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February 2004

Download the complete issue. Articles A Preview of the American Choral Directors Association Robert Shaw Institute for Choral Music by Gene Brooks Thematic Transformation in Mendelssohn’s Lobegesang by John Curtis Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast: A Masterly Storytelling by Ryan Kelly The Centenary Year of Unding Smith Moore: Dean of Black Women Composers by Philip Burnelle

January 2004

Download the entire issue. Divisions Eastern Division Convention Preview Western Division Convention Preview Central Division Convention Preview Southern Division Convention Preview Northwestern Division Convention Preview

IJRCS Volume 1

In this issue:
 Editorial Choral Singing: A Matter of Relationships (J. F. Daughterty)
 Choir Acoustics: An Overview of Research Published to Date (Sten Ternström)
 The Effect of Conducting Gesture on Singers’ Perceptions of Inappropriate Vocal
Tension: A Pilot Study (R. J. Vieth Fuelberth)
 A Preliminary Study of Factors That Limited Secondary School Involvement of
Collegiate Choral Singers (J. W. Tipps)
 Preference for Strong or Weak Singer’s Formant Resonance in Choral Tone
Quality (J. K. Ford)
 Choir Spacing and Formation: Choral Sound Preferences in Random, Synergistic,
and Gender-Specific Chamber Choir Placements (J. F. Daugherty)
 Aesthetic Response to Choral Music: Response Comparisons of Performer-
Participants and Non-Performer Respondents (A. P. Davis)

December 2003

Download the complete issue. Articles The Magnificent Rise and Call of ACDA (1959 to 2003) by Gene Brooks Brahms and the “Clara Emblem”: Musical Allusion as a Key to Understanding the Thematic Sources at the Heart of Ein deutsches Requiem by James John Divo Aloysio Sacrum: James MacMillan’s Early Motet as Exemplar of His Mature […]

November 2003

Download the complete issue. Articles The Larger Sacred Works of Alan Hovhaness by David W. Music The Text Trap by Kirke Mechem Perspectives on John Corigliano’s A Dylan Thomas Trilogy by Alfred S. Townsend

October 2003

Download the complete issue. Articles The Style of Meditation: The Choral Music of Rihards Dubra by Kevin Smith Rhetoric and Drama in Schutz’s St. Matthew Passion by Stephen A. Kingsbury Connecting the Inner Ear and the Voice by Eric Johnson