While the bulk of the choral music performed during ACDA conferences tends to issue from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, there are some who paint with the entire brush of choral music history. Here is a performance of “Tristis est Anima Mea” by the South Carolina Governor’s School Cantus Chamber Choir (David Rhyne, conductor) during […]
It’s About the Phrase: The Effect of Tempo (Part 1)
This is the first installment of a new feature called, “It’s About the Phrase.”
CJ Replay: Establishing Musical Value
(From the Choral Journal article “Mozart’s Missa Solemnis K.262: An Overlooked Masterpiece”by Susan C. Welch) Musical value is a difficult thing to establish. Value is often ascribed to a piece based on the appearance of beautiful melodies, pleasing harmonies, dynamic or textural contrasts, or other unusual effects. While all of these elements are […]