philip copeland

I am in deep admiration of composers who are working hard to publicize their works to the community of conductors.   Donald Patriquin started his own website a couple of years ago – I publicized it here.  More recently, he’s come out with a major new work timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of […]

A presentation from the Chicago Conference – Presented by NATS at ACDA:     Vocal Mistructions – Presented by NATS at ACDA – PowerPoint PDF View more presentations from National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS)

Barber’s setting of “The Coolin’” is on my mind this morning – it is a text and setting that continues to haunt me:   Come with me, under my coat, and we will drink our fill of the milk of the white goat, or wine if it be thy will. And we will talk, until […]

Jeff Carter unleashed a great stream of ideas while teaching a voice lesson a few days ago:   As I was waxing dramatic about important words and syllables in singing texts, this one just spewed forth:   Think of objects and subjects , action verbs, and unexpected adverbs and adjectives as having more RPM than […]

So what does nuclear fission have to do with choral music?     More than you might think!   First, a little lesson about nuclear fission from Wikipedia: Nuclear fission produces energy for nuclear power and to drive the explosion of nuclear weapons. Both uses are possible because certain substances called nuclear fuels undergo fission […]

Micheal McGlynn attended the Chicago 2011 Conference and has some valuable international insight on his Anuna blog:   On the opportunity to chat with other choral composers: A highlight of my visit was getting the opportunity to meet with other choral composers. The thing that struck me most of all on meeting them was how […]