Betsy Cook Weber pops in to talk about being present as a choral director and planning for her upcoming ACDA National Conference performance. LISTEN HERE!
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CJ Replay: Expanding Students’ Musical and Vocal Ideals in an Urban Community Children’s Choir
The February 2016 issue of Choral Journal featured an article by Nicole Becker and Jeanne Goffi-Fynn titled “Discovering Voices: Expanding Students’ Musical and Vocal Ideals in an Urban Community Children’s Choir.” This article offers readers “an approach to choral training that seeks to broaden children’s musical ideals and abilities by training them in healthy, flexible […]
Find your entry point, with Craig Hella Johnson
GRAMMY-award-winning conductor and professional listener Craig Hella Johnson joins me for an interview on presence, honesty, and realizing the music with your choir. This is an audio podcast. LISTEN HERE Biography Renowned as one of today’s most influential voices in choral conducting, Craig Hella Johnson brings unparalleled depth of knowledge, artistic sensitivity, and rich imagination to […]
7 Ways to Love Your Choir, with Ryan Guth
Click to listen to podcast version: 7 Ways to Love Your Choir Be the leader they need You wouldn’t know this since I’m the guy who wrote “Your choir sucks because you suck”, but I’m a sappy, open, and vulnerable choir director. It doesn’t take much to get me all choked up in rehearsal when I’m […]
CJ Replay: Vocal Colors in Women’s Choruses
The September 2016 issue of Choral Journal featured an article by Philip Silvey titled “Coordinating Vocal Colors in Women’s Choruses,” which is intended primarily for high school and collegiate women’s choruses and can also be applicable to adult women’s choruses. The author states the following in the introduction: “When singers in women’s choruses combine […]
October Choral Journal Preview: Focus on Junior High/Middle School
The latest issue of Choral Journal is available online! ACDA members can log in with their username and password to view and download the newest version. You can also read our electronic version. Below is a preview of just some of the articles you will find in this issue. If you are not already a member of ACDA, join […]