| ChoralBlog: Creative Ventures into Music Publishing | philip copeland | May 19, 2012 |
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I'm thrilled to see all of these new ventures into music publishing. Today I am featuring Kansas City Music Publishing.
In case you are new to ChoralNet, we talk about music publishing often on this blog. Here are some of the articles from the past:
Transforming... |
| ChoralBlog: What is the best way to leave the profession? | philip copeland | May 17, 2012 |
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I've noted with respect the way LSU has said goodbye to longtime professor Ken Fulton as he retires this year. They've celebrated his tenure with ceremony and class. LSU also included him on the search committee to choose a new conductor.
It doesn't always go that way, does it?
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| ChoralBlog: Seen on Twitter lately | philip copeland | May 16, 2012 |
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I run a constant search for the word "choral" on twitter. Occasionally, I look to see what it brings up.
Here are some of the latest:
My choral teacher put my in between the two skinniest girls in school for this concert tonight soo basically I'm gonna look like a whale
U of L ... |
| ChoralBlog: Mix My Part | philip copeland | May 13, 2012 |
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I got this email about a new service:
I developed an online based software solution for choirs to improve the rate at which they can learn repertoire. The software provides an online multitrack mixer/player and media hosting hub so a teacher/director can prepare recordings of individual voi... |
| ChoralBlog: The creative mind at work - Eric Whitacre | philip copeland | May 12, 2012 |
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I have long admired how Eric Whitacre uses technology. He recently shared the germ of an idea on his blog - a little motive that may find a way into his next masterpiece:
Read what he said about it here. Keep it up, Eric. Fascinating stuff.
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| ChoralBlog: Who cares? | philip copeland | May 7, 2012 |
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A hymn I didn't know with an incredible refrain:
Special thanks to Wes Ramsey for putting this on his Facebook page.
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| ChoralBlog: How Much is Music Worth? | philip copeland | May 6, 2012 |
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A woman here in Birmingham is blogging about the new organ in her church. It comes from an important perspective - she is in charge of the outreach responsibilities at her church and she has been dealing with the cost of a new organ and upgrades to the sanctuary.
Here is how what she wrot... |
| ChoralBlog: Singing in French | philip copeland | May 5, 2012 |
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Brought to you by Flight of the Conchords:
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| ChoralBlog: Why Dan publishes with SJMP | philip copeland | May 4, 2012 |
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I have been a subscriber of Saint James Music Press (SJMP) for the past year. For those of you that don't know about it, SJMP is an online publishing house that offers yearly subscriptions to it's website. Once you have a subscription, you have access to the entire catalog and you can mak... |
| ChoralBlog: SingersBabel | philip copeland | May 3, 2012 |
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Julie Parsons, a leader in technology for choral musicians, directed me to SingersBabel the other day.
It looks like a superb resource for choral musicians - if you know something about the International Phonetic Alphabet!
Here is a little of what they say about themselves:
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| ChoralBlog: Gotta love this | philip copeland | April 23, 2012 |
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It must have been a busy weekend, because I'm late with a Monday morning ChoralBlog.
I found this little gem recently: the Boy Choir & Soloist Directory.
Why do I like it so much?
Because it has a great directory of lyrics for well known choral pieces! Don't we all ... |
| ChoralBlog: Heavenly Sounds: Whitacre's Oculi Omnium | philip copeland | April 22, 2012 |
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A home video of a brilliant piece:
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| Comment: Re: Vivaldi Gloria | philip copeland | April 20, 2012 |
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it doesn't get better than that, does it? thanks, Lee, for that quick answer. ChoralNet is valuable.
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| ChoralBlog: Attracting younger audiences | philip copeland | April 20, 2012 |
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A great video aimed towards bringing younger audiences to our concerts. :
Hat tip: On an Overgrown Path
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| Comment: Re: re Bernstein's Chichester Psalms | philip copeland | April 19, 2012 |
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All, I did my dissertation on Bernstein.
That doesn't mean that I'm a complete expert on all things Bernstein but that I do draw from a fairly rich background of readings when I wrote my paper in 1998:
THE ROLE OF DRAMA AND SPIRITUALITY IN THE MUSIC OF L... |
| ChoralBlog: The arts aren't dead . . . yet | philip copeland | April 19, 2012 |
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Good news!
