A nice series of posts about how to accompany for choir – Here’s part one. And here is part two. And a sampling from the articles: 5. Learn to play all of the voice parts together. Pay special attention to key changes, meter changes, accidentals, and any places where dissonance results between […]
Chanticleer heads in new directions
I love this new video by Chanticleer. It is made completely from cell phones and web cams – a perfect marriage of choral music and technology: Keep it up guys – your excellence and creativity inspires us all.
There is no such beauty as where you belong
Tell me where is the road I can call my own, That I left, that i lost, so long ago. All these years I have wondered, oh when will I know, There’s a way, there’s a road that will lead me home. After wind, After rain, when the dark is done, As i wake from […]
Teach Choir Conductors Like Physicians
I saw this article today on the Chronicle of Higher Education – and it makes a lot of sense: train future teachers like we train doctors. And by future teachers, I mean all future choral conductors. Read about it: Teacher-training programs need to be revamped to focus more on hands-on, clinical instruction, similar to […]
A great choir picture
So many boring pictures of choirs. Here is one I really like, the Choir of Sidney Sussex College that I found on Eric Whitacre’s blog. Who else has a great choir pic?
Remembering Veterans Day
I wish I had thought of this, from Clef Notes and Drama Queens by Tim Smith. A blog featuring Britten: On this Veterans Day, I wanted to share something from Benjamin Britten’s profound “War Requiem.” The composer interwove the ancient Latin Mass for the Dead with haunting poetry of Wilfred Owen to create a musical […]