Aug 11, 2017
Every Sing episode 008 Nathan Young - What Feeds My Soul
Nathan has music directed for many of the theaters in the
Puget Sound area as well as cabaret and solo shows. He is also the
choir director at Sammamish Presbyterian Church. Nathan enjoys
being a clinician for choirs, along with directing, arranging, and
producing for singers and instrumentalists. You will find his
Living Room Concerts videos on his Facebook page, linked at the end
of the notes.
Quotes from
Nathan
"My passion is ensemble. There's
nothing more powerful than people singing together as a group. It
actually has the power to change lives and heal souls and
relationships in ways that just mere words can't. There is
something about singing together that does that. And singing
together in perfect balance and harmony is something I can't live
without.”
"As a director, sometimes I'm a
traffic light."
"In a church choir I'm trying to
find what inspires each person to be there."
"If you come with the right
attitude and are willing to try anything, I will give you the tools
to do it."
"Three quarters of what I do is
people relation, no matter what it is. It's finding out how to gain
somebodies trust and give them direction. How do you come with not
only your talent and what you can bring to them, but the humility
you need to be in that environment."
"We are all bound up by our
insecurities."
The take-away: Always give the "why" first. Why are we doing
this exercise, song,... Once we know the why "the," "how" falls
into place.
Nathan is working to voice teacher, Ann Evans of the
University of Michigan, to create an online resource for choosing
songs for music theater and eventually opera.
Nathan’s Facebook Page
- https://www.facebook.com/youngnl
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