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Reflections on Conductors, Composers, and Commissions

April 24, 2023 by Amanda Bumgarner Leave a Comment

The March/April 2023 issue of Choral Journal is online and features an article titled “Reflections on Conductors, Composers, and Commissions” by Andrew Crane. Following is a portion from the article. _________________ Over the course of the past two decades as a full-time director of choral activities (three at the high school level and eighteen at the university level), I’ve […]

Filed Under: Choral Journal Tagged With: Choral Conducting, Choral Journal, commission, composition

Words and Music: A Conversation with Poets and Composers

April 17, 2023 by Amanda Bumgarner Leave a Comment

The March/April 2023 issue of Choral Journal is online and features an article titled “Words and Music: A Conversation with Poets and Composers” by Robert Bode. Following is a portion from the article. _________________ Many of us wonder about the process of bringing a new piece of choral music into the world. Where do composers get their inspiration? How […]

Filed Under: Choral Journal Tagged With: Choral Journal, composition

The Business of Composing Part 1: Commissions & Publishing

March 20, 2023 by Amanda Bumgarner Leave a Comment

The March/April 2023 issue of Choral Journal is online and features an article titled “The Business of Composing Part 1: Commissions & Publishing” by Jake Runestad with Dan Forrest. Following is a portion from the article. _________________ One of the great traditions of the choral community is supporting and performing new music by living composers. The development of […]

Filed Under: Choral Journal Tagged With: ACDA Membership Benefits, ACDA Publications, Choral Journal, commission, composition

Music is My Culture with Trevor Weston

February 4, 2022 by Chris Munce Leave a Comment

You need to create music that reflects you. Start with who you are. I tend to tell students not to filter out aspects of their lives from their music. If you start with who you are, then you are the only one who can come up with the best solutions. Trevor Weston Trevor Weston is […]

Filed Under: Choralosophy Tagged With: ACDA, Black History Month, choir, composition, culture

Writing Music People LIKE to Sing with Alan Bullard

January 21, 2022 by Chris Munce Leave a Comment

For this Oxford Press conversation, I was able to speak to composer Alan Bullard about his life, career and approach to choral music. We talked about what it was like to study with Herbert Howells, the need for music for flexible voicings, the contrasting economy of sheet music sales in the US and UK, as […]

Filed Under: Others Tagged With: choir, Choral, composers, composition, oxford

Stories of Newness: Healing and Reimagining with Mari Ésabel Valverde

July 28, 2021 by Shannon Marie Gravelle Leave a Comment

Mari Ésabel Valverde, composer, educator, and overall incredible human being, said that after COVID halted her projects, 2020 became a year in which she was scrambling to find her way. Mari had always kept a small teaching load as a source of income, but they weren’t able to adapt. The commission she was working on […]

Filed Under: Others Tagged With: Choral Music, composition, COVID-19, Equity

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