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Stick Time: Been in the Storm So Long
Here, to grease the wheels of your sonic machinery on this Monday is a performance of “I Been in the Storm So Long) (arr. Robert DeCormier) by The Spirit Chorale of Los Angeles from the 2001 ACDA National conference in San Antonio, Texas.
Saturday Respite: Wes Montgomery
Have a swingin’ Saturday . . .
Who Are You?
When you audition a singer, don’t you typically want to know something about their musical background? Of course you do; that information helps you to provide them with a better musical experience. So how about returning the favor? ChoralNet is here to help you, to provide you with information, ideas, and inspiration. It […]
Scholarly Abstractions: Teaching High School Males
Johnson, Jaclyn M. Females Teaching High School Male Singers: Overcoming Vocal Differences. Master of Music thesis. California State University, Long Beach., 2011 This project report explores the vocal differences and difficulties many female teachers encounter when teaching high school male singers. It discusses the results of a nationally distributed survey to female choir directors […]
ACDA Online – Choral Loans Information
David Topping informed me about the current status of acdaonline.org – it is your first place to go to for your choral loans! Bizarre, isn’t it? We made the move to acda.org over the summer of 2008. You can read about the short history of the acda.org sight right here. If you have […]
Family Guy Choir Video
I didn’t know a choir had made an appearance on Family Guy:
Scholarly Abstractions: Pre-Viennese Mozart
Windt, Nathan. A Conductor’s Guide to Selected Short, Pre-Viennese Liturgical and Sacred Choral Works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Doctor of Musical Arts dissertation, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, 2008. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–91) composed a significant number of liturgical choral works, including several shorter pieces that deserve recognition in the American choral […]
Two Words You Must Hear
(NOTE: It has recently been suggested that we re-post this column to remind all of us in the choral profession of the incredible value of our daily efforts.) With the new choral season upon us, you will soon settle into a regular schedule of teaching and rehearsing, pouring yourself into the wonderful process […]
Starting Tomorrow: “Scholarly Abstractions”
Starting tomorrow (Saturday, August 11), the Choral Blog portion of ChoralNet will feature “Scholarly Abstractions.” This column, the first in an on-going series, will highlight brief abstracts from recent graduate projects in choral music. Scheduled in the coming weeks are abstracts on choral score study, influential conductors, and composers ranging from Bach to Bingham, […]
Scholarly Abstractions: Haydn’s “The Creation”
Moody, Philip. A New English Libretto for Haydn’s The Creation. Doctor of Musical Arts dissertation, University of Arizona, 2012. This document was created to provide a new English translation to Franz Joseph Haydn’s (1732-1809) oratorio The Creation that both respects Hadyn’s original musical content and employs contemporary English language and idioms. In preparing […]