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Isn’t the choral art amazing?  We have an astonishing variety of sounds and styles at our disposal.  Take seven minutes and thirty one seconds out of your busy day . . .

“In order to achieve successful discipline in the rehearsal, the choral director must begin with discipline in mind. Before they enter the first rehearsal, they need a plan of conduct: rules and consequences for infractions. Waiting to address discipline problems as they occur is operating backwards. A Code of Conduct should be in place the […]

Here’s a graduate research project for some brave soul: catalogue, compare and contrast the settings of the “Gloria” from the 5th century to this afternoon.  ALL of them.  It’s a mind-boggling thought, isn’t it?  Today, let’s look at a setting of the “Gloria” by Herzog.  Note the varying musical styles employed, the different compositional techniques. […]

On Black Friday, amid the feeding-frenzy of rampant consumerism, let Mr. Handel remind us of the reason for the season.