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Here is a selection from the 2012 ACDA Southern Division Conference.  Listen today to the unification of vowels.  What decisions did our colleague make regarding the exact shape of the choir’s vowels?

We tend to look at the top people in any given profession and marvel at their skill while conveniently forgetting that they probably began learning their particular craft at a very young age.  The winning NASCAR driver messed up a lot of tires learning to parallel park. The astronaut was once a student pilot struggling […]

Here is a small taste of the performance of the Verdi Requiem from the 2012 ACDA Eastern Division Conference.  Amazing, isn’t it, what students are capable of doing?

What, you expected something serious on a Saturday? Fugetaboutit!

(From the Choral Journal article Preparation of the College Vocal Student, by Helen Hosmer.)   My topic is The Preparation of the College Vocal Student. Following are the blueprint requests to be covered. I list them all to show how expansive our topic is and what an involvement is present. And it is really essential […]

Ahhh . . . what a great way to spend a Saturday!  Put the top down, put on your Wayfarer shades, and go for a cruise!

When attempting to perform world music, one must take caution in the form of the presentation.  Many a conductor has tried to present not just the music but the performance flavor of indigenous folk music only to end up treating the art as a caricature.  Here, a taste of Bulgarian singing, specifically Bistritsa Babi Archaic […]

Among the countless joys of choral singing is the element of community that it provides.  Working alongside fellow singers toward a common goal of beauty is a wonderful demonstration of our humanity.  Though I admire the cleverness and creativity of productions such as this (and he's not a bad singer at all), I do hope […]