Barbara Retzko
March 19, 2016
I haven’t written in a while. I spent the entirety of last year documenting all that I do/did to create the Ridge High School Choral...
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Barbara Retzko
Nov 17, 20154 min read
Monday November 16, 2015…The All-State Experience…
It’s Monday November 16, 2015. It’s the day after the second NJ All-State Mi This year, the NJ All-State Mixed Chorus was conducted by...
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Barbara Retzko
Oct 26, 20152 min read
Monday October 26, 2105 – CHORALPALOOZA
Today was CHORALPALOOZA 2015 at Ridge HS. For the past 10-15 years, I have hosted a choral festival at my high school where I invite 5-6...
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Barbara Retzko
Sep 22, 20151 min read
September 22, 2015 – Choir Elections
Every September, we run elections for three positions in Choir; SECRETARY-transfers scanned attendance from the iPad and bathroom...
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Barbara Retzko
Sep 17, 20151 min read
September 16, 2015…My Teaching Space
Here is the link to an 8 minute video of my teaching space. The Choir Room was opened seven years ago and the resources I have really...
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Barbara Retzko
Jun 24, 20151 min read
Wednesday June 24, 2015
MONTHLY TO-DO LISTS June 2015 Here is the finalized list of all that went into creating the Ridge HS Choral Program this year. I am...
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Barbara Retzko
Nov 13, 20142 min read
Getting to Know You…Thursday November 13, 2014
Today’s Concert Choir Activity was a “bonding” activity. We are quite ahead of schedule for our December concert and I have challenged my...
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Barbara Retzko
Sep 1, 20141 min read
September 1, 2014
Tomorrow we will start a new school year with two days of In-Service. The kids start on Thursday. I have attached three documents to...
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Barbara Retzko
Jun 24, 20142 min read
A class for the iPad…
Today I took a staff college class for the iPad. I never know what to expect from these classes because it is rare to find apps that are...
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Barbara Retzko
Jun 12, 20141 min read
A Safe Place to Sing
I printed this and placed it on the music stand where the singers scanned in for attendance every day. In a safe place, people are kind. ...
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Barbara Retzko
Jun 10, 20141 min read
SPRING CHORAL CONCERT
Tonight is my Spring Choral Concert and I am so excited to share the work of these young singers with their friends and families. After...
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Barbara Retzko
Jun 8, 20141 min read
Choir Retreat
At the start of the 2013-2014 School year, I arranged to host a retreat for my select choir – something colleagues had spoken favorably...
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Barbara Retzko
Apr 18, 20142 min read
A Choral Director and an iPad go into a Bar… (November 2013)
At the start of each school year, I ask my singers to complete an information sheet in two ways. The first is through a tinyurl into a...
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Barbara Retzko
Apr 18, 20141 min read
Choral Assessment – Listening Assignment (December 2011)
Once a semester I record the singers in the Voorhees Choir at Rutgers University and create a listening assignment for them. They are to...
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Barbara Retzko
Apr 18, 20141 min read
Perhaps Wishing will Make it so… (December 2011)
After a recent conversation with several choral colleagues with whom I must have said a dozen times, “I wish my choir would. . .,” I...
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Barbara Retzko
Apr 18, 20142 min read
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz (October 2011)
Are you familiar with Don Miguel Ruiz’s The Four Agreements? AGREEMENT 1 Be impeccable with your word – Speak with integrity. Say only...
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Barbara Retzko
Apr 18, 20142 min read
Sibelius 6 – A Tool for High School Choral Music Assessment (January 2011)
Edited by Joan Catoni Conlon, with text by Torquato Tasso, Claudio Monteverdi wrote a beautiful madrigal called Ecco Mormorar L’Onde. It...
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