Latest Blog Posts

FOUR MAIN REASONS WHY BARBERSHOP SINGING SOUNDS UNIQUE, by Jon Nicholas   Reason #1: The Melody Is In The Middle.  With many vocal music genres, the melody is sung in the highest part. In barbershop, the melody usually floats around between the tenor and bass and the baritone avoids it.  Barbershop is not the only […]

The good folks in ACDA’s Eastern Division lead off the 2014 conference season this week with their gathering in Baltimore.  All told, the seven divisional conferences that take place in the next few weeks will provide well over ten thousand choral musicians with unparalleled opportunities for performance, study, growth, and fellowship.   It may seem […]

(fredcavazza.net via Flickr) Do you use social media outlets to advertise your events? You may even have an instagram to promote your business. This can be especially effective when you have used an instagram bot to help raise the number of instagram followers that you have. It’s a simple goal to advertise our concerts and […]

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.)   Ave Maria by Ryan Stennes for SSA a cappella […]

Take this magical musical education journey with Maestro Leonard Bernstein as he breaks down the history of harmonic development into a five-minute discussion.  Brilliant.