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One of the topics that has been discussed rather frequently in the Choral Journal of late is the issue of what to do with big voices in a choral ensemble.  Here’s a look at an ensemble of unquestionably large professional voices – the U.S. Navy Sea Chanters.  The conductor apparently does not attempt to shoehorn […]

I recently watched the movie That's What I Am, a coming-of-age movie released earlier this year with a message of tolerance for those different from you, especially gays (although it's set in the 1960s).   In the climax of the movie, a secondary character shows his courage by singing an original song a cappella for […]

A commenter on Philip's recent post about copyrighting the Dead Sea Scrolls mentioned that although the scrolls themselves might be in public domain, photographs of them might be copyrightable. This might be true technically, but it violates the purpose of copyright, which is to protect creative work.    Some photographs are artistic and obviously should […]

I was pleased to find another choral musician publicizing information about YouTube performances of choral music.   Jack Senzig, director of the Gifford Children’s Choir of Racine, WI, has been a choral director for 20+ years and he's trying to provide a useful service for my professional colleagues.  He has created a site called the […]

Stephen Downs is a leader in technology in the field of education.  In this blog post, her touches on a subject that frequents this ChoralBlog:  copyright.   The subject?  The Dead Sea Scrolls:   Given their age, I would expect copyright has expired on them, but the proprietors of the web site beg to differ, […]

Over the next few months, ACDA will be encouraging local chapters to move their communications operations to ChoralNet. South Dakota's state ACDA chapter has been blazing a trail in this regard, recruiting 72 ChoralNet members to their community and posting information about conferences, honor choirs, leadership positions, and so on. They've made great use of […]