The August issue of Choral Journal is online and features an article titled “Samuel Barber’s Interpretation of Choral Portamento as an Expressive Resource” by Desiree Balfour. You can read it in its entirety at acda.org/choraljournal. Following is a portion from the introduction. ____________________ For more than a half-century, portamento use has been in serious decline, and its absence in […]
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Are You Connected?
No, I’m not talking about technology or the Cosa Nostra. I’m asking about your connection to a community of human beings you feel a relationship with, a community that allows you to both give and receive over time, that you learn from and also give back to. I know I’m not the only one reflecting […]
Trends in Young Male Puberty and the Changing Voice: New Dilemmas for Choir Directors
The August issue of Choral Journal is online and features an article titled “Trends in Young Male Puberty and the Changing Voice: New Dilemmas for Choir Directors” by Martin Ashley. You can read it in its entirety at acda.org/choraljournal. Following is a portion from the introduction. ____________________ The term “secular trend,” meaning a slow drift in measurement over time, […]
The Composer’s Prodigious Pen
This week on Going Beyond Words and ACDA Radio, host Stan Schmidt echoes a show he created in January 26, 2014. The Composer’s Prodigious Pen will help you recall some marvelous choral works by such composers like Heinrich Schütz, Greg Smith, England’s Cecilia McDowall, Stephen Chatman from Canada, Johann Christoph Bach, Pierre Villette of France […]
A Classic and Romantic Expression
This week on Going Beyond Words and ACDA Radio, host Stan Schmidt creates a simple Classic and Romantic expression emulating from the talents of Franz Joseph Haydn and Josef Rheinberger. You will enjoy three sacred pieces by Rheinberger: Morgenlied, Hymne, and Abendlied, performed with beauty by the Vancouver Cantata Singers. Then on tap is the […]
A Bundle of Magnificats
Going Beyond Words w/ Stan Schmidt Show 2302: A Bundle of Magnificats This week on Going Beyond Words, host Stan Schmidt deals with one of the most known Biblical texts used by composers. We will explore seven settings of the Magnificat, spanning from the Renaissance to contemporary pieces. Listen now for a “Bundle of Magnificats.” For information about the […]