Taking Attendance on the iPad, by Stephen Rotz If you have large ensembles, you know that taking attendance is not always simple. Inspired by Barbara Retzko’s article in ChorTeach, I have begun taking attendance using the iPhone/iPad app ‘Attendance2’ by David Reed. It is a fantastic tool that is worth much more than the $4.99 […]
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“Do You Hear What I Hear?” SATB a cappella
The Merrie Olde Christmas Carolers’ SATB a cappella arrangement of “Do You Hear What I Hear?” is now available for your more advanced choirs. Each verse is a solo for separate voice section, progressing from B to A to S to T, with the three non-solo sections singing accompaniment in semi-canon; each verse is up […]
What’s on Great Sacred Music, Sunday, August 24, 2014
In case you cannot hear the show live, the playlist is on Spotify for you to enjoy: GSM – August 24, 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 …………………………… 08:02:30 Morten Lauridsen: […]
Stick Time: Youth ≠ Incompetence
When did “youth” become a synonym for “incompetence?” How can we accept – and teach! – musical pabulum just because it seems “age-appropriate?” It could be argued that our younger singers need the BEST possible literature, just like their physical growth requires good nutrition. You wouldn’t serve your kids a diet of Doritos®, would […]
Books Worth Your Time II
Thomas M. Sterner's The Practicing Mind: Developing Focus and Discipline in Your Life. Sterner is a musician, worked for years as a piano tuner/technician, as well as having an interest in Eastern philosophy. It's one of the best books I've read about developing better habits of discipline and focus. He has a wonderful little section […]
Perchance to Dream (SATB, piano) by Jan Wilke
This setting of some of Shakespeare’s most famous lines (the “To be or not to be” monologue from Hamlet) won the “Knapp Award for Choral Excellence”, awarded by Meistersingers, CA, this year. An excellent concert piece for ambitious choirs, scored for SATB (divisi), piano and triangle. It is now available from SheetMusicPlus, where you […]