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I first wrote about IPANow! on September 30, 2010.  It is a remarkable Windows based program that transforms well known languages (Latin, Italian, German, French) into IPA (International Phonetic Alaphabet) symbols.  It works this way – input text from any of those languages (or copy and paste from an internet source – and then hit […]

The very active Composers Community on ChoralNet has developed a new feature: the Composer of the Month, profiling living composers of choral music, written by editor Jack Senzig. This month’s composer: Michael McGlynn. I’m not actually that interested in Irish music, to be honest. I know that lots of people love that element of my […]

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     As adjudicators, we have often been asked, “What do you expect from the students performing, the teachers directing, and thee festival workshop host or hostess?” The answer to all three is: attitude, expertise, and consistency. These are criteria we apply to ourselves.      First and foremost we project, and demand in return, a positive […]

No twentieth-century composer of choral music has experienced more copyright infringements than William L. Dawson. In the past three years more than 10 new publications have appeared on the market in which arrangers have either consciously or subconsciously “borrowed” compositional and textual ideas invented by Dawson. Melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic motives from Dawson’s arrangement of […]

Let Señor Puente hep you get movin’ on this Sturday!

All roads in the expanse of the northwest U.S. lead to Seattle for today’s start of the ACDA Northwestern Division Conference.  This event, the last of ACDA’s seven divisional conferences, runs though the 19th.   “There’s great coffee and great choral music, so grab your toothbrush and get here!” enthused ACDA Northwestern Division President, Solveig […]

The great lakes are no match for ACDA members in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio who are converging on Fort Wayne for the start of the ACDA Central Division Conference, running today through March 3.   “Run, drive, fly, or crawl your way to Fort Wayne,” said Central Division President, Tom Merrill.   Members can […]

The Choral Quiz Bowl – inaugurated at the 2010 Northwestern Division Conference – is back at the Northwestern Conference for 2012.  Teams of 4 students, each from a separate university, will show their knowledge in areas which included choral music, NW ACDA history, and general knowledge. (Who knew that most car horns in the United […]