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Do working mothers face specific vocal challenges?  Are those women/mothers working in specific vocally-intensive professions more susceptible to issues related to vocal health?   A new study currently underway at the Northern Illinois University seeks to understand such issues.  One of the co-researchers, Mary Lynn Doherty, has commented frequently about vocal matters both on this […]

COMPOSITION SPOTLIGHT ~ by Jack Senzig   (Each week we look at one or two of the best choral works posted in the Composition Showcase here on ChoralNet.  This is where we store a treasure trove of works that your choirs will love to sing and your audiences will love to hear.)   Psaume 42 by Anthony Sylvestre for […]

       Driving past an amusement park on a summer’s day is a bit frustrating.  Okay, fine . . . it’s MADDEDNING!  One sees all of those delightful rides and attractions just waiting to be explored, but we don’t get to go in and play.        So it is for those of us who, for one […]

It’s time for YOU to share your programming through the “Five from the Folder” column on ChoralBuzz.   Each week we feature a brief list of FIVE selections that conductors find particularly useful to their choirs.  Combining the clarity of someone presently rehearsing a work with the concise length of a text, the column has […]

Last week we launched a new ChoralBuzz feature, “Who’s in Your Choir . . . ?”  Each Friday we will share a photo of a notable person who sang in their school choir.  Beyond the obvious list of singers (yes, we will eventually highlight Kristin Chenoweth), we will also include actors, athletes, astronauts, and other […]

The Choral Journal: An Index to Volumes 19-53 has been updated to include annotated and cross-referenced entries for the latest volume year (Vol. 53).  The current Index includes entries for 4,307 articles published in the Choral Journal from 1979 through the June/July issue of 2013.  It is available to anyone – ACDA member and non-member […]