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Retirement and the Professional Choral Director: We Never Get too Old to Make a Difference
The February 2024 issue of Choral Journal is online and features an article titled “We Never Get too Old to Make a Difference” by R Wayne Bailey. Following is a portion from the article. This is part of our series of columns on Retirement and the Professional Choral Director. _________________ Remember, all of us need a purpose. […]
Assessment in the Collegiate Choral Classroom
The February 2024 issue of Choral Journal is online and features an article titled “Assessment in the Collegiate Choral Classroom” by Andrew Bruhn. Following is a portion from the article. _________________ College choirs often inspire other choral musicians by modeling excellence through artistic performances. Likewise, collegiate conductors can provide inspiring pedagogical models through the ensembles they lead and […]
A Skills-First Approach to the All-State Choir Selection Process
The February 2024 issue of Choral Journal is online and features an article titled “A Skills-First Approach to the All-State Choir Selection Process” by Marshaun R. Hymon. Following is a portion from the article. _________________ Is music literacy the ability to read pitches and rhythms on five lines and four spaces? I think it’s much more broad than […]
Should We Stop Assessing Sight Reading at All State Choir? With Drs. Marshaun Hymon and Chantae Pittman
This podcast has become the place to go for Music Literacy pedagogical training tools for teachers over the last five years. As a result, I have never received as much correspondence about content NOT created by me, than Dr. Marshaun Hymon’s February 2024 Choral Journal Article called “A Skills First Approach to the All-State Choir […]
A Summing Up: Choral Composition through Nine Decades with Kirke Mechem
The February 2024 issue of Choral Journal is online and features an article titled “A Summing Up: Choral Composition through Nine Decades” by Kirke Mechem. Following is a portion from the article. _________________ After a lifetime of writing for chorus, how can I sum it up in a way that will interest conductors and composers of a later […]