Dr. Margot Rejskind
Dealing With The Haters
If you're going to spend your professional life getting up in front of groups of people and telling them what to do and how to do it,...
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Dr. Margot Rejskind
Jan 23, 20192 min read
The moment that makes it all worthwhile
I think everyone seeks validation in life, as a matter of course. We all want to feel like we matter, like we can achieve something...
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Dr. Margot Rejskind
Feb 19, 20181 min read
Making peace with imperfection
I have never ever had a perfect performance. I’ve done some great, even remarkable concerts, but the truth is that something always goes...
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Dr. Margot Rejskind
Jan 17, 20182 min read
Audition Choices
I direct a number of choirs at various levels, and I also teach at the university level. So I spend a fair amount of my time (usually in...
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Dr. Margot Rejskind
Sep 4, 20172 min read
The Right Note At The Wrong Time…
…is the wrong note. End of story. Apparently this is a quote from Robert Shaw, but honestly, it’s just the plain truth. I’ve always felt...
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Dr. Margot Rejskind
May 4, 20172 min read
Staying On Top Of The Details…
I am a runner. I started running a few years ago, mostly for weightloss and fitness, and I got hooked. Now I’m one of those crazy people...
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Dr. Margot Rejskind
Feb 7, 20172 min read
Singing as Community
I am one of the luckiest people on the planet. I conduct choirs for a living. Multiple times per week, I stand in front of a group of...
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Dr. Margot Rejskind
Dec 12, 20163 min read
Dancing About Architecture
One of the most challenging aspects of choral rehearsal is communication. Now, that word covers a lot of ground; but in this case, I’m...
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Dr. Margot Rejskind
Nov 1, 20162 min read
5 Things To Do This Week (That Will Make You and Your Choir Better)
Want to shake things up in your rehearsals? Wish you knew how to get better, or just want make some kind of change? Try any or all of the...
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Dr. Margot Rejskind
Oct 15, 20162 min read
"My Choir Can't..."
I had a conversation yesterday with a young choral conductor, who has recently taken on her first “real” conducting job, working with a...
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Dr. Margot Rejskind
Sep 18, 20162 min read
The Good, The Bad, and The Good.
In rehearsal today with my men’s choir, we were working on on a lovely arrangement of Loch Lomond. This is a well-known standard, which...
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Dr. Margot Rejskind
May 24, 20164 min read
The Hows and Whys of a Good Choral Warmup
This comes up an awful lot with my students, so it seems worth putting here. Ok, first, we all agree that a warmup is a necessary thing,...
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Dr. Margot Rejskind
Mar 30, 20162 min read
First-World Choir Problems
Last fall, I started a new men’s choir. Our initial recruitment was what I like to call the “Y’All Come” approach: we made it clear that...
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Dr. Margot Rejskind
Mar 8, 20163 min read
The Freedom To Breathe
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about breathing as it relates to the choral singer. As a singer and voice teacher myself, I obviously...
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Dr. Margot Rejskind
Feb 14, 20162 min read
Practice Makes Permanent
Not too long ago, I read somewhere that “an amateur is someone who practices until they get it right; a professional is someone who...
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Dr. Margot Rejskind
Feb 12, 20161 min read
The First Post: Thinking Out Loud
Conducting is a lonely profession. Oh sure, we all have friends and a professional network, but the fact is that when it comes down to...
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