The December 2016 issue of Choral Journal ifeatures an article titled “Choral Singers ‘In the Zone’: Toward Flow through Score Study and Analysis” by Christopher Walters. You can read it in its entirety at acda.org/choraljournal. Search the December 2016 archives menu in the sidebar. Following is a portion from the article. _________________ The bell rings abruptly during your […]
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CJ Replay – Choral Conversation with James Benjamin Kinchen, Jr.
Choral Journal’s ongoing column called “Choral Conversations” features interviews with noted choral conductors and composers. An interview with James Benjamin Kinchen Jr. is featured in the December 2020 issue. You can read the interview in its entirety online at acda.org/publications/choral-journal. Click “Search Archives” and choose December 2020 from the dropdown menu. _____________________________ What principles and core […]
CJ Replay: Building a Foundation: Interviews with International Exchange Program Conducting Fellows
The May 2021 issue of Choral Journal is online and is a focus on international activities. This issue features an article titled “Building a Foundation: Interviews with International Exchange Program Conducting Fellows” by T. J. Harper with Jeffery Ames, Jihoon Park, Sara Durkin, Rodrigo Faguaga, Julie Yu, and Ken Wakia. You can read it in its […]
CJ Replay: A Consideration of Marc Blitzstein’s Choral Opera, The Condemned (1932)
The June/July issue of Choral Journal is online and features an article titled “The Capitalistic Machine Against a Radical Individual” by Richard Robbins. You can read it in its entirety at acda.org/choraljournal. Following is a portion from the introduction. _______________________ American composer Marc Blitzstein (1905–1964) spent much of 1932 planning and composing The Condemned, an ambitious “choral opera” for four […]
CJ Replay: Performing Religious Music of the African American Experience
The June/July issue of Choral Journal is online and features an article titled “Performing Religious Music of the African American Experience” by M. Roger Holland II. You can read it in its entirety online at acda.org/choraljournal. Following is a portion from the introduction. _______________________ The fervor of sensitivity and attention to issues of justice and equity concerning the […]
CJ Reply: Critical Pedagogy and the Choir
The February issue of Choral Journal is online and features an article titled “Critical Pedagogy and the Choir” by Simon Hill. You can read it in its entirety online at acda.org/choraljournal. Following is a portion from the introduction. ___________________ What is critical pedagogy? Since the release of Paulo Freire’s seminal work Pedagogy of the Oppressed, a singular definition […]