Choral Resource

I love this quote from Cathy Crispino, the 2008 Kansas Music Educators Association’s High School Choral Teacher of the Year

Ingo Titze, one of the foremost names in vocal pedagogy – specializing in the scientific study of the voice, has written a wonderful article for Scientific American explaining how The Human Instrument can compete with other instruments in terms of pitch range and loudness.
This excellent article should be of interest to anyone wanting to know more [...]

January seems to be the month to focus on health and fitness. We are daily bombarded with news stories on ways to lose pounds or get fit. Being a bit rounder than I’d like to be, I generally listen, but I really perked up when I saw this headline:  No sweat – sing yourself to better [...]

“I love it, I like to see people succeed, and music is a positive academic program that gives kids the opportunity for success.” ~Margaret Pantalone
Ms. Pantelone, with 65 years as a choral music educator, was just recently honored by having a 38-year-old choral festival in West Virginia renamed after her. Read about it here.
65 years = amazing [...]

A 40-million pound “Sing Up” initiative aims to get every child in the UK singing daily within 4 years. The initiative offers a magazine for teachers and online resources at their website. An excellent article on the new program says that children who sing achieve more at school as is evidenced by the fact that the top 30 [...]

Ricci Adam’s MusicTheory.net offers a wonderful html & flash-based suite of music theory lessons and trainers. The entire site is downloadable for use on your desk or laptop system and should work on both Windows and Mac based platforms. This excellent site covers most of what you need to know/learn for a university ‘theory core.’

Staves
Durations
Accidentals
Scales
Intervals
Chords
Ear trainers (many [...]

“Most people don’t think about singing when they think about revolutions. But song was the weapon of choice when, between 1986 and 1991, Estonians sought to free themselves from decades of Soviet occupation. During those years, hundreds of thousands gathered in public to sing forbidden patriotic songs and to rally for independence.”
This is the subject [...]

A new Harris Poll links music education to higher incomes & levels of personal fulfillment: “Whether it’s chorus, band or just violin lessons, music impacts Americans’ lives. While singing in a chorus or playing an instrument is fun, it can also provide important skills like creative problem solving that can help lead to higher education [...]