Richard Sparks finally returns to the blogosphere with this post on mindsets in learning: The basic premise is that there are two basic “mindsets” about learning (this came out of her research on how people cope with failure) and these affect profoundly how you lead your life: the fixed mindset sees tests and challenges as […]
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No More Junk Food
Paul Carey, composer-blogger, calls it like he sees it in this rant against music publishing. He speaks against: 1. Formulas They hope we will consistently give them what they want (speaking in the choral publishing world for now, as that is what I do the most): a formulaic 3-4 minute piece, with an […]
New music by Rudi Tas
The Miserere for cello and choir by the Belgian composer Rudi Tas is a proven winner! His Salve Regina for Violin, Soprano, 3 choir soloists and SSAATTBB-choir is the successor! Of course you want to know more about this Salve Regina and other recent works by Rudi Tas. For free specimen pages please […]
Kids Sing Portal Still Alive
Dedicated to all of us Geek-Directors, here is my choir singing “Still Alive” from the video game Portal. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m5TuxdkfkE
Ten things you don’t know about Bach
I had heard some of these before: 6. Bach married twice. The first to his cousin, Maria, the second marriage was to Anna Magdalena Wülkens. However, it is now believed that he also had relations with and fathered children of a local bar maid called Helga Schümaker, who bore him an unknown number of […]
Translations for Higher Resolutions
Sweden — A new art project got under way at the mall in Handen on Sunday when all of a sudden 12 people began to sing. The project is called Konsten i Centrum. A bit of a word play. Art in the (Shopping) Centre might be a possible English translation. This first part of the […]