Who says choral conductors don’t have any fun? Enjoy this little series of cameos of some of our friends who were in Salt Lake City last week.
Honey, I Shrunk the CEU Form!
If you’ve picked up the 2015 Conference Program, you may have noticed its size. Being just shy of 200 pages, this monster is almost as thick as some coffee-table books. Despite its heft, the Choral Journal publication team was hard-pressed to find space for all of the necessary conference information and advertisements. Their’s was a […]
Stick Time: The Little Choirs That Could
Regardless of when one might have attended an ACDA conference, there seems to be a general agreement that the concerts are exceptional. Folks rave about the “best” performance they heard, and if one listens carefully it becomes clear that those ensembles celebrated as being the “best” tend to be the professional choirs and those from […]
Saturday Respite: Morning. Afternoon. Evening. Whatever.
Hmmm . . . is is a wedding, or is it a wake? That probably depends upon one’s point of view. If one has the right partner at the alter, then it will be a grand adventure!
GUEST BLOG: “Rehearsal Strategies of Sir David Wilcocks” by Carl Smith
REHEARSAL STRATEGIES OF SIR DAVID WILCOCKS by Carl Smith Sir David Willcocks, Music Director Emeritus, King’s College Choir, King’s College, Cambridge University, UK, used three rehearsal strategies which differed from rehearsal strategies used by other choral conductors, with whom I have sung. The first strategy was teaching releases. Many times, in dealing with […]
Conference Morsel: Understanding Breath
(An excerpt from the interest session “The Bel-Canto Choral Transformation: Creating the Beautiful Balanced, Blended Ensemble Singing You’re Always Dreamed Of,” presented by Laurier Fagnan during the 2015 ACDA National Conference.) We must understand that when we sing, there is an ongoing struggle in our body between two opposing forces: the breath – […]