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Atlanta Symphony Discriminates Against the Wrong Skin Color
Fascinating news from the Old South – from the Marietta Daily Journal: Who knew that the most important qualification for performing onstage with The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra was not one’s musical expertise, but the color of one’s skin? Who knew that the defining characteristic of its performances was not the sound it produces, but […]
ChoralTech: (Pain-) Free Audition Scheduling with Doodle
At the beginning of the season, it can seem like there’s a never-ending pile of things to organize and schedule in order to get our groups off the ground. Thankfully, we can take audition scheduling off the list using a free online scheduling tool called Doodle. Designed to allow groups of people to remotely agree on a […]
Scholarly Abstractions: Using Dalcroze
Daley, Caron. Moved to Learn: Dalcroze Applications to Choral Pedagogy and Practice. Doctor of Musical Arts dissertation (in progress). University of Toronto. Over a century ago, Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865-1950) began experimenting with a pedagogy that would give students access to their personal musical voice and a system of technique to express that voice […]
A Primary Proposal
In the new issue of the Choral Journal (September 2012), "Children’s Choir" column editor Ann Small offers this worthwhile challenge . . . I am asking every director of elementary age children – community, school, or worship choirs – to write three or four “brainstorm blog-like sentences to go in the Children’s […]
Stick Time: Nunc Dimitis
The performances at an ACDA Conference are always wonderful, but our poor ears can only absorb just so much choral music in that short amount of time. Luckily, we can help you by both spreading out the sounds over a large block of time and transporting you to Conferences you just might have missed. […]
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 […]