“Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.” Robert Burns I can’t stand whiners. Maybe it’s because I am the oldest of six, the mother of three and the aunt of 12 (that doesn’t include the 4 great-nieces […]
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Massed Concert – Mohawk Hudson Male Chorus Assoc. April 14 7:30PM
Join Mendelssohn Club of Albany as it hosts the 58th Massed Concert of the Mohawk Hudson Male Chorus Association with member choruses Mendelssohn Club of Kingston, Catskill Glee Club and Yankee Male Chorus Saturday, April 14, 2018, 7:30 pm Doane Stuart School 199 Washington Avenue Rensselaer, NY 12144 General Information: * Rehearsal for Massed Chorus […]
ChorTeach Preview: Fall 2017
ChorTeach is ACDA’s quarterly online magazine for choral directors and music educators. The articles in each issue are gleaned from ACDA state and division newsletters and from submissions. ChorTeach is specifically designed for those who work with amateur singers and are looking for practical material to apply to classrooms and rehearsals. Below is a preview of the articles […]
Choral Potpourri: Choral Ethics; He’s Nice…..but He DOES Mind!
“Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics.” Jane Addams Many of the problems people contact me about have also occurred to me. I may share with my correspondents how I handled a similar situation; I may not. With 20/20 hindsight, I often feel I handled it poorly with a Choral Ethics perspective. […]
Using MUSICA to Develop a Themed Program by Jean Sturm and John Warren
The benefits of using a comprehensive database specialized in choral music such as Musica are great when one conceives of a themed concert program. One discovers unexpected jewels and many more options than can be found with other search engines. Musica is a database of only choral music with 172,000 records monitored by choral conductors […]
Choral Potpourri: Choral Ethics; Being Ready
“Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.” Henry Ford We begin Choral Ethics 2017 with a January’s worth of letters (emails) concerning Four Rs; Being Ready, Being Reliable, Being Respectful and Not Being Revengeful. Each blog will present several writers problems and a bit of our email conversations concerning them. The New […]