Last time I wrote about StaffPad, a new Windows 8 notation program that works on pen input to allow users to handwrite a score into the computer. While StaffPad is a very exciting product, it’s not the first viable handwriting notation program, and more people are interested in mobile device solutions than ones which require […]
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GUEST BLOG: “Choral Ethics (Part 13): Slipping Through the Cracks,” by Marie Grass Amenta
CHORAL ETHICS (Part 13): SLIPPING THROUGH THE CRACKS by Marie Grass Amenta “Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece.” Nadia Boulanger How detail oriented are you? There are plenty of details, having nothing to do with the actual music which must […]
GUEST BLOG: “Choral Ethics (Part 12): Truth to Tell,” by Marie Grass Amenta
CHORAL ETHICS (Part 12): TRUTH TO TELL by Marie Grass Amenta “Truth is always strange, stranger than fiction.” Lord Byron Since writing about Choral Ethics here on ChoralNet, I have received a number of emails. Folks who contact me either want to thank me or to tell me their stories. And their stories […]
GUEST BLOG: “Choral Ethics (Part 11): Rock Star,” by Marie Grass Amenta
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GUEST BLOG: “Choral Ethics (Part 10): Audition Time is Here,” by Marie Grass Amenta
CHORAL ETHICS (Part 10): AUDITION TIME IS HERE by Marie Grass Amenta "We don't want nobody that nobody sent." Timothy O'Sullivan, Chicago Ward Committeeman, 1948 It’s that time of year; we are finishing the academic year or our concert cycles and by rights, we should be able to relax. You and I know […]
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