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As a regular ChoralNet visitor, you know the wide range of resources, discussions and information crossing through the site on a regular basis. Many users don’t take advantage of the features that ChoralNet offers to keep this information in a useful, efficient and customized format. Just like any information system, without a way to get […]

After the long audition process you’ve gone through (well, long enough, anyway!), you have to make decisions as to who’s in your choir(s). Difficult choices will always be a part of this if you have an auditioned choir. What do you prioritize? How do you make these choices?   The comments here are for those […]

“Everything you have to do in business, or anything of importance, you learn in a choir.  Anybody that wants to be great should sing in a choir.”   It is one thing for those of us in the choral profession to advocate passionately for the art.  Naturally, a certain degree of earnestness and zeal are […]

MUSIC: ‘THE WOW FACTOR’ IN WORSHIP, by Thomas R. Vozzella   “The WOW Factor” is the current buzz term. From television shows, to books, to music, to service providers (Knology has become WOW!). WOW is in! Any way you can dish it up, people want a WOW experience. How does WOW factor in to church, […]

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.)   Snow Angels by Rick Bartlett […]

  The Choral Public Domain Library is an enormous resource for programming, research and teaching examples in the choral arts. Even pieces which have wide commercial distribution benefit from CPDL by offering multiple interpretations of text, different historical presentation types and a variety of settings and voicings. Finally, the ability to supplement your programs with […]

For many of us with advanced choirs, a group recall audition by section is an important part of the selection process. It's a possible next step after the individual auditions, which can serve several purposes: a chance to compare voices that you may have heard over several days (we just heard around 200 singers in […]