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Train
A classic from the King’s Singers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChgvPTVpbzs
Deploration
There’s a memorial service today in my town for a local family of four who were killed in a car crash last week. http://youtu.be/XrYCyopfo9Y
Local Vocal
90s dance a cappella medley: http://youtu.be/CMNDdnYOjWw
Choral Caffeine: A Classroom Technology Project
What would have happened if choral musicians of the mid-15thcentury had told Guttenberg that they didn’t want anything to do with his new-fangled movable-type printing press? Would we have the New World Symphony if Dvorak had been afraid to take a ship to the U.S. in 1892? Imagine if no one thought that […]
Philip Lawson plans post-King’s Singer life
Philip Lawson of the King’s Singers has announced his retirement from the group this coming January: I have made the decision after 18 years of touring and recording with The King’s Singers, to move on, and begin the next phase of my career. It won’t come as a surprise to those who are familiar […]
Vic the Vicar is depressed
Vic the Vicar is depressed about the demise of choral music in his country. Read a few of his thoughts here: The thrill of singing with others and making a sound that echoes the concord of God and touches something deep inside of us is something that we are fast losing. My girls (have […]
A Choral Conductor’s Summer Vacation
Vacation . . . For some people that term conjures dreams of lying on a seaside beach amid flowing palm trees. For others it’s fly fishing in an icy mountain stream. For ACDA Executive Director Tim Sharp, his 2011 summer “vacation” cast him in the role of Principal Guest Conductor at the Festival […]
Choral Music on Twitter now broken
I would call this a version of “Spam.” My permanent search of “choral music” on twitter now seems to be broken. Nearly 50% of the mentions of it lead to amazon.com links. Sigh.
Want to Perform Chant? No problem.
Does performing chant intimidate you? We all learned about how to "read" chant notation in Music History class but few of us can pick up a Liber Usualis and perform chant with any confidence. I found these videos yesterday – and I think they help us get over our inhibitions to performing this […]
A Must See: Music Painting
Celebrating creativity wherever we find it: <p><a data-cke-saved-href=”http://vimeo.com/17951191″ href=”http://vimeo.com/17951191″>MUSIC PAINTING – Glocal Sound – Matteo Negrin</a> from <a data-cke-saved-href=”http://vimeo.com/user5512945″ href=”http://vimeo.com/user5512945″>Smile Lab</a> on <a data-cke-saved-href=”http://vimeo.com” href=”http://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a>.</p>