Dear friends of choral music, interesting in composer´s feelings while writing new choral works? Our Artistic Director Prof. Aurelio Porfiri talks to: Nelson Kwei (Singapore) Oscar Escalada (Argentina) John Helgen (USA) Please listen to 3 interviews of our choral advisors which we have uploaded on our publishers´ channel on […]
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A Resounding Success: Online ACDA Honor Choir Submissions
In yesterday's ChoralBlog, we read Tim Sharp's excellent preview of the 2011 ACDA National Conference in Chicago. On the heels of that, I want to speak briefly about the audition process for the 2011 ACDA Honor Choirs in Chicago that ended on October 1st. I want to take a moment to celebrate the process, because […]
Phoenix Boys Choir Auditions
Phoenix Boys Choir Auditions Status: pending moderation Date: September 22, 2010 by Greg Amerind Location: Arizona, USA Choir type: Children’s and Youth Choirs Voicing: Children 2010-11 Season Auditions Now Open! Auditions for the Phoenix Boys Choir are being scheduled for boys from 7 to 14 years for the 2010-11 season. Boys will be a part […]
In defense of music publishers
A recent ChoralBlog post by Philip Copeland discussed the changes to the publishing industry brought about by technology and accused music publishers of sticking with a 20th-century model. Many of the commenters to that thread suggested that the best solution would be self-publishing. Without taking a stand on Philip's main point for the moment, […]
New, improved AGO website
The American Guild of Organists, which has had a stodgy, hard-to-use website for years, recently unveiled a new version, which is much better. The job listings, based on JobTarget software, are especially easy to navigate, and they have the ability to post users’ resumes online for convenient trawling by employers. Employers have to pay a […]
Better clear out your library while you can
For over a century it’s been considered settled law that one you have bought a copy of a copyrighted work, you own that copy and can resell it, give it away, or lend it. The Copyright Act of 1976 explicitly allows this. This allows libraries and used bookstores to thrive, and allows a much wider […]