By Patti Drennan The musical world more or less came to a screeching halt in March 2020. Unsure of the effects a deadly Coronavirus could bring, most churches and businesses shuttered their doors until medical officials could analyze the seriousness and duration of this pandemic. For many months, choirs quit singing in worship and large...... Continue Reading →
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Your Intro to Pop A Cappella
Hint: It might just be more approachable than you think! Looking for new ways to get students to join choir and keep them coming back for more? From Pentatonix to Pitch Perfect, they’ve already fallen in love with pop a cappella. Here’s Rob Dietz to help you teach them to sing it. Rob, a cappella...... Continue Reading →
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8 Tips On Recruiting For Your Music Program
Due to the coronavirus outbreak, many music institutions were closed. The health commission prohibited many choirs and musicians from performing. Due to health concerns, many parents opted not to enroll their kids in music classes but instead made them attend regular academic classes. One of the noticeable challenges that music teachers faced was recruiting and...... Continue Reading →
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12 of the Best New School Choir Arrangements from Shawnee Press
This blog comes courtesy of the Director of Educational Choral Publications for Shawnee Press, Greg Gilpin Assess! Inspire! Ignite! As the new school year begins, many teachers are faced with new challenges created by the pandemic as well as ever-changing educational requirements for young people. Here are a few examples: - You older and experienced...... Continue Reading →
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Mariachi – Yes, It’s Part of the Music Program
by Herman Méndez One might deem a program as successful when it has been fully embraced by students, school staff, parents and community to the degree that it becomes an integral part of the school curriculum. Over a number of years now, mariachi music programs in schools have been growing in numbers in the southern...... Continue Reading →
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Ralph Vaughan Williams: Preserving the Publishing Legacy
In October 2022, as musicians across the world mark the 150th anniversary of Ralph Vaughan Williams's birth, Oxford University Press's archived Vaughan Williams materials are to be moved to the British Library, where they will join the Library’s existing world-class collection of Vaughan Williams autograph manuscripts, papers, letters, photographs, and other materials—the most comprehensive collection relating to this composer in the world.
The OUP donation covers approximately 60 items, each one of these demonstrating some part of the publication process. Here, we explore a selection of the items, each telling a story from Vaughan Williams’s musical career.
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In Another Guise: Recycling and Borrowing in J. S. Bach’s Works
By Dr. Uwe Wolf, Chief Editor of Carus Verlag It may seem surprising that Johann Sebastian Bach’s oratorios and masses are based to a large extent on parody, and that they were originally composed to a quite different text. This does not, however, diminish the fascination which they exert. Of course, when the timpani notes...... Continue Reading →
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Arranging for Young Jazz Bands: Getting Started
Finding suitable arrangements for your beginning or young jazz ensemble can be tough, and many directors turn to writing their own arrangements. To help get you started, we’ve turned to Roy Phillippe, an expert arranger of jazz classics for young bands. ROY'S PROCESS If the music is new or unfamiliar to me, I study the...... Continue Reading →
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12 of the Most Popular Christmas Digital Sheet Music Downloads
Explore the 12 most-searched Christmas titles at Sheet Music Plus and find digital arrangements for every instrument and level to download and play today! #12. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel Originally in Latin & titled "Veni, Emmanuel," this classic advent carol is a hauntingly beautiful choice for Christmas Eve celebrations. This arrangement by Sharon Wilson...... Continue Reading →
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Top Piano Music by Women Composers: Celebrating Women’s History Month.
Celebrate Women's History Month with our most popular piano music by women composers!
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