Author, Becoming the Choral Poet - Considerations and Techniques for the Advancing Conductor, GIA Music Publications; 2021
Contributor, Continuing the Quest..., by Carole Glenn; To be published summer/fall 2021
Anonymous Reviewer, for Oxford University Press, 2021
Read MoreRead MoreHow do we maintain growth as an educated people? Are we really as educated as we think we are? Let's consider a model.
Suppose one is an A student, who knows absolutely everything about a given topic. Suppose that person decides to teach. Well call this person T1. In the first year of teaching T1 has a student, also bound to be a teacher who makes an average of 90 in the class. 90 is, of course, a good grade --an A- in most college grading systems. Well call this person T2.
Read MoreThe following was given as the graduation address for the University of North Texas College of Music in May 2015. I hope there is something in this address that strikes a positive, motivating chord within you. But, also please be aware that this writing is copyrighted and portions of this address will be included in my new book, Becoming the Choral Poet, to be published in 2020 by GIA Music Publishers.
Read MoreThe following was given as an interest session for the 2013 national ACDA conference held in Dallas, Texas. Into the Mind refers to the conference lecture series given by conductors whose choirs were singing on the conference. There may have been changes in recent years concerning how certain aspects of the audition processes are organized and accomplished. However, the concepts for successful preparation of audition materials have not changed. Please remember the following material is copyrighted. Some of this material will appear in my new book, Becoming the Choral Poet, to be published by GIA Music Publishers in 2020. My choirs have sung vetted performances on four national ACDA conferences and six regional (divisional) ACDA conferences. I have also served on four national ACDA audition panels and was asked to serve on two additional national panels for which I could not make their schedules work with my own. I have also served on TMEA audition panels.