In Paradisum: The Healing Power of Heaven South Dakota Chorale/Brian A. Schmidt Jesse Eschbach, organ. Gothic 49279 Total Time: 55:11 Recording: ****/**** Performance: ****/**** You only need travel around the country a bit to know that the rich heritage of choral music tends to be at its height in the Midwest where […]
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Will Todd’s Call of Wisdom performed at Queen Elizabeth’s Jubilee Service of Thanksgiving
Will Todd’s new anthem ‘The Call of Wisdom’ was sung beautifully by the Diamond Choir, a choir of children from all over UK at Her Majersty’s Jubillee service at St Paul’s Cathedral, London. The anthem is now available in both upper voice and SATB versions from OUP: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780193389724.do http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780193390317.do
Choral Caffeine: Aging Singers
As the baby-boom generation enters retirement, the U.S. will struggle with new medical, societal, and economic realities. As choral conductors, we, too, will see changes in our adult choirs, from the smallest church choir to large symphonic choruses. In his article, “The Aging Voice” (MCDA Reporter Spring 2007), Mark Lawley queries six conductors on […]
Rachmaninoff “Six Russian Songs,” photocopyable
Kickstarter project to produce a new edition of Rachmanioff’s Six Russian Songs for women’s choir with easy-to-read transliteration for amateur singers. $10 pledge gets you access to the downloadable, photocopyable score. My aim is to help groups with small budgets perform music of the highest artistic merit that is accessible to singers […]
Stick Time: What Do You Hear?
Here is a selection from a performance at a recent ACDA Divisional Conference. A couple things to listen for today: (A) What did our colleague do with the phrase structure? (B) What decisions were made about the choir's tone, both for individual singers and the entire ensemble? (C) What sort of surprises did the composer […]
Stick Time: Memorize the Score
Did you know that it takes exactly thirteen hours to memorize a piece of music? Yup! Twelve hours to complain about it and one hour to get the job done. Of course, I’m being glib. Depending upon the complexity of the work at hand, memorization can be almost instantaneous, or it can present significant […]