The September issue of Choral Journal is online and features an article titled “Michael Praetorius’ Nigra sum à 6: A Pedagogical Experiment” by Kristina Boerger. You can read it in its entirety at acda.org/choraljournal. Following is a portion from the introduction. ____________________ When the Augsburg Choir at Augsburg University in Minneapolis was first shut down in spring 2020, I […]
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IJRCS: Real Voices, Virtual Ensemble 2.0: Perceptions of Participation in Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choirs
The International Journal of Research in Choral Singing (IJRCS) is ACDA’s scholarly publication that welcomes studies that apply rigorous, systematically-grounded methodologies, either quantitative or qualitative, to investigate phenomena of potential interest to all who sing in, work with, or are otherwise interested in choral ensembles. Below is the abstract from this article written by Stephen Paparo titled […]
ChorTeach Preview: An Introductory Guide to Creating Virtual Choir Projects
ChorTeach is ACDA’s quarterly online publication, designed for those who work with singers of all levels. A full annotated ChorTeach index is available online at acda.org/chorteach. Over 160 articles are organized into seventeen categories. For submission information, to view the index, or to read the latest issue, visit acda.org/chorteach. Following is an excerpt from an article in the current Winter […]
No winter concert? Now what do you do instead?
Is your entire winter concert season cancelled? Mine is. Are you just counting down the days until break? Are you just killing time, rehearsal after rehearsal, hoping to survive with your sanity intact? Would you like some productive ideas that could energize your choral program? Whether you are holding in-person rehearsals, hybrid rehearsals, or fully remote, […]
Choral Journal Article Preview: Lessons from Summer Camp
The October issue of Choral Journal is online and includes an article titled “Lessons from Summer Camp” by Joy Hirokawa. You can read it in its entirety online at acda.org/choraljournal. Following is a portion of the article._____________________________ As our world reeled around us and the ground kept shifting over the summer, we struggled to come to grips with […]
Choral Journal Article Preview: The Virtual Choir as Collaboration
The latest issue of Choral Journal is online and features an article titled “The Virtual Choir as Collaboration” by Janet Galván and Matthew Clauhs. You can read it in its entirety online at acda.org/choraljournal. Following is a portion of this article’s introduction.