The Voice

About The Voice

Chorus America's award-winning quarterly magazine, The Voice, highlights chorus news, artistic initiatives in the choral world, and advice and commentary on the business of running a successful chorus. The Voice is distributed to nearly 2,000 choral leaders throughout North America. It is published in Spring, Summer, and Fall/Winter; ISSN 1074-0805. Browse articles and past issues in the tabs below. Editor, Liza W. Beth

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Are more composers increasingly looking to the choral genre as a means for expression? We explore the issue in this roundtable discussion featuring Heather Hitchens of Meet The Composer, John...
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Many types of organizations are tackling issues of diversity. Patricia Moore Harbour, who has facilitated a number of these discussions in a process that she describes as the Transformative Learning...
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Artistic leadership of a chorus is both an individual balancing act and a highly collaborative endeavor.
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When choruses take the time to really sing the text—be it biblical or poetic, somber or silly—we demonstrate the moral consequence of lives that are animated by beauty, passion, and...
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The concept of ubuntu : "A person is a person through other people." Throughout black South African history—from ancient times when societies were migratory to the more recent struggle against...
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It's time we check our choral inferiority complex at the door and assert choral music's rightful place as the noblest of the performing arts.
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Cellists hang out with the other cellists, singers hang out with other singers, but conductors—who do they hang out with? Stephen Czarkowski and 31 other conductors hung out together for...
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Every summer, countless choruses hit the road, offering up their musical gifts in venues across the globe and conferring many benefits to the chorus and its singers. Here are questions...
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If your day is spent managing a chorus, then you know all too well how Murphy’s Law and the ongoing needs of your staff and board can exacerbate the ability...
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Vance George, former director of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, reflects on a lifetime of musicmaking.
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The past decade seems to have had more than its fair share of natural disasters and tragedies. In the aftermath of a major event, how should your chorus approach its...
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Meditation and choral singing hold many commonalities. Find out how choruses can use the practice of "being quiet" to enhance rehearsals, singing and even performances.