The Rose in the Middle of Winter – Launch concert St John The Evangelist Church, Iffley Road, Oxford, UK Saturday 30th November 2013, 7:30pm Commotio is delighted to be presenting a launch concert for The Rose in the Middle of Winter, a CD of Christmas choral music by Bob Chilcott, released on Naxos. Recorded […]
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CJ Replay: The Frustrated Church Musician
(An excerpt from the Choral Journal article, “A Dear John Letter,” by John Yarrington) I just had to write somebody and get my frustrations down on paper. It is very difficult to be a church 'choir director these days with all the different winds blowing in the church. I don't know when to […]
MMus Choral Conducting Degree Program
Greatbatch School of Music Houghton College GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIP IN CHORAL CONDUCTING 2014-2015 Academic Year POSITION: MMus in Choral Conducting degree program The choral conducting master’s degree at Houghton College seeks to provide young musicians with significant podium time and instruction. Masters students can expect to be the assistant conductor of the Men’s Choir, Women’s […]
Scholarly Abstraction: Publications on Women’s Choruses
Estes, Lauren. The Choral Hierarchy Examined: The Presence of Women’s Choirs in Monographs on Choral Literature and Choral History. Master of Music thesis. Syracuse University, 2013. Women’s choirs have been perceived as less prestigious than, and inferior to, mixed choirs. There is a well-documented choral hierarchy in academia that favors mixed choirs above other […]
What we can learn from John Wooden VIII
Last week I addressed a number of John Wooden's ideas about pedagogy, taken from Gallimore and Tharp's 2004 article. So now it's time to see what his pedagogical ideas can offer us as conductors. Part of the last post deals with our responsibility as teachers–is it our responsibility just to present material, or is […]
What’s on Great Sacred Music, Sunday, November 10, 2013
Great Sacred Music airs every Sunday from 8-11 a.m. eastern time on The Classical Station. 08:02:00 Charles-Marie Widor: Andante ~ Symphonie Gothique, Op. 70 John Longhurst, organ Aeolian-Skinner organ in the Mormon Tabernacle Organ Josquin Des Prez: Qui habitat Huelgas Ensemble, Paul Van Nevel Darius Milhaud: Psalm 121 Ensemble Amarcord John […]