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10th World Symposium on Choral Music Seminar & Lecture Guidelines
LECTURES INTRODUCTION/OBJECTIVE Lecturers and seminar topics will be considered from the standpoint of what will benefit choral scholars at the highest level. We are concerned with covering a broad base of topics at an advanced level: choral repertoire from lesser known countries and cultures, musicological topics, choral techniques, and interpretive styles all taught by experts […]
Canadians Called to Sing
The Coalition for Music Education is celebrating the premiere of this year’s official Music Monday song today; I.S.S. (Is Somebody Singing) by calling on millions of Canadians to learn the song in preparation for Music Monday 2013 on May 6. The song was written by Canadian Space Agency Astronaut and musician Chris Hadfield and Barenaked […]
Guest ChoralTech: A DIY Website Crash Course
Have you wondered about having a website for your group? Not sure where to begin? Decided "it ain't for me?" Today is the first of a series from guest ChoralTech blogger Seth Garrepy on how to build your own choral website. “Your choir needs a website.” Does this statement immediately cause gnawing anxiety […]
Rehearsal pacing
We all recognize a well-paced rehearsal when we experience one. What does it mean to create a well-paced rehearsal? I think one of the most important things is to plan in advance for variety: hard work on some individual pieces or sections of pieces, run-throughs of more familiar music, alternating faster with slower […]
Scholarly Abstractions: Philippine Choral Music
Yanson, Eliezer, Jr. Philippine Choral Music: A Conductor’s Guide to Selected Works Composed between 1900 and 2010. Doctor of Musical Arts dissertation. University of South Carolina, 2010. The Philippines is a country that possesses unique choral traditions, excellent choirs, and fascinating composers. Along with deep tribal roots, the musical practices of the Philippines are […]