I have a friend who sings in a women’s choir, and after their conductor/den mother died of breast cancer, they got in a new conductor who has, shall we say, an XY chromosome. I have commented that that must have changed the family feel of the group somehow, but my friend has always denied that. […]
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Are women’s choirs different?
Ten things you don’t know about Bach
I had heard some of these before: 6. Bach married twice. The first to his cousin, Maria, the second marriage was to Anna Magdalena Wülkens. However, it is now believed that he also had relations with and fathered children of a local bar maid called Helga Schümaker, who bore him an unknown number of […]
Translations for Higher Resolutions
Sweden — A new art project got under way at the mall in Handen on Sunday when all of a sudden 12 people began to sing. The project is called Konsten i Centrum. A bit of a word play. Art in the (Shopping) Centre might be a possible English translation. This first part of the […]
The Future of Choral Music in Sacred Spaces
Here is news of an exciting seminar offered in October that explores the future of choral music in church as well as how to be a choral musician – more proof that ACDA is about more than conferences and journals these days. Here is the message of the conference: “A unique affirming learning experience […]
Composers Forum This Summer
ACDA has announced an exciting opportunity for composers and church musicians this summer – once again proving that ACDA is much more than one convention a year! Look here for a compelling place to learn the art of composition with composers Chen Yi and Steven Sametz as well as hear your works performed by the Princeton […]