Greetings! I’m very excited to share this issue of Melisma focused on gender issues in the choral ensemble. Riikka Pietiläinen-Caffrey, Delaney Hanon, and Lorenzo Silva offer an insightful article that raises our… Read more
Issue: November 2016
President’s Column
WHO TAKES CARE OF THE CONDUCTOR? Rehearsals are underway, concerts are coming up, and nearly every choir director on the planet has something big in December. Concerts, special events, and… Read more
Gender Inclusivity: Language and the Choral Rehearsal
Choir screams gender. From the traditional to the modern day, from choir dress codes to vocal parts, from the hypermasculine fear of singing to the choirboy image. A great many… Read more
Choral Mentoring
Growing up in rural West Virginia, there wasn’t a wealth of musical opportunities for a young man like myself. I was fortunate to be enrolled in piano lessons, but the school… Read more
Vitamins for Women’s Choirs
When recalling my first guest conducting experience with a treble-voice choir in Bemidji, MN in 1998, my thoughts were that I would love to work with a similar group every day…. Read more
State-by-State News
Iowa Thursday, December 1, 2016, 6:30 p.m. Ludwig van Beethoven: Choral Fantasy, Franz Schubert: Mass in Ab Major University of Iowa Choirs & Symphony Orchestra Voxman Music Building Concert Hall Iowa City,… Read more