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What Is "Shape-Note" Singing?

Elisabeth Higgi... | March 27, 2009

In this musical tradition, singers read a variety of different note shapes—each one corresponding to a different syllable: fa, so, la, or mi.

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Healey Willan's Missa Brevis Settings for St. Mary Magdalene

Chorus America Staff | January 1, 2009

American Choral Review 51.1

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Where You Lead, They Will Follow

An Interview with Sir David Willcocks
Chorus America Staff | December 12, 2008

Famed conductor Sir David Willcocks speaks about his special love of choral singing and of choral singers through his experience as director of music at King's College, Cambridge and of the Royal College of Music's Bach Choir.

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The Choral Music of Harry Somers and Harry Freedman

Chorus America Staff | September 1, 2008

Research Memorandum Series No. 194

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Johannes Eccard and the Late Sixteenth-Century German Partsong

Chorus America Staff | June 1, 2008

American Choral Review 50.2

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A Guide to the Choral-Orchestral Works of Emma Lou Diemer: Part I

Chorus America Staff | April 1, 2008

Research Memorandum Series No. 193

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David Lang on Hearing Music with Fresh Ears

David Lang | March 1, 2008

Composer David Lang tells about the creative vision of Bang on a Can: Take concerts apart and put them back together again so that music can be heard with fresh ears.

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Rhythmic Layers and Tempo Relationships in Bach's B Minor Mass

Chorus America Staff | January 1, 2008

American Choral Review 50.1

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Alice Parker: Finding the Music in the Text

Alice Parker | December 1, 2007

Which comes first—the melody or the lyrics? Composer Alice Parker explains her creative process.

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The Unaccompanied Mixed-Voice Choral Music of Einojuhani Rautavaara

Chorus America Staff | September 1, 2007

Research Memorandum Series No. 192

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