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Bach Cantata #4 and More
This week on Going Beyond Words and ACDA ChoralNet Radio, Host Stan Schmidt introduces us to a new voice and a new choir to Western audiences. Estonian Pärt Uusberg (b. 1986) is a well-known film actor, as well as a composer. In 2017, the Collegium Musicale carried the coveted Silver Rose Bowl of the EBU […]
June/July Choral Journal Preview
The newest issue of Choral Journal is available online. No foolin’! Following is a list of the articles you will find in this issue. ACDA members can log in with their username and password to view and download the newest edition. You can also read our electronic version. Below is a preview of the articles you will find […]
Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Don’t Shoot the Piano Player
“It’s easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself.” J.S. Bach Lady C*contacted me a few years ago as I began to collect stories for my Choral Ethics project. She conducts a semi-professional chamber choir, much like […]
Welcome to Spring and some Love Songs
After all the music of the Lenten Season and the Celebrations of Passover and Easter Host Stan Schmidt reaches into his bag of CD’s delivers and an hour of songs that Welcome the Spring with several Love Songs. The Artists on this program include the Choral Scholars of the University College of Dublin, The Helsinki […]
A Conductor’s Greatest Untapped Resource
ChorTeach is ACDA’s quarterly publication for choral conductors and teachers at all levels. It is published online, and each issue contains four practical articles. If you are not already a member of ACDA, you can join and receive access to ChorTeach online. Below is an excerpt from an article written by William Hienz an appearing in the Winter 2019 […]
One from the Folder: Repertoire Thoughts for Women’s/Treble Choirs
#48: Friday, April 26, 2019
“Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Group II” by Gustav Holst
Text by Holst, from Sanskrit sources
Movement 1
SSA w div, piano or orchestra
(Part 1 of 3)
Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Scorched Earth
“Let’s not be narrow, nasty, and negative.” T. S. Eliot I have a group of choral colleagues I regularly contact for their Choral Ethics opinions and help with the Choral Ethics Project. I admire these folks and think they are fine examples of what it means to be an Ethical Choral Professional because I’ve worked […]
Et Resurrexit (Easter Sunday)
This week on Going Beyond Words and ACDA Radio/ChoralNet, host Stan Schmidt goes back one more time into his archives for a program that was aired on Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012. This broadcast opens and concludes with music from Handel’s oratorio “Messiah,” with the score proclaiming that “He Has Risen.” For this, you will […]
Spring 2019 ChorTeach Preview
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. Volume 11, issue 3 contains the following five articles: • Stronger […]
Choral Potpourri: Busy Times
“He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through a labyrinth of the most busy life.” Victor Hugo I am sure you are busy. In fact, I know you are busy this week. This week, Holy Week, is the distillation of all […]