I have been a subscriber of Saint James Music Press (SJMP) for the past year. For those of you that don't know about it, SJMP is an online publishing house that offers yearly subscriptions to it's website. Once you have a subscription, you have access to the entire catalog and you can make as many […]
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Add 300 Choral Pieces to Your Playlist!
The chance to hear great choral performance – both brilliantly-performed gems of the standard repertoire and new cutting-edge compositions – is one of the main reasons people attend ACDA Conferences. Now you can put the music from ACDA's most recent National Conference in your favorite digital listening device. A thumbdrive containing 300 selections (MP3 Format) […]
SingersBabel
Julie Parsons, a leader in technology for choral musicians, directed me to SingersBabel the other day. It looks like a superb resource for choral musicians – if you know something about the International Phonetic Alphabet! Here is a little of what they say about themselves: You’ll find learning tools and information for […]
ACDA International Choral Academy
In this space last week I introduced some of the educational opportunities that will come along with the World Choir Games this July in Cincinnati. This week I want to direct attention specifically to the ACDA International Choral Academy, July 8-9. Among the thrilling performance and workshop offerings at the World Choir Games this summer […]
Can you keep a secret along with 15,999 of your friends?
I’ve always been a little mystified by the “flash mob” concept. They always pretend they were huge surprises in whatever venues they perform in (in fact there’s a pretense of spontaneity), but at least for the best-known ones, there must have been pretty substantial video setups in advance, which you’d think would tip everybody off […]
Warning: barbershop
Everybody needs an a-cappella warning sign, right? Could be a great eye-catcher for drive-by traffic at a concert. Available for $20 here. h/t a cappella news