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In a study published last December, the University of Cambridge reported on the discovery of a new manuscript fragment that shows the use of polyphony, written around the year 900. That’s about 100 years earlier than any other manuscript we know of. The piece was discovered by Giovanni Varelli, a PhD student from St John’s […]

 

THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER by Thomas R. Vozzella   “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”, first appeared in Molly Bawn (1878), by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford. How often have we resorted to looking straight into the eyes of one we are beholding to, to close a deal? In terms of choral music, deals […]

CHORAL ETHICS (Part 6): JUDGING OUR COLLEAGUES by Marie Grass Amenta   “If you haven’t got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me.” Alice Roosevelt Longworth   It does no good to gossip about our colleagues and their ensembles.  It doesn’t help the arts community in general or the choral community […]

More from Daniel Coyle: Tip #17 Embrace the Struggle   Coyle: In all of the talent hotbeds, from Moscow to Dallas to Brazil to New York, I saw the same facial expression: eyes narrow, jaws tight, nostrils flared, the face of someone intently reaching for something, falling short, then reaching again. This is not a […]