COMPOSITION SPOTLIGHT ~ by Jack Senzig (Each week we look at a piece of useful repertoire from the ChoralNet Community Composition Showcase. A variety of voicings and levels of difficulty will be presented. Enjoy!) The Lord's Prayer by Dustin Oldenburg SATB a cappella (click for PDF and AUDIO) Level: High School or higher Uses: Sacred, General […]
Stick Time: Vast Inspirational Riches
Edsel. Beta-max. New Coke. In their respective days, these were supposed to be the “next big thing,” products that were thought to be so revolutionary that the paradigm would be re-written in their glorious image. Not so much. Contrary to what advertisers (particularly, it seems, the purveyors of various iGadgets) scream, “new” is […]
Asteroid or Reading Packets?
What will scare a choral conductor worse this Friday . . . the building-size asteroid passing within a few miles of the Earth or missing out on the reading packets at the ACDA National Conference? The answer, of course, is missing the reading packets! The American Choral Directors Association REALLY wants you to […]
It’s About the Phrase: Subito
Scholarly Abstractions: Philippine Choral Music
Yanson, Eliezer, Jr. Philippine Choral Music: A Conductor’s Guide to Selected Works Composed between 1900 and 2010. Doctor of Musical Arts dissertation. University of South Carolina, 2010. The Philippines is a country that possesses unique choral traditions, excellent choirs, and fascinating composers. Along with deep tribal roots, the musical practices of the Philippines are […]
Conductor’s Health Survey
Your input is needed to understand the health of conductors! An online survey has been created to better understand the medical issues and injuries related to conducting. This survey is for both choral and instrumental conductors and is being sent to the members of many different conducting organizations. The research is being conducted by […]