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, […]
The Choral Director’s Toolbox This Week
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 […]
Happy World Choral Day!
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 […]
Why your choir isn’t getting enough donations (and exactly how to fix it)
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 […]
REQUIEM FOR THE INNOCENT CHILDREN (SATB a cappella)
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 […]
The Outcast Hymnal
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 […]