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Stick Time: Just One Way to Attract More Guys
Most of us in the choral profession are on a near-constant hunt for more male singers. That is not to say that the females in our choirs are not valued; it’s just that, well, guys are somewhat scarce by comparison. It is a challenge for choirs representing all ages; from boys to adult singers. […]
GUEST BLOG: “Want a Year of ACDA Membership for Free?” by Sundra Flansburg
WANT A YEAR OF ACDA MEMBERSHIP FREE? by Sundra Flansburg Since joining ACDA’s national headquarters staff in September, I have frankly been amazed with the active, vibrant community that is ChoralNet. My hat is off to you for making this space what it is. If you are one of the thousands of ChoralNet […]
Seeing the Notes– The Piano Roll
(Musicradar.com) One of the great benefits of multimedia technology is the myriad ways that we can “visualize” sound. When you are comfortable reading music, you understand that the written score is a pretty advanced way of visualizing sound, but we don’t always have the luxury of singers who are uniformly competent in reading […]
Composition Spotlight: Agnus Dei De Profundis
COMPOSITION SPOTLIGHT ~ by Jack Senzig (Each week we look at a piece of useful repertoire from the ChoralNet Community Composition Showcase. A variety of voicings and levels of difficulty will be presented. Enjoy!) Agnus Dei De Profundis by Mårten Jansson SSAA with Organ and Strings (click for PDF and Audio) Level: College or higher Uses: Lenten Service or Concert, Masterworks Concert Program […]
CJ Replay: A Cappella Myth
(An excerpt from the Choral Journal article The A Cappella Myth! By J. Bunker Clark) ‘In a chapel style’ is the literal meaning of the term a cappella. Today, however, it is used as a synonym for "unaccompanied." We hear about an a cappella performance of a Palestrina motet,. although it is the […]
CJ Replay: Dear Choir
(An excerpt from the Choral Journal column President’s Open Letter to the Membership, by Russell Mathis) Have you ever thought about writing a “Dear Choir” letter? Such a letter might read something like this: Dear Choir: I confess that I have not always come to rehearsal fully prepared, but you worked hard and […]
CJ Replay: Church Music
(An excerpt from the Choral Journal article Thoughts on Music in the Church, by Alec Wynton) “We don't think about Bach as being a church musician; he wasn't, he was a great musician who happened for a part of his career to be working for the church. We don't think about Byrd as […]
CJ Replay: Renaissance Choral Music
(An excerpt from the Choral Journal article Relations of Sound and Structure in Elizabethan Choral Music by Jean Berger.) “The writer attended a recent performance by a very fine choral organization whose program included the “Ave Verum Corpus” by William Byrd. This is a much performed composition, available in several commercial editions, and […]