UPDATED: Check out Paul Carey’s blog Three posts so far about Tucson: Day two thoughts, University Choirs, Thursday night choirs and Cincinnati’s ACDA He’s doing a great job of keeping us informed!
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ChoralExpress expanded to include Iowa and Wisconsin
ChoralExpress (www.choralexpress.com), the Choral Calendar of the Midwest, in addition to serving Minnesota, has expanded to include Iowa and Wisconsin Choirs. This online resource for all choirs provides a means for choirs to register and post their concerts. The Choral Calendars, dedicated for each state, are searchable by region of the state and type […]
Richard Proulx, 1937-2010
Richard Proulx, renowned composer and conductor, died Thursday, 18 February 2010 at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago. Born in Saint Paul, MN on 3 April 1937, Proulx was Organist and Director of Music from 1980 – 1994 at the Cathedral of the Holy Name in Chicago. During his tenure at Holy Name, he […]
Stage fright
Liz’s blog provides a list of tips to minimize choir’s performance anxiety. My favorite is this: If your normal rehearsal warm-ups are about getting people up and going after work, you’ll find that using them just before a performance produces a completely over-hyped choir poised to sing sharp and rush tempi. Meditative warm-ups that slow […]
A Passionate and Precise Executive Director
One of the many things I like about Tim Sharp as Executive Director of ACDA is his continued presence in choral music as a conductor. Read about his new choir, the Tulsa Oratorio Chorus and their most recent performance: Both these pieces demonstrated how well Sharp has taken over the chorus, and how […]
Stroope joins faculty at OSU
One of America’s foremost composers of vocal and choral music recently joined the faculty at Oklahoma State University. Z. Randall Stroope, who conducts the OSU Concert Chorale and Chamber Choir, has composed more than 90 works for voice and chorus in addition to works for various vocal forces featuring brass, organ and/or percussion.