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Blogging returns this week on ChoralNet.  First up is Timothy Sharp, the Executive Director of the American Choral Directors Association.     This week I return to blogging regularly on ChoralNet, and will be working through my thoughts related to innovation, particularly as the topic relates to our choral mission with the American Choral Directors […]

  Announcing the winners of the Showcase Dare August 2015.  I would like to thank all composers who participated and the conductors and composers who helped vote for the pieces started for the dare.  All pieces are available to view here: https://choralnet.org/view/472261   Overall winners received a score of at least 4.0 in Spark and had […]

                                          “Don’t be the dance band on the Titanic.” Harry Chapin   At the beginning of the summer, I attended the national conference of Americans for the Arts, an arts advocacy organization based in Washington D.C. I was sent by a new local arts organization I work with, a consortium of arts organizations and businesses […]

   COMPOSITION SPOTLIGHT ~ by Jack Senzig   (Each week we look at one or two of the best choral works posted in the Composition Showcase here on   ChoralNet.  This is where we store a treasure trove of works that your choirs will love to sing and your audiences   will love to hear.)     Power of […]

  Beginning As We Mean to Go On “The world is so full of a number of things, I ’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.” Robert Louis Stevenson   I am excited this Fall to be writing regularly for the ChoralBlog. I’ve thought quite a bit about what to call my […]

  Choir directors on ChoralNet, there are 19 new pieces written for you and awaiting a premiere by your choir.   The ink isn’t dry yet so many can be adapted to your specific needs.  Consider dedicating the premiere to ChoralNet founder Jim Feiszli, for whom the works were created.   While you are reading through each […]

  This is it, the last article in our series to honor our founder Jim Feiszli and the last day of the Showcase Dare.  Over 30 composers signed up to participate in honoring Jim by composing new works based on guiding elements of his life.  The deadline for submitting their first draft compositions is 11:59 […]

                      Join the Celebration for Our Founder!   The Composers of Choral Music Community and Our Musical Life Inc. ask you to join us in honoring the founder of ChoralNet.  The Showcase Dare is fully underway, bringing ChoralNet users, composers, conductors and lyricists together in […]

      Join the Celebration for Our Founder!   ChoralNet users, grab your tablet, laptop or phone and head for a shady spot.  There is a story that needs telling.  A hero gave us 20 years of his life so that we could find help when we need it, repertoire that matters and a […]

Join the Celebration for Our Founder!   Dr. James D. Feiszli was central to ChoralNet’s creation, development, and management from conception in 1993 until his departure in 2012.  We invite the entire ChoralNet community to become involved in a special project to honor the man most responsible for this valuable resource.  Over the next several […]