Amazing what a vocal ensemble can do nowadays, even if it's an ensemble of clones: h/t The Fredösphere
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Making it Small
Last summer, I found myself dealing with the travel challenge of going half way around the world for a choral event, only to need to travel even further away for each succeeding event. It became apparent I would be traveling more if I came back home between destinations, than if I just kept traveling east. The solution resulted in my […]
Dirait-on performed on guitar
With special bonus: shadow art!
Teach Choir Conductors Like Physicians
I saw this article today on the Chronicle of Higher Education – and it makes a lot of sense: train future teachers like we train doctors. And by future teachers, I mean all future choral conductors. Read about it: Teacher-training programs need to be revamped to focus more on hands-on, clinical instruction, similar to […]
Awareness
Blogger L-Dwag finds church refreshing. Unless… Tell me you know what I’m talking about. That person who happens to be standing directly behind you, and does not realize there is a volume control on their voice. Not only do they not recognize the volume confusion, but at times it appears they are singing a completely […]
Uniform
Chris Rowbury rails against choir uniforms: Why not simply listen to the choir on the radio or on CD? There is nothing to look at: everyone looks and sounds the same, they’re even encouraged to use the same mouth shape and facial expression. If there is something special about hearing the choir live, then simply hide […]