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  IF NOT US, THEN WHO? by Elizabeth Waterbury          Recently I found myself selecting literature for a proposed appearance at a regional conference.  Like many of us, I have a Chamber Choir group who on a good day sings well enough to consider such a proposal.   I thought carefully about what we might […]

Once this week’s Thanksgiving holiday is past, those who conduct choirs in schools go just a little bit crazy with the onslaught of December concerts.  Whether the performances be in a concert hall, a banquet room, the local shopping mall, or at the city tree lighting, the sounds of choirs will be everywhere.   Those […]

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.)   Ya La Lay by […]

We are often trapped in “silos” with our ensembles– rehearsing and performing as one unit amongst ourselves, but not easily capable of sharing rehearsal and performance laterally with other ensembles. Internet-based videoconferencing is one way that we can break out of this mold and share our rehearsal and performance process with others in the choral […]

Someone seems to be in a wee bit of a funk as he sits down to Thanksgiving dinner. Perhaps it’s because he’s dining alone?  

(From the Choral Journal article, “Proposition 13 and You,” by Lou Everett.  Though published 35 years ago this month, this sounds eerily contemporary.)          The trend of budget cuts and reductions of music programs has us concerned.  While the specific problems and causes are varied, the situation has recently become more serious and widespread. […]