Decca is delighted to announce the signing of composer Eric Whitacre. With this global deal Whitacre joins an elite handful of composers with an exclusive, long-term recording contract on a major label. Whitacre will record his debut Decca album “Light & Gold” in London at the beginning of August with a choral group to […]
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel is the Patron of HARMONIE FESTIVAL 2011
The Patron of the HARMONIE FESTIVAL 2011 is the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Dr. Angela Merkel. From June 2 to 6, 2011, choirs and folklore groups with thousands of participants from throughout the world will be coming together again in Lindenholzhausen, the “smallest festival town in Germany”, where the sixth HARMONIE […]
Professional Apathy
A few weeks ago, I heard a remarkable sermon based on the book of Amos. In the middle of the sermon, the pastor said this: “Busyness is our excuse, laziness is our affliction.” It is a powerful statement. (it is also a spelling conundrum – both of those words look misspelled to […]
Robert Shaw on Music in Worship
It is a pleasure to have an office below the archival collection of the American Choral Directors Association. Our ACDA archives are fertile ground for anyone interested in doing research on the choral profession and choral music education (hint, hint to any doctoral students reading this). In preparation for an address I recently gave to […]
Doing It –
This is a followup on my previous entry, An Opportunity for Every Child. How We Are Going to Do It Over the last two years I have traveled the country holding round table discussions, children’s leader summits, focus group and industry meetings, attending association and guild events, and engaging in numerous detailed discussions on […]
An Opportunity for Every Child – Tim Sharp and ACDA
As I first mentioned on Sunday, ChoralNet will begin to feature commentary from ACDA Executive Director Tim Sharp as a regular feature. What follows is directly from Tim: One of four initiatives I outlined in my vision for the work of the American Choral Directors Association is a 21st century ACDA that establishes the […]