In this brief interest session excerpt, famed conductor Christopher Hogwood (d. 2014) shares his thoughts about music as a career, versus music as an avocation. He also hints to the incredible and pernicious narcissism of the present age.
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It’s About the Phrase – Some of This, Some of That
Name That Choir Tune (No. 28)
Name That Choir Tune (No. 27)
Conference Morsel: Innovative Warm-ups
(An excerpt from the interest session “Innovative Warm-ups for the Volunteer Choir,” presented by Michael Kemp, during the 2015 ACDA National Conference.) Why Bother Changing Your Routine Warm-ups? Ask yourself this. Where did your current warm-ups come from? Are you using warm-ups from your college choir days? But if you are directing a […]
Conference Morsel: Chinese Choral Music
(An excerpt from the poster session “Stylistic Development and Hybrid Genres in Chinese Choral Music,” presented by John Winzenburg, during the 2015 ACDA National Conference.) Chinese choral music is a meeting point of regional, national, and international forms interacting over the course of the twentieth century. The choral repertoire has developed along three […]