The theme for the KWIT-KOJI FM 90 Sunday in Siouxland broadcast on Sept. 16, 2012 at 10 a.m. CST is “WAR AND PEACE.” Catch the show online at www.kwit-koji.org if you are outside of the local area. The selections are as follows (composer: title, ensemble/conductor, label): Joseph Haydn: Mass in Time of War (Missa in tempore […]
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ChoralTech: The Never-Ending Rehearsal
A core challenge for many choirs of all ages/ranges is helping our musicians practice between rehearsals. Thankfully, there are many ways that we can extend what happens in the rehearsal room and make it possible for our singers (of any level) to get work in on our literature in that “rest of their lives” time […]
New Choral Society director returning to roots
By Jenna Martin EVANS, GA — For more than a decade, Don Cleary devoted himself to building the drama program at Paine College in Augusta. He returned to his roots in choir directing, however, when he accepted the artistic director position at Columbia County Choral Society. “I’m no longer teaching at Paine College, so I don’t […]
Gareth Malone: ‘It’s more Bake Off than X Factor’
By Jasper Rees LONDON, UK — All summer the small screen has been urging the nation to bawl its eyes out. Just when you thought it was safe to stash away the Kleenex, guess what? The BBC has gone and scheduled Gareth Malone. Again. Like a multitasking Pied Piper, Malone has taken tone-deaf sixth formers […]
CJ Replay: Choral Transfusion
(From the Choral Journal article, “The Need for a Choral Transfusion,” by Gary L. Anderson) A continuing challenge facing nearly all choral directors is keeping an established choral program fresh, exciting, and appealing. Unfortunately, many directors are committed to thesame recruiting procedures, the same number and types of choirs, and the same rehearsal schedule […]
Three Generations in ACDA
Most of us think of the American Choral Directors Association primarily in terms of professional affiliation. For a few people, though, ACDA is a family affair. Take the family of Bill Grace; they represent three generations of ACDA members. Bill has been a member since ACDA’s earliest days in 1959, his daughters Gretchen […]