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I created this little presentation for my choir after one of my college students took a spill at the end of the service.  I hope you enjoy:     How to faint at next choir concert<div style="padding:5px 0 12px"> View more <a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.slideshare.net/" href="http://www.slideshare.net/">presentations</a> from <a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.slideshare.net/philipco" href="http://www.slideshare.net/philipco">philipco</a> </div> </div>

I was pleased to find another choral musician publicizing information about YouTube performances of choral music.   Jack Senzig, director of the Gifford Children’s Choir of Racine, WI, has been a choral director for 20+ years and he's trying to provide a useful service for my professional colleagues.  He has created a site called the […]

Stephen Downs is a leader in technology in the field of education.  In this blog post, her touches on a subject that frequents this ChoralBlog:  copyright.   The subject?  The Dead Sea Scrolls:   Given their age, I would expect copyright has expired on them, but the proprietors of the web site beg to differ, […]

ChoralNet reader Michael Zaugg recommended this video to me but didn't tell me what the work was about.   It is an impressive piece of videography, especially on my 27'' monitor!  Can you help me figure it out?     &amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;http://vimeo.com/29583282&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot; href=&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;http://vimeo.com/29583282&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;M&amp;amp;amp;amp;auml;nnerstimmen Basel | TRAILER | t&amp;amp;amp;amp;oslash;ngedr&amp;amp;amp;amp;oslash;hn&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; from &amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a data-cke-saved-href=&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;http://vimeo.com/maennerstimmen&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot; href=&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;http://vimeo.com/maennerstimmen&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;maennerstimmen basel&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; on &amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a […]

In a blog entitled “Teacher in a Strange Land,” Nancy Flanagan provides some great advice for teachers that echoed some thoughts I have had lately:   Listen to advice — but trust your gut. Your goal is becoming an authentic teacher, one with autonomy, mastery and purpose. You will inevitably build a practice by stealing […]