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Senioritis vs. The Final Concert
I did a live episode recently on Teacher Burnout, and another one in December about teacher burnout leading up the Holiday Break, but STUDENT burn out is a thing too. Call it senioritis, or apathy, or “checked out.” Regardless of what you name it, it must be fought intentionally through the culture built in the […]
Democratic Approaches for the Choral Ensemble
ChorTeach is ACDA’s quarterly online publication, designed for those who work with singers of all levels but specifically K-12 and community choirs. A full annotated ChorTeach index is available online at acda.org/publications/chorteach. Over 160 articles are organized into seventeen categories. For more information, email or visit acda.org/chorteach. Following is an excerpt from an article in the current […]
Attention or Autopilot? Motor Learning and the Choral Warm-up
The March/April 2022 issue of Choral Journal is online and features an article titled “Attention or Autopilot? Motor Learning and the Choral Warm-up” by Christopher Loftin and Matthew Hoch. You can read it in its entirety at acda.org/choraljournal. Following is a portion from the introduction. _________________ Most choir directors consider the warm-up portion of rehearsal to be of considerable […]
ChorTeach Winter 2022 Preview
ChorTeach is ACDA’s quarterly online publication, designed for those who work with singers of all levels. A full annotated ChorTeach index is available online at acda.org/chorteach. Over 160 articles are organized into seventeen categories. For submission information, to view the index, or to read the latest issue, visit acda.org/chorteach. Following is a list of the articles in the Winter 2022 […]
Toward “Transcendence”: Music and Meditation in Michael McGlynn’s O Maria
The March/April 2022 issue of Choral Journal is online and features an article titled “Toward ‘Transcendence’: Music and Meditation in Michael McGlynn’s O Maria” by Seán Doherty. You can read it in its entirety at acda.org/choraljournal. Following is a portion from the introduction. _________________ The term “transcendence” appears frequently in discourse regarding contemporary choral music. It is often used […]