NATS President Karen Brunssen and Chadley Ballantyne present the latest techniques, vocal acoustics, and more for adolescent singing from Karen Brunssen’s new book, The Evolving Singing Voice: Changes Across the Lifespan. Learn Chadley’s cutting-edge “WEIRD” exercise that Continued on next page uses adolescents’ own resonance and articulation to optimize vocal function, aff ects on resonance […]
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Finding Common Ground: A Panel Discussion on Conflict Transformation through Choral Music
How can music build bridges between communities in divisive times? This panel discussion will feature choral conductors and song leaders who are pursuing justice and reconciliation through choral music by engaging diverse populations of singers in dialogue-based conflict transformation, restorative practices, and creative youth development into the rehearsal and performance process.
A Conversation with John Rutter
John Rutter is an internationally recognized composer whose composition “Fanfare” will be premiered on the opening night of the 2019 ACDA National Conference. He edits the Oxford Choral Classics series, and he is co-editor of four volumes of Carols foroirs with Sir David Willcocks. In 1983, Rutter formed The Cambridge Singers, with whom he has […]
March 2019
Download the complete issue. (7 MB) electronic Choral Journal **Download individual articles by clicking on the titles below.** FEATURES Charles Ives and Techniques of Choral Narrative: Exploring Three Harvest Home Choralesby Derek J. Myler Giving Music a Hand: Conducting History in Practice and Pedagogyby William Southerland ARTICLES On the VoiceSeven Essential Voice Science Tools for Choral […]
February 2019
Download the complete issue. (30 MB)eCJ (digital Choral Journal) **Download individual articles by clicking on the titles below.** Conference SchedulesTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday Other Sections Exhibits/Exhibitors Awards General Information ARTICLESJake Runestad: An Introduction to the Composer, Interview, and Preview of the 2019 Raymond W. Brock Commission, A Silence Haunts Me by Jonathan Talberg
ChorTeach 2019 (11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 12.1)
11.2 – Winter 2019
11.3 – Spring 2019
11.4 – Summer 2019
12.1 – Fall 2019