We aren't abandoning the arts in public education, at least not yet:
Rumors of the death of arts education in public schools have been greatly exaggerated, new federal findings suggest. Over the past decade, the availability of music and visual-arts instruction on avera... |
| ChoralBlog: Transforming one man | philip copeland | April 15, 2012 |
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A great video that demonstrates the power of music:
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| Comment: Re: Sneak Peek - PC USA Hymnal | philip copeland | April 14, 2012 |
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Thanks for the response, Bill. Please share more information with us soon and I'll do my best to spread the word here on ChoralNet!
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| ChoralBlog: Sneak Peek - PC USA Hymnal | philip copeland | April 13, 2012 |
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I love that the Presbyterians (PCUSA version) are doing a slow unveil of their new Hymnal, Glory to God.
This week's sneak peek is a listing of the hymns they will include. I was a little concerned when I saw the title A Prophet Woman Broke a Jar but I felt a little better when I noted it... |
| ChoralBlog: No surprise here: music teaches fractions | philip copeland | April 12, 2012 |
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Music teaches fractions?
Yes, and a whole lot more.
We at ChoralNet like to celebrate whenever big time news outlets feature music prominently. This from NPR:
Math teachers know that fractions can be hard for the average third-grader. Teachers at a public school in San B... |
| ChoralBlog: Barney Sings | philip copeland | April 9, 2012 |
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Take a break, church musicians. Enjoy Andy's fix for Barney the soloist in a choir concert:
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| ChoralBlog: Bach's 'Et Resurrexit' - by the Swingle Singers | philip copeland | April 8, 2012 |
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This was an Easter surpise for me:
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| ChoralBlog: Superb video: Conducting gesture and musicality | philip copeland | April 7, 2012 |
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Don't miss this special interview within a mini-documentary titled Demystifying Conducting: The Connection Between Gesture and Music.
In the video,Alan Gilbert, music director of the New York Philharmonic, demonstrates and discusses the role of a conductor.
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| ChoralBlog: Good Friday | philip copeland | April 6, 2012 |
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| Comment: Re: The Mystical Union of Text, Music, and Experience | philip copeland | April 2, 2012 |
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John,
Which statement of mine or Dickson's are you talking about? Can you make it more clear for the simpleminded? (me, i mean)
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| ChoralBlog: The Mystical Union of Text, Music, and Experience | philip copeland | April 2, 2012 |
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I'm teaching choral conducting this semester and I'm in the middle of a unit on the importance of text in choral music.
I'm using as my basis an article from one of my mentors, John Dickson, who recently was named Director of Choral Activities at LSU. I had a fabu... |
| ChoralBlog: Coming Soon: SKYPE Choir? | philip copeland | March 31, 2012 |
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Skype is becoming popular in music lessons around the world.
Will a SKYPE choir be next? See this from the New York Times:
Skype and other videochat programs have transformed the simple phone call, but the technology is venturing into a new frontier: it is upending and democratizing th... |
| ChoralBlog: What cures a broken heart? | philip copeland | March 30, 2012 |
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It looks like classical music - especially opera - helps us heal. Especially heart transplants!
This just in from NewScientist:
Classical music is good for the soul and maybe the heart too. Mice with heart transplants survived twice as long if they listened to classic... |
| ChoralBlog: Gamechanger: CadenzaOne | philip copeland | March 29, 2012 |
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You've heard a lot about our frustrations with Music Publishing over the years.
It looks like CadenzaOne is trying to provide an answer. J.D. Frizzell, creator of the company, gives an overview:
I have spent my life's savings (plus some) to build a comprehensive, easy-to-use, we... |
| Comment: Re: What would you have said? | philip copeland | March 27, 2012 |
| I think this one wins! |
| ChoralBlog: Brilliance of Forrest and Allred | philip copeland | March 25, 2012 |
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Dan Forrest and Brady Allred and the Salt Lake Vocal Artists show us how it is done:
A fabulous work of beauty and passion, Dan.
Brilliant interpretation and musicianship, Brady.
Choir - you are remarkable and worthy of the highest praise.
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| Comment: Re: What would you have said? | philip copeland | March 24, 2012 |
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I agree with the outdated humor. But IANAPC. [i am not a professional comedian].
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| ChoralBlog: What would you have said? | philip copeland | March 24, 2012 |
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A dog interrupts Eric Whitacre's sleep:
The director stops the choir, looks around, and says "Are we OK??"
Let's brainstorm other possible responses to the dog, or their owner:
1. "What, doesn'... |
| ChoralBlog: More Myers-Briggs | philip copeland | March 22, 2012 |
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I talked about how I use the Myers-Briggs in my choral conducting class earlier this week.
