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A story in The Chronicle of Higher Education caught my eye the other day about copyright.  It discusses lessons from the history of book publishing, the evolution of copyright and what might happen in the future.  It has some fascinating history – a few excerpts:   Nothing is sacred about intellectual property: But he believes […]

Liz’s blog provides a list of tips to minimize choir’s performance anxiety. My favorite is this: If your normal rehearsal warm-ups are about getting people up and going after work, you’ll find that using them just before a performance produces a completely over-hyped choir poised to sing sharp and rush tempi. Meditative warm-ups that slow […]

One of the many things I like about Tim Sharp as Executive Director of ACDA is his continued presence in choral music as a conductor.   Read about his new choir, the Tulsa Oratorio Chorus and their most recent performance:   Both these pieces demonstrated how well Sharp has taken over the chorus, and how […]

This sent to me by Frank Albinder from the Wall Street Journal: For the many stroke victims devastated by the loss of their ability to speak, music may hold the key to unlocking language, according to a new study. In the study, patients who were taught to essentially sing their words improved their verbal abilities […]

Jeffrey Tucker describes his first experience hearing Palestrina, and describes its top five features:  There is no master/slave relationship [i.e. melody/accompaniment] There is a beat but you don’t hear it Each part moves independently You can’t really conduct it, so it is music without a dictator. It can be sung by a choir of any […]

You will love this:       And how they made it:       Thanks to Eric Whitacre for bringing this to my attention.