From A Cappella News: BBC America will premiere BAFTA-award-winning series “The Choir ,” a nonscripted show reminiscent of Fox hit “Glee,” in the spring. The series made choirmaster Gareth Malone an unlikely star in the U.K. in depicting his efforts to build choirs in blue-collar settings. The 13 episodes that BBC America will […]
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Top Ten Changes in Classical Music
Greg Sandow recently listed his top ten changes in classical music over the last decade. Here is number four: Entrepreneurship taught at music schools “Entrepreneurship” — that’s a buzzword at music schools today, as the schools realize that classical music careers are changing, and that musicians (see “Classical music goes online,” above) may need to […]
Future Models of Music Publishing
My new Kindle reader blog seems to be fascinated with the future of book publishing. They proposed this new business model for books: If we envision an ideal future for Publishing it might look something like this – Authors. Publishers (when Authors choose to engage them). A Platform that facilitates creation, editing, buying, and distribution of books. Readers. […]
Top 10 Countries that visit ChoralNet
Most users anticipate that ChoralNet has a worldwide audience, but do you know the top ten countries that visit us here? Top 10 Countries that Visit ChoralNet: 10. Netherlands 9. Philippines 8. Italy 7. Spain 6. Germany 5. France 4. Australia 3. United Kingdom 2. Canada 1. United States Source: Google Analytics
Terre Johnson New ACDA Worship R&S Chair
My good friend Terre Johnson was recently named as the new National Chair in Music in Worship in the ACDA Repertoire and Standards area. He is a natural leader and quite visionary. A little from the ACDA website: The American Choral Directors Association is pleased to announce Dr. Terre Johnson’s appointment to the position of ACDA’s […]
Choral Conducting Flowchart
See the whole thing here! Tom Carter pointed this out to me via Liz Garnett’s blog. Hilarious.