BATH, UK — Bath’s famous abbey has been chosen as the setting for a national broadcast on the radio – less than a month after its hallowed arches hosted a first radio programme. Back in September, BBC Radio 4 broadcast the morning service from Bath Abbey, with more than a million listeners tuning in. And now tomorrow, […]
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GuestBlog on Stravinsky’s Mass
Composer Spotlight: Igor Stravinsky’s Mass by Brson Mortensen One of the things that I love most about reading the Choral Journal is the opportunity to see different perspectives on the works of a particular composer. I am energized as I watch a scholar dig deep into a work and show me what they found interesting. […]
Stick Time: Large Need NOT Be Lumbering
There is no doubt that an honor choir is a wonderful experience for the students involved. The opportunity to study in an intensive environment with other select and highly-motivated singers under the baton of a master teacher can be life changing. (Truly, many of us in the choral profession can trace our “light-bulb” moment to […]
CJ Replay: Women’s Choral Music
(From the Choral Journal article “Literature of Quality for the Treble Choir” by Raymond Sprague) All choirs should perform literature of high quality; yet as I search for music for my women’s choir, I am accosted by musical pap of the lowest caliber. Insipid texts, bland rhythms, static or predictable harmonic structures, and […]
Symphony No. 9 in D minor – Beethoven (for Concert Band, Soloists, and Chorus)
I am pleased to make available a full transcription for Concert Band, Soloists, and Choir of Symphony No. 9 in D minor by Ludwig van Beethoven. This transcription will receive its premier performance by the Los Alamos Community Winds on May 5, 2013 Scores and parts are available from me directly at the […]
Jack of All Trades…
I just got back from a photo shoot for a campaign we are putting together to bring more men into our program. At the shoot, I had 10 ties of various types, safety pins, binder clips, studs and cufflinks, and extra jacket buttons. I was pinning coats and tying ties all over the place. The […]