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The start of a new school year means different things to different teachers. For some it’s a fresh start, full of possibilities. For others, it’s a rebuilding time after a downturn in the program. And for others, well, they’re still crying on the patio begging summer not to end. No matter your current emotional state,... Continue Reading →
Guest post by Martin Ashley, editor-in-chief of the research journal of the Association of British Choral Directors Originally published by Oxford University Press in the OUP Blog: Academic Insights for the Thinking World Fifty-five years ago, a fourteen-year-old boy spent a week in the mountains of Snowdonia, staying at a youth hostel called Bryn Dinas.... Continue Reading →
With the second volume of The Church Year in Limericks, Christopher M. Brunelle, Director of Music at the First United Church of Christ in Northfield, MN, and a former member of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, and the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, continues to put lowly doggerel to lofty purposes. This collection of entirely new... Continue Reading →
Guest post by Susan Eernisse, Children’s Music Editor for Jubilate Music Group One of the things we as children’s choir directors deal with is the competition for a spot on the weekly family schedule. I believe there are some fantastic things going on every week in our choir rooms, yet how do we get the... Continue Reading →
By Dr. Uwe Wolf, Chief Editor of Carus Verlag It may seem surprising that Johann Sebastian Bach’s oratorios and masses are based to a large extent on parody, and that they were originally composed to a quite different text. This does not, however, diminish the fascination which they exert. Of course, when the timpani notes... Continue Reading →
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