Show 2309 Listen – Hear… Going Beyond Words On ACDA Radio Theme: Musical Gifts for the Winter Child This week on Going Beyond Words and ACDA Radio you can hear another program of choral music for the season. Composers represented on this broadcast are James Whitbourn, William Mathias, Bob Chilcott, Virgil Thomson, and two songs for […]
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11 Annual Alumni Choir Songs OTHER than “Hallelujah”
Choral Clarity Presents: Are you looking for a more effective way to musically engage your alumni? Do you want your alumni to come back year after year and ENHANCE the sound of your ensemble? It’s never too late to create a new tradition that the current choir members and alumni can all perform really well. An annual […]
Arise Jerusalem and Shepherds
Show 2308 Listen – Hear… Going Beyond Words On ACDA Radio Theme: Arise Jerusalem and Shepherds More music for the holiday season comes to you on ACDA Radio and Going Beyond Words with host Stan Schmidt. This episode features music such as Carl Heinrich Graun’s Christmas Oratorio, O Magnum Mysterium by Sviridov, selections by Coro […]
10 Reasons To Retire The Hallelujah Chorus….especially with alumni!
Choral Clarity Presents: 10 Reasons To Retire The Hallelujah Chorus….especially with alumni! I may have just said the unthinkable. No, I won’t retract my statement. We can do better! We should do better! Why did Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus become the selection that choirs choose to repeat year after year? Why did this piece become the one that we invite our […]
A Light is Coming
Show 2307 Listen – Hear… Going Beyond Words On ACDA Radio Theme: A Light is Coming This week on Going Beyond Words and ACDA Radio host Stan Schmidt invites you to invest some time with two extended works that are part of Advent and holiday listening. One is familiar and the other is perhaps the lesser-known […]
16 Must-Dos To Ensure a Great Concert
Choral Clarity Presents: We just spent many months learning notes and rhythms, memorizing lyrics, working on balance and blend, shape, and internalizing meaning. But now it is concert season. Our priority needs to shift from how our ensemble sounds to what our audience sees and hears. Believe it or not, most of what the audience members see and hear […]