I’m Stan Schmidt, your host for “Going Beyond Words.” This week you will experience a major work written in 1713 by George Fredric Handel, that celebrates a peace treaty. A superb mail choir from Taipei Formosa, and a magnificent choral ensemble from Hannover Germany.
Race Matters – Singing across the Color Line
The choirs of Lincoln University and of Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges will be coming together for a concert and panel discussion called “Race Matters – Singing Across the Color Line” on Saturday, April 16 from 2:00-5:00 at the Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral. The event will be live-streamed at www.philadelphiacathedral.org
Wishing you a fond farewell
Today was my last day as Manager of ChoralNet. After a dozen years, I’m passing on the baton. The ACDA has some exciting changes to ChoralNet ahead, so as they used to say on the radio, “don’t touch that dial!” It’s been a wild but good ride. Back when I started in 2003 as a […]
The Importance of Score Study
Greetings, all. I asked a former student of mine to do a short video for my Choral Conducting class on the importance of score study. She really delivered on the request and came up with this video. I wasn’t expecting to be inspired, but I was. I hope that you will enjoy this as much as […]