St. John on the Mountain in Bernardsville, NJ has cancelled the concert “Sights and Sounds of the Soul” which was rescheduled for this Saturday, November 10th from November 4th due to continued power outage from the storm. The Festival Choir will reschedule this concert sometime in the winter/spring of 2013. Richard Morgan, Director of […]
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CJ Replay: Trombonists Speak Out
(An excerpt from the Choral Journal article, Choral-Orchestral Balance: A View from the Trombone Section, by Susan Dill Bruenger) Trombonists also resent the choir director who, busily conducting the ensemble, asks someone-anyone-to go out into the hall and listen for balance. Often the person will say, “The brass is too loud,” and it […]
CJ Replay: Arts Medicine
(An excerpt from the Choral Journal article, Arts Medicine: And Overview for Choir Conductors, by Robert T. Sataloff.) Singers are exposed to a variety of hazards related not only to singing, but also to numerous other facets of performing or other artistic pursuits. Some singers perform as instrumentalists ordancers, in addition to performing […]
CJ Replay: Musical Arthritis
(An excerpt from the Choral Journal article, Musical Arthritis and the New Conductor by Charles Facer.) The young, recently hired director of a 100-voice community choir was working hardto inspire his new singers to sing in tune, with precision, and musicality. He spoke often of “stepping up to the next level.” He would […]
Nov 11 Sunday in Siouxland Broadcast — A Saint Olaf Sunday
The Sunday in Siouxland broadcast on November 11, 2012 at 10 a.m. CST, “A Saint Olaf Sunday,” will feature a compilation of performances by the St. Olaf Choir under the direction of Dr. Anton Armstrong. All recordings are available through St. Olaf Records – http://www.stolafrecords.com/store/pc/home.asp. Catch the show online at www.kwit-koji.org if you are outside […]
Accountability: Check Days
So I posted last week about my perspective on the use (or disuse) of sectionals in my auditioned ensembles. The next level of accountability for me is check days, also known as quartet (or octet) testing, where singers get up in class and have to sing the selected piece, one on a part. It can be […]