Going Beyond Words w/ Stan Schmidt Show 2316 – Some French Masters This week on ACDA Radio and Going Beyond Words, Host Stan Schmidt invites you to recall music of some French Masters. You will hear some magnificent Classics of the Choral World by such composers, as Francis Poulenc, Claude Debussy, Dominque Phinot, Charles Gouond […]
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Notes for Success: Balancing Roles of Music Educator and Musician
In May, August, and September 2015, the Choral Journal featured a three-part article series titled “Notes for Success: Advice for the First-Year Choral Teacher.” As part of the series, 11 choral conductors with teaching experience ranging from 4 to 34 years answered 10 questions related to setting expectations for your first year, classroom management, balancing a successful […]
Exploring Some New Arrivals
Going Beyond Words w/ Stan Schmidt Show 2315 – Exploring Some New Arrivals This week on ACDA Radio and Going Beyond Words, Host Stan Schmidt invites you to explore some new recordings. You’ll enjoy a 13 year old boy Soprano from Norway, a marvelous eight voice ensemble from Germany, The University of South Dakota Chamber Choir, […]
A Donizetti Surprise
Going Beyond Words w/ Stan Schmidt Show 2314 – A Donizetti Surprise This week on ACDA Radio and Going Beyond Words, Host Stan Schmidt invites choral enthusiasts to enjoy music by a very popular composer of Great Opera Music but most of what you will hear has nothing to do with Opera. We know that […]
The Complex Ancestry of “We Shall Overcome”
The February 2014 issue of Choral Journal included three feature articles titled “Musical Settings of War Texts in Two 20th-Century British Choral Works,” “The Choral Music of Margaret Ruthven Lang,” and “The Complex Ancestry of ‘We Shall Overcome.’” The last article will be the subject of today’s ChoralNet blog, going along with last week’s article that coincided […]
The Great Mass In C Minor by Mozart – New Carus Edition
Going Beyond Words w/ Stan Schmidt Show 2313 – The Great Mass In C Minor by Mozart – New Carus Edition This week on ACDA Radio and Going Beyond Words, Host Stan Schmidt invites you to a listen to a new Critical edition of The Great Mass in C Minor as constructed by Conductor Frieder Bernius […]