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Conductor Micheal Trotta tried something new to learn about his students–he interviewed them all.  Instead of spending a semester or more to learn everyone’s name, Trotta decided to interview every student. The process took a couple of weeks but his efforts paid off. “It’s impossible to get to know students in a large group that […]

Quote of the day: You’re singing like I feel. And I’m on codeine. —my church choir director on Thursday

We are working daily on the "ACDA App" that I will reveal at ACDA's seven Division Conferences in February and March, 2012. I hope to see many of you there, but in the meantime, I would love to hear your thoughts on what the App should contain that will be of most use to you, […]

Boy, we’d better review ChoralNet’s terms of use page. The Justice Department wants to make violating a site’s Terms of Use a criminal offense.   I bet most of you haven’t read them in a long time, if at all.

This is too good to pass up.  See the full story here, a few of my favorite excerpts below:   Morning: Eric gets lost on the way to his studio because all of his hallways keep splitting into more and more separate hallways.   Afternoon: Eric and Hila have lunch together on a giant lilypad […]

Conductor Tom Lloyd recently used Skype to communicate directly with the composer about a work he was performing – a practice that is certainly to become more widespread as composers and conductors become more conversant with technology:   The Bi-Co Chamber Singers have traveled all over the world—from Turkey and Poland to Ghana and Costa […]

See if this video can help you sing in seven different languages:    

…in Ireland: PRESIDENT MICHAEL D Higgins on the second full day of his term in office made his first official visit to Northern Ireland last night, attending the Co-operation Ireland all-Island School Choir Competition in Derry City. Mr Higgins was special guest at the final of the competition in the Millennium Forum in Derry, which […]