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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) […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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

I presume this was from an email he received in response to an earlier blog post: 8.       My disappointment on your opinion on Rutter I have a bone to pick with you. After practicing the glockenspiel part for the Rutter Requiem so much and then committing the part to memory so I could play, phrase and […]