I first wrote about IPANow! on September 30, 2010. It is a remarkable Windows based program that transforms well known languages (Latin, Italian, German, French) into IPA (International Phonetic Alaphabet) symbols. It works this way – input text from any of those languages (or copy and paste from an internet source – and then hit […]
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Composer of the month
The very active Composers Community on ChoralNet has developed a new feature: the Composer of the Month, profiling living composers of choral music, written by editor Jack Senzig. This month’s composer: Michael McGlynn. I’m not actually that interested in Irish music, to be honest. I know that lots of people love that element of my […]
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Sunday Inspiration: Bruckner Mass in e minor (Gloria)
CJ Replay: Thoughts on Adjudication
As adjudicators, we have often been asked, “What do you expect from the students performing, the teachers directing, and thee festival workshop host or hostess?” The answer to all three is: attitude, expertise, and consistency. These are criteria we apply to ourselves. First and foremost we project, and demand in return, a positive […]
CJ Replay: Dawson and the Copyright Act
No twentieth-century composer of choral music has experienced more copyright infringements than William L. Dawson. In the past three years more than 10 new publications have appeared on the market in which arrangers have either consciously or subconsciously “borrowed” compositional and textual ideas invented by Dawson. Melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic motives from Dawson’s arrangement of […]