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. Little did I know that I would have the fortune to work with the women’s choir at North Dakota State University every day—well…actually every other day—for over ten years and to serve North Central ACDA as the Women’s Choirs chair. Do you eat your vegetables and try to exercise daily, or every other day? As in eating vegetables and exercising, there are ways to implement “what’s good for us” into our women’s choral ensembles. Please do not interpret the following as drudgery, but as ideas that can pay large dividends. Similar to the way in which many conductors learn techniques from other conductors, I…
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, IA https://arts.uiowa.edu/events/ui-symphony-orchestra-and-choirs-featuring-uriel-tsachor-piano/2016-12-01 Free admission Friday and Saturday, December 2 and 3, 2016, 6:30 p.m. Simpson College Madrigal Christmas Dinner Simpson College Campus – the Great Hall Indianola, IA http://events.simpson.edu/event/madrigal_christmas_dinner#.WAZoBvkrKM8 A Madrigal Dinner unlike any other known for its ambience and sumptuous musical fare. Sunday, December 11, 2016 2:00 and 5:00 p.m. Simpson College Service of Lessons and Carols Simpson College Campus – Smith Memorial Chapel Indianola, IA http://events.simpson.edu/event/lessons_carols_1498#.WAZowPkrKM8 One of the most beloved traditions of Advent and Christmas from England is a form of worship known as the Festival of Lessons & Carols. This service (adapted for use in King's…
