This week on Going Beyond Words and ACDA Radio join Stan Schmidt for a program called “Musical Footsteps Through the Seasons”. You will experience styles from the Renaissance, French Impressionism, Baroque, Romantic, and Contemporary British. Composers represented are Orlando di Lasso, Michael Hurd and Owain Park from England, Charles Koechlin from France, along with Friedrich […]
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In Quest of Answers (Part 1)
The Choral Journal archives dates back to May 1959 and contains many wonderful articles, some of which, yes, are out of date; but there are others that still hold importance for choral conductors in the twenty-first century. In 1974-1976, Carole Glenn published a fascinating series of interviews with seventeen choral conductors on various questions of […]
Use Your Singing Heart
This week on Going Beyond Words and ACDA Radio join Stan Schmidt for a program called Use Your Singing Heart. Groups include the SWR Vokalensemble,MDR Rundfunkchor & NDR Choir with the Festspiel Orchestra Göttingen from Germany; The Salt Lake Vocal Artists; The Prague Singers; Soprano, Elin Manahan Thomas singing one of Handel’s Italian Cantatas; The […]
Key Concepts in Choral Singing
ChorTeach is ACDA’s quarterly publication for choral conductors and teachers at all levels. It is published online, and each issue contains four practical articles. If you are not already a member of ACDA, you can join as an Associate for $45 per year and receive access to ChorTeach and the Choral Journal online. The Summer 2012 issue contains the article […]
In Memoriam Veljo Tormis
This week on Going Beyond Words and ACDA Radio join Stan Schmidt for a special edition as he helps we all remember Estonian composer, Veljo Tormis, one of the greatest choral creators of the the 20th Century. You will hear how folk music used this towering Genius. Internationally, his fame arose chiefly from his extensive […]
Don’t Waste Your Final Rehearsal(s)
Choral Clarity Blog Presents: Many of us think of the last day of class as a day of yearbook signing, collecting missing music, and a free period with lots of selfies. Sure, those things might happen during the last day of class, but making the final day meaningful is so important for building tradition within […]