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CJ Replay: The Conductor’s Personality Type
(From the Choral Journal article, “The Psychologist and the Conductor: Solving Rehearsal Problems Using Awareness of Personality Types,” by Barbara Pollack and Harriet Simons) Why do some rehearsals energize conductors while others drain them? Some rehearsals cry out for a celebration afterward; others induce headaches, anger, insomnia, and the like. What can conductors […]
CJ Replay: Give The Pianist’s Fingers a Break
(From the Choral Journal article, “The Unaccompanied Choral Rehearsal,” by Jerry Ulrich.) Most choral directors agree that a fine accompanist is an integral part of many a successful choral rehearsal. A person with excellent keyboard skills who is also a sensitive accompanistis a rare and valued commodity. Just as a fine accompanist can […]
U.S. Senate Offers Choral Resolution
Cincinnati 2012 Resolution of the U.S. Senate July 2012 announced as World Choir Games month Two Ohioan U.S. senators, Rob Portman (Republicans) und Sherrod Brown (Democrats), expressed in a press release their happiness about the confirmation of a resolution that had been turned in November 2011. The resolution states the global importance of the […]