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Julie Parsons, a leader in technology for choral musicians, directed me to SingersBabel the other day.   It looks like a superb resource for choral musicians – if you know something about the International Phonetic Alphabet!   Here is a little of what they say about themselves:   You’ll find learning tools and information for […]

In this space last week I introduced some of the educational opportunities that will come along with the World Choir Games this July in Cincinnati. This week I want to direct attention specifically to the ACDA International Choral Academy, July 8-9. Among the thrilling performance and workshop offerings at the World Choir Games this summer […]

I’ve always been a little mystified by the “flash mob” concept. They always pretend they were huge surprises in whatever venues they perform in (in fact there’s a pretense of spontaneity), but at least for the best-known ones, there must have been pretty substantial video setups in advance, which you’d think would tip everybody off […]

Everybody needs an a-cappella warning sign, right?     Could be a great eye-catcher for drive-by traffic at a concert. Available for $20 here. h/t a cappella news

I presume this was from an email he received in response to an earlier blog post: 8.       My disappointment on your opinion on Rutter I have a bone to pick with you. After practicing the glockenspiel part for the Rutter Requiem so much and then committing the part to memory so I could play, phrase and […]

(From the interest session, “Process to Product: Demystifying Score Study,” by David Rayl.  Presented during the 2012 North Central Division Conference)          Score study need not be daunting or excessively time consuming or drudgework. Each of us has the skills and the imagination to do it. We have the time to do this. And […]

As is so often the case, we tend to look at a long holiday weekend in the summer months and think, "Barbeque" without a thought for the reason we have a day off.  Pause to remember the sacrifice of the fallen.

Now, I’m gonna go make a sandwich . . .

Why, SOITENLY it’s Saturday!