For people like me who are too stingy to buy software (and particularly suspicious of sites which require a monthly fee for eternity), we’re always on the lookout for freebies. One of the needs of choral directors is to make seating charts, and periodically there’s a request on the forums for computer-based solutions to address […]
Super Bowl a cappella
This ad, scheduled for this Sunday's Super Bowl, features a cappella singing: For the embedded-impaired: http://youtu.be/U38jELwi0lE h/t a cappella news P.S. Happy Candlemas!
Vocal Cords up close while singing
All four parts of a Victoria Kyrie, in very close-up. For the embedded-impaired: http://youtu.be/-XGds2GAvGQ
Barbershop in Gaza
Associated Press: Organizers of the Palestinian version of “American Idol” said Thursday the Gaza Strip’s Hamas rulers have banned residents from participating in the popular reality show. The organizers said Hamas told them the program is “indecent,” in what appears to be a new attempt by the fundamentalist militant Muslim group to crack down […]
Best recruiting poster of the year, so far
The Simon Fraser University choir in Vancouver BC riffs from HBO's Game of Thrones. I haven't seen the TV show, but I'm reading the book, which features the same catchphrase, Winter Is Coming. They have other posters based on Skyrim, Lord of the Rings, Dr. Horrible, and more.
“Ministers” no longer subject to anti-discrimination laws
Obviously churches can choose their pastors without government oversight. But other employees of churches have, until now, been subject to employment laws, including those which bar discrimination. But in the case of Cheryl Perich, a teacher at a Lutheran (LCMS) school, who sued under the ADA alleging that her firing was due to her medical […]