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At times, I pray that it does!  Read what Chris Rowbury has to say: Very often, in the session the week before, or even sometimes in the rehearsal on the day of the concert, it appears that everyone in the choir has forgotten what songs they know, which parts they sing, and what they’re supposed […]

Spotted in a little surfing around – ACDA is both a professional event and a refreshing time away from the usual responsibilties:   Going to conventions are always refreshing for me. I learn, I hear, I get ideas-it’s great. I just came back from the ACDA Western Division Conference and had a blast! — There were […]

I did not know him, but you cannot help but be impressed by this tribute, found on Hymnography Unbound.  

I’m preparing a concert of all misattributed works for my next program, and it’s been lots of fun. There are so many pieces to choose from! The BWV is full of bogus Bach works, and unscrupulous publishers in the 18th and 19th centuries claimed that all kinds of stuff was by Mozart, Pergolesi, etc., so […]

Composer Michael Kaulkin remembers Joseph Castaldo and points to some exciting things happening with the Choral Arts Society in Philadelphia: This month the Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia, my choral alma mater, will present a concert that epitomizes the kind of music making that went on in Philadelphia when I was a student there in […]

UPDATED:  Check out Paul Carey’s blog   Three posts so far about Tucson: Day two thoughts, University Choirs, Thursday night choirs   and   Cincinnati’s ACDA   He’s doing a great job of keeping us informed!

Composers often complain that choirs don’t perform enough new works. Here’s a choir dedicated to only doing new works by Connecticut composers. Composers pay a fee for a fixed amount of rehearsal time with paid singers. They make a recording and a public performance.   Maybe it’s not the wave of the future, but it’s […]

Not just for special effects.    

Some exciting plans are underway for ChoralNet and ACDA.    Three of us met in Cincinnati at the Central Division conference this past weekend:   Jim Feiszli, the founder of ChoralNet Tim Sharp, ACDA executive director me, the occasional blogger aka user 32   We brainstomed ideas for the future for ChoralNet and ACDA – what […]