I love mining Twitter for Choral Music Jewels. Seen on Twitter today: “We take Ashford to mass every Sunday. We’re not Catholic, we just want him to develop an appreciation for choral music.”
ACDA – More than Membership
ACDA is announcing some new benefits for its members! 1. Classical Singer: Members qualify for a FREE 1-year Standard Web Subscription. It includes full access to all the articles online, the CS Archives, and the CS Directories. 2. Ensemble Manager: Members can create a FREE Ensemble Manager account that will allow you to […]
Happy Birthday, Franz
Today is Franz Schubert's birthday. We celebrate with the Kyrie movement of one of his most popular works: And look here for the January 30 blog post I didn't get up in time about the pretentious parent who loves choral music.
Planning Ahead: Google Calendars for ACDA Chicago
If you are a choral conductor who likes to plan ahead (and is relatively tech-savvy), check out these two google calendars for ACDA Chicago: Gold Track here in iCal format. (XML format here) (updated 3/8/2011) Scarlet Track here in iCal format . (XML format here)
The double-lung transplant didn’t stop her
An inspiring story of singer Charity Tilleman-Dick, American soprano and recipient of a double-lung transplant.
Pay Us and We Might Give You a Prize
I'm slightly aware of this rather common practice: 1. sponsoring a composition competition 2. requiring fee from the composer 3. cash from the composers is given to the competition winner as the "prize" – or it helps fund their organization I'm not a composer, so I don't see this sort of thing much, […]