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Choral Journal

April 2016

Download the complete issue.  (13 MB)eCJ (digital Choral Journal) **Download individual articles by clicking on the titles below.** FEATURES Text and Musical Gesture in the Choral Music of Rebecca Clarkeby Marin Jacobson William Grant Still’s Three Rhythmic Spirituals by Jeffrey L. Webb ARTICLES On the Voice Choral Journal and the Adolescent Female Changing Voiceby Bridget Sweet Student Times […]



March 2016

Download the complete issue.  (12 MB)eCJ (digital Choral Journal) **Download individual articles by clicking on the titles below.** FEATURES On Our Way: Programming a Martin Luther King Jr. Concert for Youth Choirby Anthony Trecek-King From Kindergarten to College: Understanding Young Voices and Keeping Them Healthy by Wendy D. LeBorgne Creativity and Artistry in the Children’s […]



February 2016

Download the complete issue.  (27 MB)eCJ (digital Choral Journal) **Download individual articles by clicking on the titles below.** FEATURES Discovering Voices: Expanding Students’ Musical and Vocal Ideals in an Urban Community Children’s Choir by Nicole Becker and Jeanne Goffi-Fynn Decoding the Secrets of the Psalms by Joshua R. Jacobson Training Choral Conductors in the Choral […]



January 2016

Download the complete issue.  (29 MB) eCJ (Digital Choral Journal) **Download individual articles by clicking on the titles below.** CONFERENCE PREVIEWS Eastern Division North Central Division Western Division Central Division Northwestern Division Southwestern Division Southern Division



December 2015

Download the complete issue.  (27 MB)eCJ (Digital Choral Journal) **Download individual articles by clicking on the titles below.** FEATURES The Changing Paradigm of Professional Singing: A Conversation with Top Singers and Conductors in the United States by Deanna Joseph African American Practice of Shape-Note Singing in the United Statesby Derrick Fox ARTICLESA Sampling of ChorTeachOn the […]



November 2015

Download the complete issue.  (8.5 MB)eCJ (Digital Choral Journal) **Download individual articles by clicking on the titles below.** FEATURES Gender Trouble: Males, Adolescence, and Masculinity in the Choral Contextby Joshua Palkki Inspiring Excellence: Observations of Four Collegiate Choral Conductorsby Helen Hoekema Van Wyck Music on the Mountain: The Lehigh University/ACDA Composers Forumby Mark A. Boyle […]