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(An excerpt from the Choral Journal article, “Editing Early Music: Some Notes on Procedure and Presentation,” by Ronald Broude)   In general, a responsible editor seeks to present an "authoritative" version of the work he is editing. A version is by definition "authoritative" when it conforms to the "author's" (i.e., the composer's) intentions; the editor's […]

Following up on last week's post, based on the 2004 study that re-evaluated Gallimore and Tharp's earlier study of John Wooden's methods, we move to a different topic, that of Wooden's preparation for his practices (or for our rehearsals).   As I mentioned last week, Gallimore and Tharp's 1976 study was based on observation of […]

We have noted a sudden uptick in the number of colleagues asking for help as they defend their art from a pernicious attack by their administration.   Of course, when a music educator jumps to the defense of their program, they are said to be “protecting their job.” Should they enlist the testimony of an […]

First, you need to know that John Wooden was the most successful basketball coach ever . . . but you still might wonder, what does that have to do with me? As head coach at UCLA, he won 10 NCAA championships in a period of 12 years, including a streak of 7 in a row. […]

This is outside of the run of my usual posts on ChoralBlog, but with Eric Ericson’s passing at age 94, I thought this might be appropriate. Below is an article I was commissioned to write for the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet on the occasion of Eric’s 90th birthday–it will give you a sense of his marvelous […]

With the end of the semester and lots of “cleanup” to do, I’ll put my “Culture” series on hold and probably won’t post more until after the break (although you’ll see culture mentioned!). Here, part of an earlier blog post of mine on the concept of “mindset”:   Mindset I’ve started reading an interesting book […]