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Chorus America Staff | Technique/Tool
"When learning a new piece, use imaging to simulate your execution and instill a vivid mental map before you play or sing--e.g. to absorb an unfamiliar phrase, instrumentalists might move their fingers in the air as they vocalize; singers could...Read more
Chorus America Staff | Performance
Chorus America Staff | Performance
Chorus America Staff | Singing
"When singers sing high notes, their eyebrows go higher than when they sing low notes. While that may not be an absolute physiological rule, a team of Danish and American researchers discovered that it happens pretty consistently." Read more from the...Read more
Chorus America Staff | Performance
Chorus America Staff | Performance, Singing
10,000 voices sing "Ode to Joy" Read more
Chorus America Staff | Science
"Research suggests that there may be psychological reasons why some songs are more likely to stick, including memory triggers, emotional states and even stress. Some researchers hope to better understand why this happens and figure out what, if anything...Read more
Chorus America Staff | Technique/Tool
Is appoggiatura the essential ingredient in a good "broken-heart" love song? NPR examines Adele's "Someone Like You" hit and why it's so effective. Read/listen more from NPR in two articles: Read more
A round-up of this year's classical music GRAMMY Award winners: Best Choral Performance Light & Gold Eric Whitacre, conductor (Christopher Glynn & Hila Plitmann; The King's Singers, Laudibus, Pavão Quartet & The Eric Whitacre Singers)Read more
Chorus America Staff | Singing
"When asked if anything from her opera training has stayed with her, Streep replied: 'I learned the importance of breath. There was a thing I learned in my lessons from Estelle -- to breathe from your back. She would always say, there's room in the back...Read more
Enjoy Seattle’s First Online Choral Music Channel
In celebration of Chorus America’s Annual Conference coming to the Pacific Northwest, Classical KING FM has launched Seattle’s first all-choral music channel online at www.king.org. Listen 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for music from top choral groups, including winners of Chorus America’s Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence.
