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Stick Time: HS Honor Choir
A few days ago, ACDA announced the rosters for the four Honor Choirs that will sing during the 2013 National Conference in Dallas. Now that the shouting has subsided, more than 1,000 singers who were selected must turn their attention to the task of learning a sizeable body of music. For many of these […]
Creating a Positive Culture in your choir – I
This will be a short series about the idea of creating a “culture” in your choir. From an earlier comment response by Joshua Bronfman, I suspect he’ll be writing about some similar ideas! I’ve thought about this a lot over the years. By “culture,” I mean those things about the way the choir […]
Stick Time: Specialized Choirs
Most of us don’t have to opportunity to design our choral ensembles to fit the demands of a particular repertoire. We have to cook with what we have, so to speak. There are, however, a small number of choral conductors who are able to function as specialists, leading ensembles that perform a very tightly […]
Saturday Respite: Purple Singing Gum
Now THAT’s breath support . . .