Benjamin Hutto
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Benjamin Hutto is Chair of the Training Courses Committee of the Royal School of Church Music in North America. In this capacity, he coordinates the activities of the summer courses for boy and girl choristers in the United States and Canada. In addition, he is in demand as a music director for these courses and for weekend workshops and choir festivals throughout the year. He has served as a guest music director and keynote speaker and workshop presenter for numerous national church music conventions and conferences, including the American Guild of Organists, the Sewanee Province Conference on Church Music and Liturgy, and the Evergreen Conference.
Ben studied church music at the Royal School of Church Music in England and at Westminster Choir College. In July, 1998, he became only the fifth American to become an honorary Fellow of the Royal School of Church Music. A choral director for over twenty years, He is currently Music Director at Christ Church (Episcopal) in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he conducts six choirs. He has served as dean of both the Charlotte, North Carolina and the Charleston, South Carolina Chapters of the American Guild of Organists. Since September 1999 he has been the director of choral activities at St. Alban's School for Boys and the National Cathedral School for Girls in Washington, DC.
Motivating and Maintaining Children's Choirs
On the premise that children can, and want to, sing good music well, this workshop will provide motivational tools and incentive-based guidelines for attracting and maintaining children to a quality music program at your church, school, or community center.
The RSCM Chorister Training Program in Action
Since 1927, the Royal School of Church Music has raised standards of singing for children's and adult choirs around the world. Now this program, based on progressive levels of achievement, has been adapted for use with American children's choirs in any denominational or community setting. This workshop will explain both the RSCM philosophy of teaching children to sing and give practical means for implementation in the local setting.
Choir Festival
For young people (elementary school-high school) or adults.