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  COMPOSITION SPOTLIGHT ~ by Jack Senzig   (The Composition Showcase is a unique resource for conductors.   Choral composers are allowed to share only a few of their best works.  Each week we offer you the best of the best on a silver platter.   The Silver Platter Award winners are works that your choirs will love to […]

       “It’s amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” Harry S. Truman   Four years ago, Jay’s* partner was accepted to medical school in a university town with a great music school and many fine community music organizations. Jay was very happy. He got a job as the […]

       “The buck stops here!” Harry S Truman   When we first dream of becoming a choral director, we think of the music. We work hard to become good musicians; we practice, learn repertoire and practice some more. And we imagine our life will be all great masterpieces and singing and working with great people […]

       “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 […]

“The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep.” Robert Frost   As we begin the New Year, we begin another Choral Ethics series. I do not know how many will be in this particular series because there seems to be an abundance of […]

COMPOSITION SPOTLIGHT ~ by Jack Senzig               (The Composition Showcase is a unique resource for conductors.   Choral composers are allowed to share only a few of their best works.  Each week we offer you the best of the best on a silver platter.   The Silver Platter Award winners are works that […]

Greetings Friends!   In this second installment of the ICEP Spotlight on ChoralNet, it is my pleasure to introduce 2016 ICEP Exchange Conducting Fellows Dr. Jason Bishop from the United States and Sun Young Yun from South Korea. Please help me in congratulating both Dr. Bishop and Ms. Yun in their selection for the 2016 ICEP exchange. […]

Greetings and Happy New Year!   The 2016 ACDA Division Conferences are quickly approaching and it is my pleasure to introduce the ICEP Conducting Fellows from the United States and South Korea as part of a special 7-part series for the ICEP Spotlight on ChoralNet. In this first phase of the 2016 exchange, ACDA will host an ICEP Conducting Fellow from South […]

Dear Friends, As we ring in the New Year of 2016 let us take a moment to thank the Scottish Poet Robert Burns (1759-1796) for the lyrics to the traditional tune sung around the world to mark our annual celebrations. Auld Lang Syne is believed to be a compilation of words from James Watson’s  1711 […]

Waking up on the first day of a New Year always presents a great opportunity and challenge. I love the thought on January 1 (or Jan 4) of being able to say, “I have worked out every day this year, “ or, “I have eaten right every day this year”, or, “I have made great […]