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!) Prothalamia: In Celebration of Marriage for All by Charles Norman Mason and Dorothy Hindman TTBB and Organ (click for PDF and for audio from each movement Kyrie GloriaCredo Sanctus Agnus […]
It’s About the Phrase: Tapering the Line
Stick Time: Capabilities of a Church Choir
A week from now, Christian churches of all stripes will be filled to capacity with parishioners attending services in celebration of Christmas. It is not hyperbolic to state that more people will hear live choral music and raise their own voices in song early next week than at any other single time of the year, […]
Stick Time: Holiday Music for NEXT Year
Ever discover a great Christmas work in the middle of December when it’s WAY too late to add repertoire to your holiday programming? (I just hate it when that happens.) That said . . . Here is a performance from a recent ACDA Divisional Conference of “Noel.” While it is far from any traditional […]
Scholarly Abstractions: Relationship between Just Intonation and Gesture
Pierson, Brad. The Relationship between Just Intonation and Gesture: Tracking the Evolution of Sound to Inform the Choral Rehearsal. Master of Music Thesis. California State University-Los Angeles, 2011. A great deal of writing currently circulates on the preferred system of tuning for music and musicians, as well as the methods for achieving that […]