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This continues last week's post about Wooden's preparation and what we can learn from it. Remember, we're referencing Gallimore and Tharp's 2004 article, which looked back at their earlier 1976 study.   Last week we heard how Wooden spent 2 hours each morning planning the afternoon's practice. All the drills were written out on 3×5 […]

Though the choral season is a couple months along now, we are closing in on that time of year when it seems we are all rushing from concert to concert.   Thus it seems a good idea to be reminded of the need to insist that those in our audience turn off their cellphones.   At […]

I've been doing Honor Choir auditions for the past week. I've seen over 400 kids from around the state. 2.5 minutes of solo, 2.5 minutes of sight reading. I've heard Sento nel Core more times than I care to remember. On Thursday alone, I sat through 10 hours of auditions, 120 kids, with one hour […]

COMPOSITION SPOTLIGHT ~ by Jack Senzig   (Each week we look at one or two of the best choral works posted in the Composition Showcase here on ChoralNet.  This is where we store a treasure trove of works that your choirs will love to sing and your audiences will love to hear.)   Chanukah Tonight by David Avshalomov  […]

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