Show Choir Sessions

Jody Edwards & Jason Cocovinis: Music Theatre International

Music Theatre International, or MTI, is one of the world's leading theatrical licensing agencies, working with composers and lyricists to make their shows available to professional, community, and educational theaters all over the world. In this episode, Jody Edwards, Director of Music and Materials and Jason Cocovinis, Director of Marketing take us behind the scenes and walk us through everything that needs to happen to get a show from Broadway onto stages all across the world.

Marty Lindvahl & Aaron Smiley: Creators of Judge's Assistant

Marty & Mark Lindvahl, retired music educators and clinicians extraordinaire, are my guest this week along with their son-in-law Aaron Smiley to share about their new invention: Judge's Assistant [https://www.judgesassistant.com/]. Judge's Assistant uses AI to transcribe, categorize, and summarize judges' recorded comments to make it easier for directors and clinicians to provide timely feedback to performing ensembles. It's a really neat tool and I'm excited to see it put to use this competition season! Now entering their 10th year, HOA's 2025 season will include competitions in Nashville, Orlando, and Los Angeles. Register for an event at hoachoir.com [https://www.hoachoir.com/]!

Sherman Charles: Founder of Carmen Scoring

With me today is Sherman Charles, the founder of Carmen Scoring [https://carmenscoring.com/], the system used by more that 60 show choir competitions throughout the US, as well as many other instrumental, acapella, and even international events. Sherman tells the story of how Carmen came to be and shares a lot of great insight into the many decisions that need to be made by competition hosts as well as things participating directors ought to know about these scores. The Carmen Showband Scoresheet ► https://bit.ly/3XaqrqM Now entering their 10th year, HOA's 2025 season will include competitions in Nashville, Orland and Los Angeles. Register for an event at ⁠hoachoir.com⁠!

BONUS: 2024 Editor's Choice from Breeze Tunes

A podcast-sized reading session of three new works by Garrett Breeze featured in the 2024 JW Pepper Editor's Choice Catalog. ⁠⁠Aloha⁠⁠ [https://www.jwpepper.com/Aloha%21/11558109.item?srsltid=AfmBOooE5U07FZw8SLdnx5jNYg0H-Qtr1eAnxfS9Dz8Y6AXPdySnPajg] ⁠⁠Call of a Warrior⁠⁠ [https://www.jwpepper.com/Call-of-a-Warrior/11527101.item] ⁠⁠Tiny Voice⁠ [https://www.jwpepper.com/Tiny-Voice/11529413.item]

Julianne Merrill: Broadway Programmer / Music Director

My guest today is Julianne Merrill [https://www.juliannemerrill.com/], who works on Broadway as a music director, pianist, and electronic music designer. Both of us are alumni of North Central High School in Indianapolis and we have worked together for the past several seasons on the show choir creative team. We’ve also collaborated in making the Breeze Tunes Mainstage Library [https://bit.ly/4crucMF], which was designed to cover the most commonly requested types of sounds needed by keyboards in show choir and is a good middle ground for groups getting started with MainStage. *This episode was recorded before the announcement that MakeMusic's Finale was being discontinued.* Now entering their 10th year, HOA's 2025 season will include competitions in Nashville, Orland and Los Angeles. Register for an event at ⁠hoachoir.com⁠! #breezetunes #showchoirsessions #patchmaster