It probably wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that most of a singer’s choral experience takes place in an educational institution. Certainly, a significant percentage of those of us in the choral profession are conducting ensembles connected in one form or another with an educational institution. The problem, of course, is that eventually we […]
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GUEST BLOG: “Conference Reflections: Oklahoma City” by Paul Carey
CONFERENCE REFLECTIONS: OKLAHOMA CITY, by Paul Carey Get ready for ACDA Dallas – it’s almost here! And yes you can still jump in and join us for an incredible experience. As you may know, I have been sharing personal memories of the last four national conferences – we hope that reading these vignettes […]
Missa Unitatis out now in print from 1equalmusic.com – as first performed by Cappella Pratensis and the Schola Cantorum of Sint-Janskathedraal, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands
The Missa Unitatis – a mass for “one or two choirs” by Antony Pitts – is now available in print from 1equalmusic: http://antonypitts.1equalmusic.com/Details/637?Title=missa-unitatis The first new mass setting to have been commissioned by the Illustre Lieve Vrouwe Broederschap (founded in ‘s-Hertogenbosch in 1318) in almost 500 years, and as such resonates strongly with the sound, aesthetic, […]
Stick Time: One Note is (Not) Easy
Singing a single note is easy, right? Well that depends. Try holding a single note for a few seconds. Where does the pitch want to go? Down, of course. Now hold it for 15 seconds. A little more challenging. Now hold it for 37 seconds . . . while the other sections of the […]
ChoralTech: Never Hand Out Anything Again
Handing out paper in a rehearsal is almost always a disaster: the sound of shuffling papers, the inevitable “I lost it,” always having too many copies or not enough, typos that aren’t discovered until it’s too late… Let’s take a couple of minutes and get rid of this “handing out notes” chaos forever using two […]
It’s Time to Apply for a DIVISIONAL Conference
While most of the material published recently on ChoralNet and the ACDA website has focused on the forthcoming 2013 ACDA National Conference, a massive amount of energy has already been invested in preparation for the seven Divisional Conferences that will be taking place a year from now. Though certainly more intimate than a national […]