Contributing Editor: Jonathan Campbell Graphite continues to expand our catalog with extended and ambitious works every year, giving you a broader resource for finding challenging repertoire full of depth and meaning for your ensembles. One such piece is “Thee We Adore,” by Philip Moody, (SSSAAA/TTBB, unaccompanied). Although it’s set for many divided voices, it’s actually […]
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Winner of the ACDA 2020 Raymond W. Brock Competition for Professional Composers Chosen
From the ACDA Composition Initiatives Standing Committee On August 23, 2020, the winners of the Raymond W. Brock Competition for Professional Composers were chosen: 1st place: Elaine Hagenberg – I Am the Wind2nd place: John Muehleisen – Sing to Me!3rd place: Joseph Gregorio – Go Out With Joy4th place: Ellen Gilson Voth – Across the Empty Square5th place: Carlos […]
JACOB AVSHALOMOV CENTENNIAL YEAR – JOIN US. Perform his finest choral piece, acknowledging homeless folk with mental illness.
2020 marks the end of the Centennial Year of noted 20th Century American choral composer and educational conductor, the late Jacob Avshalomov. In recognition, his heirs (sons David and Daniel, and Jacob’s wife Doris, who will turn 100 this year) invite choruses to consider for their 2020 season Jacob’s best-known choral work, “Tom o’Bedlam.” Written […]
Choral Composition Consulting
A new initiative by Dr. Harold Rosenbaum, one of America’s leading authorities on contemporary choral music. About Choral Composition Consulting: Since the initial look of your score, including size of notes, and general layout needs to make a favorable and lasting impression upon potential conductors, Dr. Rosenbaum will offer comments and suggestions, with the goal […]
One from the Folder: Weekly Repertoire Thoughts for Women’s/Treble Choirs
Week 28: Friday, September 28, 2018
“Where Can I Turn For Peace?”
by Joleen G. Meredith
Arr. Dwight Bigler
Text by Emma Lou Thayne
SSAA div, a cappella
The Voice of the Very Young Child: Birth to 5 Years Part 2: The Physical Ability to Sing
What are the basic requirements needed for children to learn to sing? The physical ability to sing depends on the degree of normal and healthy development of the vocal mechanism (larynx, vocal folds, breathing apparatus), and on one’s neuro-biological ability to process music pitch.
Anyone who has heard a child improvise melodies from the crib knows it is a precious sound. Little ones can babble repetitive songs with pitch accuracy as early as the age of ten months. It’s likely these children have been sung to and/or have heard singing frequently during the pre-birth and early infant years.