Anyone who conducts choirs or works with voice students has surely wondered how to educate the choir for better sound homogeneity or the individual singer for cleaner intonation.

The overtone singer, singing teacher, voice researcher and author Wolfgang Saus has developed his very own methodology to train the singers’ hearing for listening into the sound: The so-called chorophonetics. Since 1983, the methodology has been continuously developed from a didactic and scientific point of view as well as on the basis of practical experience with choirs and ensembles. It is not only suitable for professional singers, but is especially interesting for ambitious amateur choirs, as an efficient and intuitive tool to understand intonation in a completely new way. Choral phonetics is part of a more comprehensive vocal phonetics published by Wolfgang Saus in 2015.

At this year’s Choral Pedagogical Day, Saus will introduce his methodology. First, he will train the ear in practical exercises. In the afternoon, practical examples will focus on how choral phonetics can be applied in the choir.

The event is free of charge. All those interested can register now and until 01 May 2023 in the secretariat of the Institute of Church Music at the mail address [email protected].

The workshop language will be German.