Scott Dorsey

So, the school year is several weeks old.  How is your voice holding up?  Yes, YOUR voice. You spend hour after hour caring for the vocal well-being of those around you, but who is looking after your pipes?   The is the question at the heart of Mary Lynn Morrissey Doherty’s article, "You Might Not […]

The newest edition of the International Journal of Research in Choral Singing is now available.  Founded in 2003, this exclusively on-line publication is now the scientific journal of the American Choral Directors Association.        “We are delighted that IJRCS has become a part of ACDA’s publishing outreach,” said the Association’s Executive Director Tim Sharp. “Join […]

            Most of us think of the American Choral Directors Association primarily in terms of professional affiliation.  For a few people, though, ACDA is a family affair.             Take the family of Bill Grace; they represent three generations of ACDA members. Bill has been a member since ACDA’s earliest days in 1959, his daughters Gretchen […]

In case anyone hasn’t noticed from all of the posturing politicians endlessly bloviating in front of anything with a lens, it’s election time.  Yes, we’re going to determine which of a field of veracity-challenged, folliclly-blessed attorney’s we send to the beltway to pork-out on our money.   For many of us, though, the larger concern […]

On Monday in the "Stick Time" column we refered to the 70s jazz-fusion band "Weather Report." Here's a little taste for your Saturday (and if you recognize the chart as having been covered by The Manhattan Transfer, you win a cookie!).

When people hear the term 'weather report' they probably think of the local news, The Weather Channel, or perhaps even the 70s jazz-fusion band (I'll share that just for fun in the next "Saturday Respite").  Maybe now we'll think of this performance of "Weather Report" (Chilcott) by The Choir of the West from Pacific Lutheran […]