If you’ve been anywhere near a mall over the past couple weeks, you have undoubtedly heard what is arguably Vince Guaraldi’s best-known recording. Believe it or not, he and his trio did play other things.
Tune in to ACDA Radio
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 […]
Stick Time: More Male Voices, Please
Your college choral director did it. You’ve done it. Yes, I’ve done it too. We’ve ALL complained in one form or another about the need for more male singers in our choral programs. The challenge is so daunting that in the spring of 2012, ACDA devoted both the April and May issues of the […]
CJ Replay: Our Huge Responsibility
(An excerpt from the Choral Journal article, World Music: A Breath of Inspiration, by Stephen Hatfield) Every choir, regardless of age, gender, size, or strength, is a sacred institution. Choral music is one of the hallmarks of a civilization. Some cultures have no dance and no pictorial arts, but singing seems to be universally […]
Choral Caffeine: Special Needs Singers
It’s reasonable to assume that every conductor working in an education institution has had a special needs student in their choral ensemble. Though perhaps initially intimidating, there is reason to suspect that we all found the experience to have been rewarding, on many levels. In her article, “Inclusion of Special Needs Students in Choirs” […]