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MusicEase Software recently released the Climate Justice Hymnal. It contains 75 new hymns set to traditional SATB music. This hymnal is born from a world that is both breathtakingly beautiful and terribly wounded. It rises from forests turned to ash, from rivers that no longer reach the sea, from coral that has lost its color, […]

Enjoy all episodes for FREE at https://www.ChoralFoundation.org/toolbox In this special Episode 50 of The Choral Director’s Toolbox, we pause at year’s end to reflect on the ideas that resonated most deeply with our listeners in 2025.  This retrospective episode revisits three of Dr. William Baker‘s most beloved topic presentations: Damns of Distinction, The Pearly Gates Tavern, and Professionalism.  Together, these reflections offer […]

Through the past thousands of years, choir singing has become more and more widespread, more and more part of our everyday lives. We can only contemplate how it started – maybe with religious rituals? Or work songs? But nowadays, choir singing – and music making in general – compliments our lives in many ways. We […]

Choir Web DesignWe Craft Your Place Choral Management Series Why your choir isn’t getting enough donations (and exactly how to fix it) Christmas is when audiences are most willing to give. Yet, most choir websites treat donations as an afterthought. Here are the 7 critical mistakes holding your funding back, based on behavioral science. Methodology […]

Dear conductors and ChoralNet users, I composed this short but emotional piece as a reflection on the innocent children who are lost during wars fought by adults. It was inspired by the children who die every day from hunger, as well as those who suffer injustice and violence at the hands of adults in our […]

MusicEase Software recently released The Outcast Hymnal. It contains 114 new hymns set to traditional SATB music supporting LGBTQ+ communities and the voices of all who have been pushed to the margins: immigrants seeking safety, people of color dismissed or diminished, those whose bodies or abilities the world tries to ignore, those who look or […]

Hello, I’m a composer and autistic woman, and I wanted to share a new SATB piece, recently published, about my autistic experience. Commissioned for the Contemporary American Vocal Music Initiative by Dr. Jerron Jorgensen and the Choirs of Southern Oregon University. Conductors who’ve programmed it so far have described it as: “A deeply validating piece […]

I’ve been working on something very close to my heart, and I’m finally ready to share it more publicly. Requiem for a Lost Generation is my first large-scale musical composition. A choral requiem honoring those we lost during the AIDS crisis. As a singer, I’ve always been drawn to the communal power of great choral […]

MusicEase Software recently released The Outcast Hymnal. It contains 114 new hymns set to traditional SATB music supporting LGBTQ+ communities and the voices of all who have been pushed to the margins: immigrants seeking safety, people of color dismissed or diminished, those whose bodies or abilities the world tries to ignore, those who look or […]

Female singers of all voices invited to audition. Voci is a group of 24-30 women who sing interesting, challenging, and beautiful choral music from all style periods. Now auditioning for the coming 2026 season. We rehearse Wednesdays at Orinda Community Church. Contact for details. Learn more about the choir! See our website at vocisings.org […]