For his admirers and friends in the choral community, the passing of Stephen Paulus (Sunday, October 19) will be both a sadness and a blessing – that his struggles are at an end. Stephen enjoyed a rich and long relationship with various musical institutions in St. Louis, from the Opera Theater of St. Louis, to […]
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World premiere of “BEATI OMNES” by Ivo Antognini
Hello, dear ChoralNet users, the wonderful ECU Chamber Singers, conducted by Dr. Andrew Crane will give a concert on Friday, October 24 at 9:00PM in the Peace Presbyterian Church, Winterville, NC. During this concert there will be the World Premiere of my piece “B E A T I O M N E S“, for […]
Improving Skills 5
More from Daniel Coyle: Tip #8 – To Build Hard Skills, Work Like a Careful Carpenter To develop reliable hard skills, you need to connect the right wires in your brain. In this, it helps to be careful, slow, and keenly attuned to errors. To work like a careful carpenter. . . . Precision […]
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say – Tallis, arr. Ward
I’ve just posted my new SATB divisi arrangement of the Horatius Bonar hymn “I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say” at http://www.wardsattic.com/music. Direct link to the PDF score is here. The tune is Tallis’ “Third Mode Melody” (used by Ralph Vaughan Williams in his “Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis”). This arrangement is intended […]
What’s on Great Sacred Music, Sunday, October 19, 2014
In case you cannot hear the show live, the playlist is on Spotify for you to enjoy: GSM – October 19, 2014 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 …………………………… 08:01:30 George Frideric […]
Improving Skills 4
From Daniel Coyle’s The Little Book of Talent: Tip #7 “Before you start, figure out if it’s a hard skill or soft skill.” Coyle divides up the skills we learn into two basic types: “Hard skills are about repeatable precision, and tend to be found in specialized pursuits, particularly physical ones.” He then gives […]