Enjoy all 43 episodes of The Choral Director’s Toolbox for FREE at www.ChoralFoundation.org/toolbox In Episode 43 of The Choral Director’s Toolbox, host Dr. William Baker reflects on Money-Ball, exploring what professional sports can teach the arts about value, economics, and perspective. He challenges arts leaders to rethink attitudes toward wealth, business, and success–reminding us that the prosperity of one sector often […]
The American Prize conducting winners—choral—Dale Warland Award
The American Prize national nonprofit competitions in the performing arts has announced winners and runners-up of The American Prize in Conducting, choral division, the Dale Warland Award, 2025. Congratulations! See results as posted to our blog: https://theamericanprize.blogspot.com/2025/10/national-winners-conductors-chorus.html November 4 is the deadline for the 2026 contests, with limited extensions available by email request. https://theamericanprize.org
The American Prize—winning composers of choral music (major works)
The American Prize national nonprofit competitions in the performing arts has announced winners and runners-up of The American Prize in Composition, choral music (major works), 2025. Congratulations! See results as posted to our blog: https://theamericanprize.blogspot.com/2025/08/national-winners-composers-major-choral.html?view=flipcard November 4 is the deadline for the 2026 contests, with limited extensions available by email request. https://theamericanprize.org
The American Prize—winning composers of shorter choral works
The American Prize national nonprofit competitions in the performing arts has announced winners and runners-up of The American Prize in Composition, choral music (shorter works), 2025. Congratulations! See results as posted to our blog: https://theamericanprize.blogspot.com/2025/10/national-winners-composers-shorter.html?view=flipcard November 4 is the deadline for the 2026 contests, with limited extensions available by email request. https://theamericanprize.org
Open Score Workshops for Choral Accompanists
Open score reading is one of the hardest skills to master as a choral accompanist. But it is not impossible to learn! I am excited to announce an online workshop that I created specifically to share strategies for How To Read Open Score with you. We will begin by discussing how to layer each voice […]
Planning ahead for 2027
meeting music never rests… 🙂 In the midst of wrapping up our festival season of 2025, we are already planning our events for not only the next year, but 2027 as well! Here we have a teaser of what our festival calendar is planned to look like in 2027: Spring: 20th Budapest International Choir Festival […]