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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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