Jane Glover, Music Director of Chicago’s Music of the Baroque since 2002, speaks about the Mozart Requiem. She said that Mozart spoke about death very positively, and that the Requiem should always be sung in a spirit of praise, not sadness. Hear the whole thing here. Jane Glover on “Mozart—The Requiem” from Music […]
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Is Language Important? Like – really important?
I find myself guilty of the spirit of this video. See what you think: Typography from Ronnie Bruce on Vimeo.
Celebrating Creativity Wherever We Find It
No, it isn’t about a choir – but there is some singing in it. No, it won’t help you in your rehearsal today nor point you to a greater truth about choral music. However, it might open your mind to a re-imagining of what we can do with our group of people – […]
New: “The Choir”
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 […]
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. […]