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Re: I feel lost.
Each day all students are given 10 points for being on time, in their chair with their music folde,r at the beginning bell. If they cooperate and do all that is asked of them they keep the 10 points. The following list will deduct points from the 10. Tardy – 3 points, gum – 3 points, no […]
Simon Estes shares his story with HS Choir
By Dean Close · 11:46am October 29th, 2010 VINTON, IA — Simon Estes did not grow up dreaming of being one of the most renowned opera singers in the entire world. He never even heard opera music until he went to college. Estes, who will perform a concert Saturday evening at the Vinton-Shellsburg High School […]
Classroom Management in Choral Settings
Many teachers struggle with classroom management and often cite difficulties in this area as a primary reason for leaving the profession. I am intrigued by this topic and would love to learn more about the classroom management practices and problems that are specific to choral teachers. Here are a few open-ended questions to get the […]
role of conventions
I agree with a lot of what Dehning says in his letter to the editor. I also have a lot of respect for him and I admire his book Choral Confidential, which is so refreshingly open-minded and direct. I have often felt a certain dismay in reading our publications, and comparing them to, say, Robert […]
Young Composers Competition for Women’s Voices
The Milwaukee Choral Artists, one of five professional women’s vocal ensembles in the United States, invites entries for its second Young Composer Composition Competition. Scores are due January 15, 2011. For information, visit www.milwaukeechoralartists.org.
New rehearsal software
Hi All. I have developed a Windows-based software application that will enable singers to practice more effectively between rehearsals. It is now ready for testing, and I am currently looking for choir directors to test it with their choirs. Testers will receive free copies of the software when it is released. Please contact me if […]
New choral music for equal and mixed voices
On www.wozimusic.com there are lots of choral pieces of Josef Wolfgang Ziegler and Wolfgang Ziegler. All sample scores can be downloaded completely for free. There are secular, sacred and folk music pieces. There are MIDI files or recordings available. Some of the scores are published in Germany and Japan, but most of them by wozimusic.com. […]
Requiem for the Queen who sponsored the discovery of America Now available in pdf downloadable from your computer
Fidelio Musica edicion has recently published the world’s first edition of Mass Pro defunctis by the Portuguese composer Pedro de Escobar also known as Pedro do Porto. Escobar’s requiem is the first iberian Requiem and one of the first in Europe to follow the example of Johannes Ockeghem’s Requiem. According to the musicologists Tess […]
I feel lost.
I am a middle and high school choral director for a small town in northern Oklahoma. I am in my 3rd year of teaching and have experienced a good amount of success as the head of this program in the past two years. I am now beginning to encounter something I didn’t quite expect.. Last […]
School choir ready for Cincinnati Pops
By Janelle Gelfand CINCINNATI — It’s Monday morning, and 55 members of the Winton Woods High School Varsity Ensemble are rocking and finger-snapping a little too boisterously through “Ghostbusters.” “This is not about you having a party. This is about you performing for them,” says director David Bell, pointing to their invisible audience. Winton Woods […]