I thought I would share a little more - Here is an overview I gave to my students about the Myers-Briggs (see below). If you are interested in finding out what your personality typ... |
| Comment: Re: Myers-Briggs and Conducting | philip copeland | March 19, 2012 |
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I talk more about the Myers-Briggs in a few days on this blog - 3/22. Here is the link I share then:
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp
Glad you are interested!
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| Comment: Re: Best voice of the generation | philip copeland | March 19, 2012 |
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Edward,
There are lots of arrangements for Adele songs - I'll show you a few places you can find one but I have a feeling that you aren't really serious about finding one:
http://betteracappella.com/arrangementindex/categories/results/field_originalcomposer%3A%22Adele%22
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| ChoralBlog: Myers-Briggs and Conducting | philip copeland | March 19, 2012 |
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I cover two concepts in my choral conducting class that are not about conducting. One is the Myers-Briggs personality test, the other is the Seven Habits of Highly Effective people.
First, I have all my students take the Myers Briggs personality test and read a... |
| ChoralBlog: Sweet Singing from the Simpsons | philip copeland | March 18, 2012 |
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Mike Sheibe posted this on his Facebook account . . . I thought it was too cool not to share with the ChoralNet audience:
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| ChoralBlog: Check these out | philip copeland | March 17, 2012 |
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I had the opportunity to present a technology session at the Southern ACDA Conference at a roundtable.
Afterwards, Pat Boozer talked to me about her creations for choral music educators: StaffWriter and SingASign.
Read about them here:
StaffWrite... |
| Comment: Re: Best voice of the generation | philip copeland | March 16, 2012 |
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Edward,
I'm not sure why you take exception to blogs like this:
it is about singing
she is very popular at the moment
there is a core musicality to her singing, in my opinion
sometimes we all need to be reminded of what/who is capturing the fascination of our students
Milli... |
| ChoralBlog: Best voice of the generation | philip copeland | March 16, 2012 |
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I'm not sure if Adele is the best voice of this generation, but I really like the way she sings!
Listen to Adele here if you don't know who we are talking about:
Thanks, A Cappella News, for all the great leads.
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| ChoralBlog: Britannica calls it quits | philip copeland | March 15, 2012 |
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The New York Times reported that Encyclopedia Britannica has thrown in the towel:
In an acknowledgment of the realities of the digital age — and of competition from the Web site Wikipedia — Encyclopaedia Britannica will focus primarily on its online encyclopedias and educational curriculu... |
| ChoralBlog: Tardy Praise for Eric's Grammy | philip copeland | March 10, 2012 |
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Congratulations to Eric Whitacre for winning the grammy this year.
For those who have trouble with embedded video.
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| ChoralBlog: Despicable A Cappella | philip copeland | March 9, 2012 |
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Continuing on the theme from yesterday:
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| ChoralBlog: Conan joins in a little A Cappella | philip copeland | March 8, 2012 |
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I found this on A Cappella News:
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| News: LSU names John Dickson as new Director of Choral Studies | philip copeland | March 6, 2012 |
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The LSU School of Music recently announced that John H. Dickson will become the school’s new director of choral studies and serve as a professor of music, effective Aug. 15.
Dickson will fill the vacancy left by longtime Director of Choral Studies Kenneth Fulton, who is retiring after 27 years ... |
| ChoralBlog: Paul Carey is at it again | philip copeland | February 26, 2012 |
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Paul Carey is at it again: he's carefully chronicling the ACDA conferences he attends. What a service!
Here are a few of his posts:
North Central ACDA highlights
North Central ACDA p. 2
North Central ACDA p. 3
Paul, you do ... |
| ChoralBlog: Don't make me sing about Allah! | philip copeland | February 20, 2012 |
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More choir controversy in the news, this time about singing religious songs:
A student has left his high-school choir after the group sang an Islamic song which contained lyrics in praise of Allah. James Harper, a senior at Grand Junction High School in Colorado, protested when the after-... |
| ChoralBlog: More about IPAnow! | philip copeland | February 18, 2012 |
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I blogged about IPAnow! a couple of days ago. The program is a wonderful tool that transcribes texts (Latin, Italian, German, French) into International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbols by applying rules utilized by scholarly lyric diction textbooks.
Since then, I had th... |
| ChoralBlog: It might as well be magic | philip copeland | February 17, 2012 |
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I first wrote about IPANow! on September 30, 2010. It is a remarkable Windows based program that transforms well known languages (Latin, Italian, German, French) into IPA (International Phonetic Alaphabet) symbols. It works this way - input text from any of those languages (or copy an... |
