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Famed conductor and scholar Christopher Hogwood shares his thoughts on the value of performance practice in this brief excerpt from his presentation during the 2007 ACDA National Conference.      

When did “youth” become a synonym for “incompetence?”  How can we accept – and teach! – musical pabulum just because it seems “age-appropriate?”   It could be argued that our younger singers need the BEST possible literature, just like their physical growth requires good nutrition.  You wouldn’t serve your kids a diet of Doritos®, would […]

Male singers are like dollar bills. We never seem to have enough.  Choral conductors have been dealing with this problem for centuries; certainly we have commented about it time, after time.   What’s a choral educator to do with only a handful of male singers bobbing helplessly amid a sea of female voices?  One possibility […]