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MY JOURNEY AWAY FROM CONTEMPORARY WORSHIP MUSIC by Dan Cogan I have been what many would call a “worship leader” for close to two decades. When I first became involved in “worship ministry” in an Assemblies of God youth group we sang such songs as The Name of the Lord Is a Strong Tower, As the Deer, Lord […]

(An excerpt from the Choral Journal article, “Instrumentation of the Basso Continuo in Early Seventeenth-Century Vocal Music,” by Steven Zopfi)          During the first half of the seventeenth century, composers created enormous quantities of vocal music employing the new basso-continuo method. Inherent in this new method was a flexibility of instrumentation. Composers rarely specified […]

(An excerpt from the Choral Journal article, “What If . . . ? Dealing with the Unexpected in Tour,” by Nina Gilbert [p.55])          Debbie Coleman, now at Bonaire Middle School, Georgia, shares her bad driver story from her years at Warner Robins High School, Georgia. “At Six Flags, we instructed our students not […]

(An excerpt from the Choral Journal article, “Choral Flatting: Sometimes it’a a Matter of Register Transition,” by Mel Unger)          Have you ever wondered why it is harder to sing some pieces in tune than others? And why, when these pieces are raised a semitone, the problem disappears? Flatting seems particularly problematic in F […]

(An excerpt from the Choral Journal article, “Adapting Choral Rehearsals for Students with Learning Disabilities” by Vicki R. Lind)          Although there has not been a great deal of research specifically on choral music participation, it is likely that choral music directors working in today's schools will have singers with learning disabilities enrolled in […]