Dan Forrest and Brady Allred and the Salt Lake Vocal Artists show us how it is done: A fabulous work of beauty and passion, Dan. Brilliant interpretation and musicianship, Brady. Choir – you are remarkable and worthy of the highest praise.
What would you have said?
A dog interrupts Eric Whitacre's sleep: The director stops the choir, looks around, and says "Are we OK??" Let's brainstorm other possible responses to the dog, or their owner: 1. "What, doesn't your dog like Eric Whitacre?" 2. "Hey, we are having audience participation on the next song, not this […]
Britannica calls it quits
The New York Times reported that Encyclopedia Britannica has thrown in the towel: In an acknowledgment of the realities of the digital age — and of competition from the Web site Wikipedia — Encyclopaedia Britannica will focus primarily on its online encyclopedias and educational curriculum for schools. The last print version is the 32-volume 2010 […]
Sweet Singing from the Simpsons
Mike Sheibe posted this on his Facebook account . . . I thought it was too cool not to share with the ChoralNet audience:
More Myers-Briggs
I talked about how I use the Myers-Briggs in my choral conducting class earlier this week. I thought I would share a little more – Here is an overview I gave to my students about the Myers-Briggs (see below). If you are interested in finding out what your personality type is, take the test on […]
Myers-Briggs and Conducting
I cover two concepts in my choral conducting class that are not about conducting. One is the Myers-Briggs personality test, the other is the Seven Habits of Highly Effective people. First, I have all my students take the Myers Briggs personality test and read about themselves. My theory is this – we can't […]