(An excerpt from the interest session “Innovative Warm-ups for the Volunteer Choir,” presented by Michael Kemp, during the 2015 ACDA National Conference.) Why Bother Changing Your Routine Warm-ups? Ask yourself this. Where did your current warm-ups come from? Are you using warm-ups from your college choir days? But if you are directing a […]
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Conference Morsel: Chinese Choral Music
(An excerpt from the poster session “Stylistic Development and Hybrid Genres in Chinese Choral Music,” presented by John Winzenburg, during the 2015 ACDA National Conference.) Chinese choral music is a meeting point of regional, national, and international forms interacting over the course of the twentieth century. The choral repertoire has developed along three […]
Conference Morsel: Close Harmony = More Guys
(An excerpt from the interest session “The Revival of 19th-Century A Cappella Music,” presented by James Henry [with Marty Monson, the Fairfield Four, and Crossroads], during the 2015 ACDA National Conference.) Strong evidence suggests that African Americans, particularly those in the South, were chiefly responsible for forging the early “close harmony” style that […]
Conference Morsel: Personal Safety in the Rehearsal
(An excerpt from the interest session “Creating Safe Space: LGBTQ Singers in the Choral Classroom,” presented by Paul Caldwell & Joshua Palkki during the 2015 ACDA National Conference.) • Say things that encourage an atmosphere of inclusivity. Our gender non-conforming and trans* respondents raised the issue of addressing groups of singers with language which is based on a notion […]
Canticum Novum
Dear conductors and ChoralNet users, I’m happy to announce my first publication with Walton Music: CANTICUM NOVUM is an exciting rendition of the “Cantate Domino” Latin text for mixed choir, a cappella. This setting explores rhythm and texture as it weaves through various time signatures. Would make a fantastic concert opener! Andrew Crane Choral Series. […]
What’s on Great Sacred Music, Sunday, March 8, 2015
In case you cannot hear the show live, the playlist is on Spotify for you to enjoy: GSM – March 8, 2015 Don’t forget that we have more choral and organ music programmed on Sunday evenings beginning at 10 p.m. eastern. Rob Rob Kennedy Great Sacred Music The Classical Stationhttp://theclassicalstation.org To subscribe to my weekly playlist emailing: […]