How I Lead as Stake Music Coordinator | An Interview with Emily Poaletti

Emily Poaletti grew up in southwest Wisconsin, went to Brigham
Young University-Idaho and got a vocal music degree, then moved
with her husband to Northwest Arkansas. She has taught private
voice lessons for eight years and has been the music director for
five different children’s musicals. Emily has served as a ward
choir director, ward music coordinator and stake music coordinator,
as well as in Primary, Young Women, and Relief Society
presidencies. She loves having the chance to sing with others of
faith, and served on the music committee for the Bentonville temple
open house and dedication this year, also directing one of the
dedicatory session choirs. Emily is the parent of five boys. She
loves to be in nature with them and convinces them to sing with her
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Library Highlights 4:40 Introduction to Emily and her calling as
the stake music coordinator. She has spent the majority of her
adult life in musical callings along with having a degree in music
from BYU-Idaho. 8:10 The story of getting called as the stake music
coordinator 10:00 Emily has a team around her that she calls her
worship team. It’s a unique calling that you can decide how to set
up. She has an organist, secretary, and an events planner. 14:00
Music is a unifying force. Music teaches doctrine. When we are
singing together, we are worshiping together. 17:20 Defaulting to
an intermediate hymn. Should leaders do it or is it just tradition?
19:30 Teaching the children doctrine through the primary songs that
they will carry throughout their lives. These songs can unify
families and congregations. 21:30 Be careful about traditions. Is
it actually helpful and unifying or just something that we are used
to doing? 22:50 Meticulous preparation. There is a lot of prep work
in this calling because it involves a lot of events. 25:20 Emily
shares ways they were able to be more effective with time and
getting everyone checked in quickly. 27:50 Don’t overthink the
music that you are going to prepare. Going straight to the hymn
book can be just as powerful. 29:10 Inspire saints to use their
talents. 31:00 Get the youth involved! They want to contribute and
be involved. 33:20 Prelude musical numbers help set the tone of the
meeting. Having an instrumental prelude is low stress for the
performer and can be a great way to help people share their
talents. 35:45 Using technology in her calling. For example, using
google forms and QR codes for people to sign in with large groups.
Documenting using google documents. 37:45 Emily loves using the
markups tool on the iPad or iPhone. You take music and easily edit
it for a musical number. 39:50 The iPhone shortcut gives you the
ability to mass text everyone but the replies don’t go to everyone.
It’s similar to a group text but not. 41:50 On the Church website
they have the option to change the key of a hymn. 44:20 A great app
that might be underutilized is the sacred music app. It's very easy
to make a playlist. 47:00 Emily shares her final thoughts on how
her calling has impacted her and made her a better follower of
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