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Learning Outcomes and Our Ability to Pivot It seems like every month there is a new term or phrase that surfaces as we journey through the COVID-19 educational landscape – Hybrid Learning, the Digital Choral Classroom, Synchronous and Asynchronous Instruction.  Now here in Central New York, we have another new phrase going around called “the […]

This article is a companion to my article  Wholehearted Attention. It’s generally accepted that one of the goals of education – beyond the attainment of specific content objectives – is to instill in the child a love for learning.  It has been my experience however, that a love for learning is part of a child’s […]

November Choral Journal Feature Articles
–A Pedagogy for Living: Applying Restorative, Anti-Racist Pedagogy in the Choral Classroom
–Unaccompanied Non-Idiomatic Choral Music of Black Composers
–Black in the Baroque: Racism in the Spanish Villancico de negros
–Choral Reviews

#64: Friday, October 2, 2020 Missa Brevis by Adolphus HailstorkSSAA, a cappella This four-movement Missa Brevis by Adolphus Hailstork is a gem for unaccompanied treble or women’s choir, with unexpected strengths both for teaching music literacy and for performance. I learned about this piece, along with additional works by Hailstork and others, from Dr. Marques […]

“To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea.” Henry David Thoreau Throughout the month of October, I’d like to revisit some of the staple issues of Choral Ethics. I’ve written a BUNCH about each of these subjects during the […]

By Rebecca Lord Although we are unable to sing together freely during this perilous time, opportunities to collaborate virtually around the world are skyrocketing! The world is literally at our fingertips and there are extraordinary experiences to be had making new connections and building bridges across continents and cultures, as well as finding new treasures […]

By Ramona M. Wis Planting trees early in spring,  we make a place for birds to sing in time to come.  How do we know? They are singing here now. There is no other guarantee that singing will ever be. ~ Wendell Berry I recently came upon these words of Wendell Berry’s poem, “For the Future,” […]

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 […]

This Choralosophy Podcast special has been recut and reimagined by Michael himself to include the most salient portions of our free wheeling conversation on many choral topics including the role of the conductor, the reimagining of the performing arts during our hiatus, and the secrets of the Anuna brand of small ensemble singing, and much […]

“My sorrow, when she’s here with me, thinks these dark days of autumn rain are beautiful as days can be; she loves the bare, the withered tree; she walks the sodden pasture lane.” Robert Frost During the month of September, Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics has been reviewing what Choral Ethics is and its relevance to our […]