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       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 […]

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.   […]

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.

Have a swingin’ Saturday . . .  

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

I didn’t know a choir had made an appearance on Family Guy: