Choral Warm-Ups for Changing Adolescent Voices

Using research-supported techniques for warming up adolescent choral groups can help enhance students’ vocal skills, their musicality, and their confidence

Guidelines for Guest Conductors of Honor Choirs

The article presents suggestions for conducting honor choirs. The musical goals for the honor choir experience are the responsibility of the conductor. The guest conductor also has an opportunity to invite teachers to gauge the effectiveness of his or her rehearsal, conducting, and performance techniques. Before accepting the first invitation to conduct an honor choir, one is advised to to attend a similar event. One of the primary tasks for guest conductors is submitting proposed repertoire for the organizing committee\u27s approval. Guest conductors are often provided with programs from previous years as a guide

Comparison of Printed Concert Programs at ACDA, ASTA, and Midwest Clinic National Conferences

This short-form manuscript reports a content analysis of all ensemble concert programs distributed at the 2015 national conferences of the American Choral Directors Association, the American String Teachers Association, and the Midwest Clinic. The purpose was to address perceptions that print and design expectations for the concert programs were elaborate and, therefore, beyond the means of schools and organizations with limited financial resources. Programs were analyzed for characteristics such as overall dimensions, number of pages, use of color and photography, letters of administrative or political support, and design intensity. Analysis revealed substantial differences between the aggregate concert programs by conference, as well as between the individual programs distributed at the conferences. These differences indicate that conductors and sponsoring organizations have the flexibility to design and distribute conference concert programs that align with each ensemble’s philosophical, aesthetic, and budgetary considerations