Melanie Stapleton, M.M.Ed

    Melanie Stapleton, M.M.Ed
    Melanie Stapleton is a music educator, researcher, author, and choral director currently located in the greater Houston area. She is the founder of Blurring the Binary, and holds a Masters of Music Education from the University of North Texas, and a Bachelors of Music Education from Louisiana State University. She is a strong believer that the choral ensemble should be a musical family and a safe place offering unconditional love for all. When not teaching, she can be found hanging with her Golden Retriever, Queso, playing video games, or jamming to the latest choral hits.
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    Charting the Course: Tips & Tricks for Planning the Next Choral Season

    Feeling behind with planning next season? Here are some tips and tricks for charting the course of your choir's concert season.
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    How Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) Affects Transgender Singers

    In our last post of 2022, and final in this series by Melanie Stapleton, learn how hormone replacement therapy (HRT) affects transgender singers.
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    8 Ways to Navigate Imposter Syndrome as a Choir Director

    Everyone experiences imposter syndrome. Here are 8 tips and tricks to help navigate imposter syndrome as a choir director.
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    6 Planning Tips for Transgender Chorus Members

    Planning a choir tour? Here are 6 tips to help make traveling more comfortable for your transgender, non-binary, and gender-expansive choir members.
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    Singing Strategies for Your Trans and Non-Binary Singers

    Check out these strategies for helping your trans and non-binary singers develop healthy vocal technique!
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    Understanding How Variations in Gender Expression Can Affect Vocal Pedagogy

    Learn how alterations in gender expression can affect your transgender, non-binary, and gender-expansive members singers, and empathetic teaching practices to support them.
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    How to Assign Voice Sections to Your Transgender Choral Members

    Discover five compassionate approaches to placing your transgender, nonbinary, and gender-expansive choir members into voice sections.
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    "But What do I wear?" Four Ways to Make your Transgender, Non-Binary and Gender-Expansive Singers Feel Comfortable in Concert

    Learn four practical ways you can ensure that your transgender, non-binary, and gender-expansive singers feel comfortable in the concert attire they wear.
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    A Choir Member Came Out to Me as Trans. Now What?

    Discover 8 compassionate steps to take when a choir member comes out to you as Transgender.
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    Melanie Stapleton, M.M.Ed

    Understanding the Linguistic Nuances of Gender Identity in the Choral Ensemble

    Learn the nuances of LGBTQ+ terminology to help provide the best atmosphere for your trans, non-binary, and gender-expansive singers.
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