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CINCINNATI (OH) – This was Erich Kunzel’s vision when he led the charge to bring the 2012 World Choir Games to Cincinnati USA. The beloved Cincinnati Pops founder and icon, who died Sept. 1, 2009, dreamed of watching the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra in the Opening Ceremony of the 7th World Choir Games at U.S. Bank […]

It occurs to me that we sometimes underestimate the emotional capabilities of those in the choirs we conduct.  Take for instance men’s ensembles.  I love “Brother’s Sing On,” the various college fight songs, and the other rousing standard repertoire for the men’s chorus.  Listen though to the text of this too-seldom heard work by Lee […]

In an conversation with famed conductor Eric Ericson published in the Choral Journal, interviewer William Wyman asked, “If you were advising a choral director as to what you felt were the important pieces that he or she should be attempting to study and perform, what might some of those pieces be?”   Ericson’s reply:  “It […]

YANKTON, SD – It’s every student’s dream to earn All-State honors. From the hardwood to the stage, those opportunities abound across KELOLAND. But one Yankton student was turned away because his talent breaks the rules for a state-sanctioned event. The music flowing from these walls on Roberts Street is enough to make anyone want to […]

Always the master showmen, in this performance from an ACDA National Conference the King’s Singers show us how a selection from the late Renaissance can come to life in a very clever manner (While yes it may look spontaneous, you can bet this was meticullously rehearsed).  Who know we could do so much singing and […]

Two publications recently caught my attention related to the concept of learning from mistakes. In a September 14 New York Times article entitled “What if the Secret to Success Is Failure?”, Paul Tough references the work of David Levin, co-founder of the KIPP network of charter schools, who spent years investigating how to provide lessons […]