Stan DeWitt remembers Frank Pooler: Here are the five traits with questions for you to determine how effectively you are mentoring the people in your program. PASSION – Frank was a man of great passion about music. He had a passion for many things, actually. But it was in music that his passion shone through […]
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Composition Spotlight -Rest in Peace
COMPOSITION SPOTLIGHT ~ by Jack Senzig (The Composition Showcase is a unique resource for conductors. Choral composers are allowed to share only a few of their best works. Each week we offer you the best of the best on a silver platter. The Silver Platter Award winners are works that your choirs will love to sing […]
ICEP Spotlight – ICEP Horizons
ICEP Spotlight – ICEP Horizons (Swedish ICEP Conducting Fellows in Salt Lake City, UT with ACDA Executive Director, Dr. Tim Sharp, ICEP Director, Dr. T. J. Harper, and SWICCO Director, Fred Sjöberg) This weekend, the 2015 exchange with Sweden comes to a triumphant close with the last group of ICEP Conducting Fellows convening in […]
Ask Tim Anything
What have you been wanting to ask Tim Sharp? Limber up your fingers and start typing, because it’s time to Ask Tim Anything. *** If you’re a fan of musical theatre, you’ve most likely heard about “Hamilton.” I’ve been following its success through the eyes of New York friends and reading reviews, and […]
Choral Potpourri: Collaborating with Other Arts
“Works of art make rules; rules do not make works of art.” Claude Debussy If you read Tim Sharp’s ChoralBlog on Monday, you know the title was, “Collaboration Outside Our Comfort Level.” I meant to write about collaboration as well and his […]
Composition Spotlight -Tumbalalyka
COMPOSITION SPOTLIGHT ~ by Jack Senzig (The Composition Showcase is a unique resource for conductors. Choral composers are allowed to share only a few of their best works. Each week we offer you the best of the best on a silver platter. The Silver Platter Award winners are works that your choirs will love to sing […]