Make your own virtual choir performance in just 8 steps. This guide includes tips for planning the project, recording participant tracks, and editing the submissions into a final performance ready to post and send. For related technology and tools, visit Sheet Music Plus. You’ve seen them everywhere online: grids of iPhone videos of people singing... Continue Reading →
New Pandemic Relief Funding for Your Chorus – Apply Today
Guest post by Jacob Levine, the founder of Chorus Connection and a proud member of the NYC Gay Men's Chorus. Article reposted with permission from Chorus Connection. See the original post here. On December 27, 2020, after a tumultuous political rollercoaster, the President signed into law another COVID stimulus package as part of an omnibus... Continue Reading →
Tchaikovsky Body Tag: A (Remote) Music Class Activity for Children
This spring, Mark Burrows (a.k.a. “Mister Mark”) put together a few distance-learning resources called Classics Come Alive to support music instruction while many school buildings were closed. This is one of our favorites! We know how hard you're working to stay connected with your students. And we have all discovered some of the benefits and... Continue Reading →
A Four-Part Journey through Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir
Guest post by Curran Mahowald, a choral singer who participated in Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir 6 in May 2020 Eric Whitacre In the spring of 2020, Eric Whitacre assembled his sixth global virtual choir to premiere his new piece, "Sing Gently." Following a series of virtual rehearsals led by Whitacre himself, 17,572 singers from 129... Continue Reading →
Tips on Practicing Music in the Time of COVID-19
Guest post by Dan Leeman, a music educator and software consultant from Fargo, North Dakota. He taught middle school band and went on to found the Davies High School band program in 2011. Dan's new site, notestem.com, combines his love of music, education, and technology. While the site is in its infancy, it will be... Continue Reading →
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