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The Middle School Choral Stimulus Plan is a follow-up article to The Erosion of the Choral Middle Class. This article focuses on ways to reach the average singer within a high school choral program. To view all blogs on the High School Choral Caste System, click here.

Mini-Cantata: The Touch of Christmas, SSA/keyboard Composer Augusta Cecconi-Bates is offering this work free of charge– on line If you wish to have hard copies sent to you via U.S. Post — please request for a quote on fee. If you do use it, please notify composer. Thank you Dr. Augusta Cecconi-Bates www.cecconibates.homestead.com

Here is an exciting arrangement for Elementary level children’s choir of the great spiritual “Swing Low.” Though it eventually includes 3-parts plus a descant, the piece is arranged with layering to make the parts quite accessible. My elementary children absolutely loved singing this arrangement. Although there is no recording of the piece at this time, […]

Beautiful new setting of a Sara Teasdale poem for SATB chorus divisi with soloists unaccompanied by Jeffrey M. Derus.

For your holiday concert consideration, settings of three of Christina Rossetti’s wonderful Christmastide poems:”Sleep, Little Baby, Sleep” available in SATB & SSA through Hal Leonard and TTBB through me (also with string quartet or orchestra) performance by the USC Chamber Choir at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9_VeOFqUZ4; “Christmas Time” for SATB, SSA & TTBB available through me performance by […]

This article focuses on the average students within the High School Choral Caste System. How does the set-up of our high school program affect the average (middle-class) students. The Erosion of the Choral Middle Class – click here Thanks, Adam Choral Clarity Blog