Greetings to all SSAA choirs and conductors, Are you on the lookout for an extraordinary piece that will elevate your choir’s repertoire and leave an indelible mark on your audience? As a composer deeply passionate about choral music, I’ve always found the SSAA formation to be a fascinating canvas for musical exploration. It’s a formation […]
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St. Charles Singers to Share Stage With 6 High School Choirs February 23-24
Inaugural ‘Choral Connections’ concerts slated for Baker Memorial United Methodist Church in St. Charles, Illinois Student ensembles coming from Carol Stream, Geneva, Maple Park, St. Charles, Sycamore, and Woodstock ST. CHARLES, Illinois, February 1, 2024 — The St. Charles Singers will launch a new community outreach initiative with a pair of “Choral Connections” concerts February […]
A Skills-First Approach to the All-State Choir Selection Process
The February 2024 issue of Choral Journal is online and features an article titled “A Skills-First Approach to the All-State Choir Selection Process” by Marshaun R. Hymon. Following is a portion from the article. _________________ Is music literacy the ability to read pitches and rhythms on five lines and four spaces? I think it’s much more broad than […]
The choirs of the Colorado Hebrew Chorale present Raisins & Almonds: A Tu B’Shvat Celebration
The Colorado Hebrew Chorale and Kol Nashim present its annual showcase, Raisins & Almonds: A Tu B’Shvat Celebration, taking place on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, 6:30 p.m. MST, at the Hebrew Educational Alliance, 3600 South Ivanhoe Street, Denver CO 80237. In addition to the world premiere of Gerald Cohen’s “Adonai, Where Shall I Find You?”, […]
Should We Stop Assessing Sight Reading at All State Choir? With Drs. Marshaun Hymon and Chantae Pittman
This podcast has become the place to go for Music Literacy pedagogical training tools for teachers over the last five years. As a result, I have never received as much correspondence about content NOT created by me, than Dr. Marshaun Hymon’s February 2024 Choral Journal Article called “A Skills First Approach to the All-State Choir […]
Your 10 Question Choir Midterm Exam
How well are your students really doing at the midpoint of the school year? If you are curious, this blog post for you. I hope every high school and middle school choral director uses this exam as a way to benefit their singers and improve their choral program! Here is my blog post: Your 10 Question Choir Midterm […]