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ChoralNet user Josh Bronfman found this policy about conflicts between musical performances and athletic events.   See what you think: Procedure for Handling Possible Scheduling Conflicts Where conflicts seem to be unavoidable, the following regulations will prevail. Every attempt shall be made so that the student need not be asked to make a choice, nor […]

A taste of the Kansas City Chorale, scheduled to perform at the ACDA North Central Division Conference.  You can register online today.

The pre-conference Immersion Day on Wednesday, February 8, will focus on the sequential teaching of musical literacy. Clinicians John Armstrong and Kristin Zaryski will emphasize the development of tone and expressivity using singers from Dallas Center-Grimes (IA) High School. Participants will be signing, singing, and moving through the day as they are introduced to the […]

All Things Considered's David Was encourages his listeners to try choral music: The next 40-some weeks are going to be a screaming tower of political babble; a cacophony of accusing and boasting, pandering and slandering. I watch the news these days with the mute button permanently depressed, lest I fall into a permanent depression myself. […]

“It is indeed a challenge to try to satisfy everyone’s professional interests.   Like many of you, I belong to MENC, ACDA, and now, NCCo. Some of you also belong to the National Association of Teachers of Singing. Each organization is unique; each provides something of great value to us as choral musicians. What concerns […]

“There is no short cut to success in  music. We find budding musicians who are graceful stick-waggers, but unless they possess the ability to hear an inner part, unless they can read a score, unless they cail visualize sounds, and unless, above all, they have the power of holding their players and singers, of molding […]

We take our art with such seriousness all week.  Let’s laugh a little . . .

Want a weekend getaway with a purpose?  Cash in those frequent flyer miles and jet to Denver tomorrow for ACDA’s  Conductor’s Retreat for directors of youth and children’s choirs.  This special event, called “Peak Your Vision,” will take place this weekend – January 14 & 15, 2012 at the Sheraton Denver Downtown. “We are eager […]

If you buy something via PayPal, and dispute the authenticity of the item you purchased, their terms of service might require you to destroy the item in question. This makes sense if we're talking about a pirated DVD, but in other cases… I sold an old French violin to a buyer in Canada, and the […]