“To any music educator who is actively involved in the training of adolescent singers in today’s public schools, it becomes evident that there is a definite need for a renaissance in the musical training of boys between the ages of ten and fourteen. A real problem exists in recruiting, maintaining, and improving musically the […]
Stick Time: Destination
It's one of the major reasons we go to ACDA conferences: to hear astounding concerts. Here's a taste of one of those incredible choral moments from the 2011 ACDA National Conference. Note the stunned silence in the audience at the end.
Monday Motivation: You Just Never Know
“I didn’t know I could sing because I didn’t sing around anyone until junior high when this new choir teacher heard me in the hallway. My mother was a teacher and I was helping move books into classrooms. I was singing along when the choir teacher said I should join. I said no. I was […]
New Chen Yi Work to Premiere at Divisional Conferences
One of the features of the upcoming seven divisional conferences of the American Choral Directors Association will be the premiere of the latest work in the Raymond R. Brock Memorial Choral Composition Series. The work commissioned for the 2012 conferences is “Distance Can’t Keep Us Two Apart,” by Chen Yi. “When I received the invitation […]
Stick Time: Conducting Study I
Welcome to Stick Time: Conducting Study. This is the first of what we hope will be a regular feature on ChoralBuzz highlighting outstanding conductors and the successful physical gestures they use. Today let’s learn by watching. We’re going to observe approximately one minute of a brilliant conductor in action, applying a positive analytical eye […]
Saturday Respite: Typewriter
It’s Saturday! Time for a laugh. Yes, I know, typewriters are indescribably old technology and this is obviously from a very old move (albeit a very young Jerry Lewis). But SOMEone else has to think this is a scream. (Note: music composed by Leroy Anderson)