Jump in your car. Turn on the radio. Tune to the local classical radio station (assuming you’re lucky enough to live in an area that has one). What do you suppose the odds are that they will be playing a choral work?
If you answered “slim to none”, congratulations . . . you win a cookie.
If classical music radio has become a tiny fringe of that broadcast medium, choral music is a proportionately small sliver of classical music programming.
To the rescue rides ACDA Radio! Available to members at acda.org, ACDA Radio features a continuous stream of choral music from our friends at Naxos, one of the largest purveyors of classical music. ACDA Radio features approximately 700 choral works in five standing playlists, including “Choral,” “Early Music,” “English Choral Music,” “Baroque,” and “Russian.” The latest addition to ACDA Radio is “First Listen,” which provides a sneak peak at not-yet-released choral recordings. Updated monthly, “First Listen” has become an incredibly popular stop on the ACDA website.
You can access ACDA Radio online via your laptop, iPad, or any smartphone device.
Jack Senzig says