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 Maid of Culmore arranged by Joseph Gregorio SATB divisi a cappella (click for PDF and AUDIO) Level: High School or […]
Scholarly Abstractions: Todor Popov
Caine, Matthew Thomas. Todor Popov: A historiography and a conductor’s analysis of his choral cycles. Doctor of Musical Arts dissertation. University of South Carolina, 2010. The purpose of this document is to introduce the choral community of the United States to the choral music of one of Bulgaria’s most celebrated composers of the twentieth […]
It’s About the Phrase: Hitting the Brakes
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Stick Time: Nary a Stick in Sight
So, you’ve strived for years to develop a choral program to the point where it is strong enough to earn one of the coveted spots on an ACDA national conference. Then what do you do? You step off the stage and allow the choir to perform without you. It is, after all, about the […]
Stick Time: Home-Schooler in the Choir
Bring up the topic of home-schooling among a group of educators and you can be assured of a vibrant discussion. A study by the National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI) estimates that in the spring of 2010, there were more than two million home-schooled students, K through 12. That accounts for about four percent of […]
CJ Replay: Choral Music and the Humanities
(An excerpt from the Choral Journal article “Choral Music and the Humanities” by Don Malin) Thoughtful music educators are agreed as to the importance of stressing the Humanities in education in our present scientifically minded age. Music has much to contribute toward keeping the Humanities in proper perspective and, in the areas of […]