Has anyone done this? I read a “tweet” last night about a guy selling his 400 piece choral collection on ebay – I sent him a message to ask how much he got for it but haven’t heard back yet. I’m curious – because I, like you, have thousands of pieces of choral […]
A great day to dream about the future
Happy 2011! A popular video making the rounds today is the one below – it shows a series of AT&T commercials predicting the iPad, Netflix, video-conferencing, and online teaching. It is pretty impressive – and it also points to the importance of dreaming your future. The ACDA Technology committee is dreaming now about […]
YouTube enhancing choral music
I was recently reminded of this video the other day – an arrangement of “Abide with Me” by composer Greg Jasperse. It is a stunning piece and beautifully filmed by Riddle Films. I thought I would explore more videos by the Nathaniel Dett Chorale and found this one – a video that gives more […]
Eric Whitacre says British choirs are best – or does he?
Grammophone magazine features an article this headline: Composer Eric Whitacre on why British choirs are best. There was a huge backlash, first from Patrick Dupre Quigley making a case for American choirs. Patrick took his case to ChoralNet, and there was a huge discussion about it in the ChoralNet forums. NPR has taken an interest in the […]
Twitter is full of choral music
I get most of my choral news from twitter these days – it is a fascinating exercise to see news and opinions of our art come across that site. Here are a couple of recent tweets I have enjoyed. First, a reaction to the flash mob: Next, a […]