcome!
Led by area guest conductors:
- John Balme (accompanist): Director, Concordia Chorale
- Emma Daniels: Mus. Dir. and Cond., Philomusica Concert Chorus Chorus
- Dr. Anne Matlack: Artistic Director, Harmonium Choral Society; Choirmaster & Organist, Grace Episcopal Church, Madison, NJ.
- Dr. Heather Mitchell: Assoc. Conductor, Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia; Assist. Dir. of Choral Activities, The College of NJ.
Social Media 202: Making Social Media Work for You, presented by Kenny Litvack (April 14, 2024)
Kenny Litvack, Marketing Manager for Princeton Pro Musica, discusses how cultivating your social media presence, strategy, and content can help accomplish a variety of organizational goals from recruitment to audience development. This isn’t Facebook 101! An in-depth discussion about what a social media strategy is, how to implement it, and why part of your budget should be dedicated to paying for social media advertising.
Download the presentation slides.
A transcript of the chat is included with the video description. You’ll see this only if you open the video directly in YouTube.
The ABCs of Grants webinar, presented by Sue Metz (January 14, 2024)
Learning to apply for grants for your chorus is like learning a foreign language – you have to know the vocabulary. NJCC President Sue Metz has applied for more than 50 grants (and won quite a few) and ran into some baffling terms along the way. In this workshop (video below), she explains more than 100 important terms that you need to know to make sense of grants.
- The ABCs of Grants handout (updated after the workshop)
- How to Value Non-Cash Contributions for Arts Grants and History Grants (a guide published by Middlesex County, NJ)
Note: the explanation of public and private foundations was not correct. See the explanation at Nonprofit Basics.
The Aging Voice webinar, presented by Karen Brunssen (November 12, 2023)
A presentation and interactive webinar by Karen Brunssen
• Professor of Voice, Co-Chair of Music Performance, Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University
• Past President, National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS)
• American Academy of Teachers of Singing, Voice Foundation,
• Pan-American Vocology Association
• American Choral Directors Association
• Author of: The Evolving Singing Voice: Changes Across the Lifespan
At every age, exercising the singing voice increases the elasticity and coordination of breathing, the vocal tract, and the larynx.
Karen shared what “singing senior” voices need and strategic exercises that help, alongside realistic expectations.
Video below (1 hour, 52 minutes)
June 20, 2023 Big NJ Sing
The Big NJ Sing on June 20 featured Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass and Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy, Elegisher Gesang, and Hallelujah from Christ on The Mount of Olives. Our guest conductors were:
- Alicia Brozovich, Artistic Director, The LOTUS Project, and Director of Cultural Initiatives, Jacobs Music
- Janos Major, Director, St. Rose of Lima Choir, Freehold
- Anne Matlack, Artistic Director, Harmonium Choral Society
March 26, 2023 Workshop - Maintaining A Healthy Voice
Presented by Lucy Fitz Gibbon
All are welcome to download the resource list of websites recommended by the presenter.
A recording and handouts have been provided privately for NJ Choral Consortium and NY Choral Consortium members.
January 15, 2023 Workshop - Marketing Myths & Mistakes, presented by NJCC President Sue Metz
January 20, 2022 Workshop –
Exploring Classical Choral Music by Black Composers
- Online chat (PDF)
- Black History Musical Resources compiled by Matthew LaPine, Founder & Artistic Director of Rise Up Chorus
- Black Psalmody Database compiled by Vinroy D. Brown, Jr.
April 11, 2021 Workshop – Online Auctions: The Do’s and Don’ts
Presented by Jamie Green, Monmouth Civic Chorus & Maryann McGuire, Rise Up Chorus
January 24, 2021 Annual Meeting
Discussion of singing during pandemic & demo of NJCC Chorus Connection membership portal
November 22, 2020 Panel Discussion - Still Singing: NJ's Choral Community During COVID
Panel discussion video below
Panelists:
- Patti D’Andrea, President, Monmouth Civic Chorus, and Organist/Music Director, Redeemer Lutheran Church, Neptune, NJ
- Dr. Elayne R. Grossman, Conductor and Music Director, Sharim v’Sharot Foundation
- Dr. Anne Matlack, Artistic Director, Harmonium Choral Society and President, NJ ACDA
- Heather Mitchell, Artistic Director, Hopewell Valley Chorus
- John J. Palatucci, Music Director, The Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus, and former board member and VP, NJCC
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