I saw this on a twitter tweet: So I followed up on the article and found a short article that raised the question – is it harder to be a conductor if you are a woman? Frankly, the challenges of becoming a conductor are daunting enough without adding to them the worries of doing […]
The End of Holy Week
The long week has ended! The victory is celebrated! Take a rest, church musician.
Conan features choir on network TV – Bach Motet next?
ChoralNet contributor Michael Parker informed me of this:
A Hymn to God the Father and Cognitive Dissonance
We are ending our choral conducting class with a unit on the expressivity of text. (some of you may have seen my request for help in this forum post) Using John Dickson’s incredible article Musical Pride and Textual Prejudice: The Expressivity of Language in Choral Music from the September 1993 issue of the Choral Journal we are […]
Richard Nixon Inspires Creativity
Found this late this afternoon on The Fredosphere: Richard Nixon’s life has inspired more operatic creativity that the lives of all other U.S. presidents put together. And the news article from the New York Times that inspired it!
Ken Berg going digital
It is time for another occasional podcast, this time with Ken Berg, composer and conductor from Birmingham, AL. Even though Ken is a very successful and much-published composer, he's recently started a new website for distributing his music. Why would a popular composer do something like that? Listen to Ken's answers – it […]