Creating Engaging Rehearsals and Practice Sessions

In this final workshop, Stephen will draw from the Feldenkrais principles and lessons presented in this series and demonstrate how to apply them in the context of choral rehearsals and individual practice sessions. We will sing together and experience how structured exploration provides opportunities for everyone to make their own technical and musical discoveries.

Dr. Stephen A. Paparo is Associate Professor of Music Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and conductor of the University Chorale. He holds degrees from Michigan State University (Ph.D.), Syracuse University (M.M.), and Ithaca College (B.M.). A Guild Certified Practitioner of the Feldenkrais Method® since 2006, he has taught Feldenkrais in the US and internationally. He is active as a guest conductor and regularly presents at international, national, and state conferences. He currently serves as Past-President for the Massachusetts chapter of the American Choral Directors Association. His research interests include the application of the Feldenkrais Method to singing instruction, non-traditional choral ensembles, and LGBTQ studies in music education. He is published in Bulletin for the Council of Research in Music Education, International Journal of Music Education, and Music Education Research, and Musicianship: Composing in Choir (GIA Publications). His compositions for beginning choirs are published by Alfred Music.