Happy 2011! A popular video making the rounds today is the one below – it shows a series of AT&T commercials predicting the iPad, Netflix, video-conferencing, and online teaching. It is pretty impressive – and it also points to the importance of dreaming your future. The ACDA Technology committee is dreaming now about […]
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YouTube enhancing choral music
I was recently reminded of this video the other day – an arrangement of “Abide with Me” by composer Greg Jasperse. It is a stunning piece and beautifully filmed by Riddle Films. I thought I would explore more videos by the Nathaniel Dett Chorale and found this one – a video that gives more […]
I Breathed a Song into the Air
Anyone growing up with The Bullwinkle Show like I did may remember the cultural moment in the show when the cartoon moose was featured in "Bullwinkle's Corner", reciting poetry. Yep, go figure. And, unfortunately, it was probably Bullwinkle that led to the cliché"ing" of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "I shot an arrow into the air, It […]
Eric Whitacre says British choirs are best – or does he?
Grammophone magazine features an article this headline: Composer Eric Whitacre on why British choirs are best. There was a huge backlash, first from Patrick Dupre Quigley making a case for American choirs. Patrick took his case to ChoralNet, and there was a huge discussion about it in the ChoralNet forums. NPR has taken an interest in the […]
Twitter is full of choral music
I get most of my choral news from twitter these days – it is a fascinating exercise to see news and opinions of our art come across that site. Here are a couple of recent tweets I have enjoyed. First, a reaction to the flash mob: Next, a […]