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Male Choirs Christopher Kiver Look for That Announcement This Fall CONTENTS August 2015/ Volume 56, Number 1 FEATURES 8 Fleeing War, Composing Peace: The Evolution of Jean Berger by Zebulon M. Highben 28 Notes for Success: Advice for the First-Year Choral Teacher, Part 2 Compiled by Amanda Bumgarner 38 Connection, Communication & Context: Improvisation in a Choral Setting by Carole J. Ott ARTICLES 49 Technology and the Choral Art Evernote for Every Choir, Composer, Classroom, and Conductor by Philip Copelandg g g 57 Life after Retirement by James Gallagher 59 Repertoire & Standards Managing the ACDA Student Chapter Leadership Transition by Bryan E. Nichols Student Chapter Update Nineteenth-Century Choral Repertoire for Male Voices by Mark Ramsay 69 Student Times On the Cover Jean Berger’s flight from Germany is represented Feeding the Choirs: The Beginner’s Recipe Guide to in the passport-like image of this month’s cover. Featured from Selecting Repertoire by Jessica Rikard top to bottom is an entry stamp to Paris, Rio de Janeiro, and finally New York City, where Berger quickly established himself 73 Rehearsal Break as a composer of choral music. The How of Rehearsing by Hilary Apfelstadtg Annual dues (includes subscription to the Choral Journal): Active $95, Industry $135, Institutional $110, Retired $45, and Student $35. Library annual subscription rates: U.S. $45; Canada $50; Foreign $85. Single Copy $3; Back Issues $4. Circulation: 19,000. REVIEWS Main offi ce: 405-232-8161 77 Book The Choral Journal (US ISSN 0009-5028) is issued monthly except for 83 Recorded Sound July by the American Choral Directors Association. Periodicals postage paid at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and additional mailing offi ce. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Choral Journal, 545 Couch Drive, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102. NEWS 7 2016 Division Conferences Since 1959, the Choral Journal has been the refereed, international journal of the 55 2014 Julius Herford Prize Call for Nominations American Choral Directors Association. Each issue features: three scholarly articles, 67 Raymond Brock Student Composition Contest Information anonymously peer-reviewed by the editorial board; refereed articles on pedagogical or scientifi c issues for the choral conductor; refereed articles with practical advice 87 America Cantat 8 and ideas for the choral conductor; reviews of books, recorded sound, and choral works by choral experts; and editorials from association leadership. The January and February issues preview each year’s divisional or national conference off erings. Articles from the Choral Journal can be found in the following online databases: EDITORIAL JSTOR (Arts & Sciences XI Collection); ProQuest (International Index to Music Periodicals); University Microfi lms International; NaPublishing; RILM (Répertoire 2 From the Executive Director International de Littérature Musicale); EBSCO music index; and WorldCat. Ad- 4 From the President vertising options are available for members and nonmembers. Cover art by Efrain 5 From the Editor Guerrero. Interior art by Tammy Brummell. Musical examples by Tunesmith Music <www.Tunesmithmusic.com> 6 Letters to the Editor NATIONAL OFFICERS From the An Innovative President Restructuring of ACDA Mary Hopper Wheaton College EXECUTIVE 630-752-5828 [email protected] Innovation involves a system- Vice president DIRECTOR atic process of work and one in- Karen Fulmer 253-927-6814 gredient I call the “secret sauce,” [email protected] which is a particular key mind-set that I believe President-elect to be at the root of any innovative breakthrough. Tom Shelton Westminster Choir College The methodology leading to sustainable innova- 609-921-7100 [email protected] tion follows this path: 1) understand the problem, NATIONAL TREASURER 2) observe the current challenge, 3) visualize the Jo Ann Miller North Dakota State University innovation, 4) evaluate and refi ne the innovation, [email protected] and 5) implement the innovation. These fi ve basic Executive Director Tim Sharp steps can be applied to the major breakthroughs we Tim Sharp 405-232-8161 call innovative. IDEO, the award-winning design [email protected] and development fi rm that brought the world the Apple mouse, has dem- Central Division President Gayle Walker onstrated that this deceptively simple methodology works for everything Otterbein University 614-823-1508 from creating simple children’s toys to launching e-commerce businesses. [email protected] The American Choral Directors Association has used this process as we Eastern Division President have confronted our membership’s mandate to restructure the way we do David Fryling Hofstra University our work in the twenty-fi rst century. 516-463-5497 [email protected] So we have the method, but what is the “secret sauce” or the “key” to North Central Division President innovation? The key to innovation was given to us clearly by Leonardo Bob Demaree University of Wisconsin-Platteville da Vinci, who kept a notebook (as did Galileo, Darwin, and other innova- 608-342-1446 tors) and wrote his ideas down, no matter how trivial or inconsequential. [email protected] He tied his notebook around his waist, and it served as his constant com- Northwestern Division President Patrick ryan panion. (Illustration found at http://quovadisblog.com/2010/01/guest- Great Falls High School 406-268-6370 post-leonardos-notebook/.) Da Vinci knew that focused observation was a [email protected] powerful pathway to innovation. In one margin, he wrote he was taking a Southern Division President Alicia Walker break from work perche la minestra si fredda (because the soup is getting cold). University of South Carolina Really? Sure, it is a great reason to stop working, but why write it down? 706-542-4752 [email protected] But that was what he did. Seemingly no idea or observation was trivial. Southwestern Division President His famous notebook reveals hundreds of sketches, musical notes, Mark Lawley Drury University doodles, and other refl ections. Not only did he observe, he intentionally [email protected] observed. His most often-used word was perche? (why?). This word can be Western Division President Anna Hamre found over and over again in his writings. One entry begins, Perche li cane…? California State University-Fresno (Why does a dog…?) It was not enough to observe; he also questioned why. 559-278-2539 [email protected] As we investigate his notebooks, we learn that he went beyond why and Industry Associate Representative sought to explore “Why not?” In this process, da Vinci reveals that the Brad Matheson Harmony International “secret sauce” of innovation was his questioning of “Why?” and “Why [email protected] not?” He would then interpret shades of meaning to divine their underly- Chair, Past Presidents’ Council Jo-Michael Scheibe ing motivations or needs. University of Southern California The inventor posed diffi cult challenges to himself and confronted tough [email protected] tasks. For example, he tried to describe the tongue of a hummingbird and National Past Presidents the experience of thirst. He was not afraid of problems and might even be † Archie Jones † Hugh Sanders described as a problem creator, but those problems he created were for him † Elwood Keister David O. Thorsen † Warner Imig Diana J. Leland to ponder and for his own disciplined study of the challenges of life. The † J. Clark Rhodes William B. Hatcher † Harold A. Decker John B. Haberlen evidence demonstrates that once he identifi ed the problem through obser- † Theron Kirk † Lynn Whitten † Charles C. Hirt James A. Moore vations, sketches, and experimentation, he sought an innovative solution. † Morris D. Hayes Milburn Price † Russell Mathis David Stutzenberger We are tempted to think of these achievements and say, “Yes, but he † Walter S. Collins Mitzi Groom H. Royce Saltzman Michele Holt † Colleen Kirk Hilary Apfelstadt Maurice T. Casey Jerry McCoy The 12 Purposes EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S was Leonardo da Vinci!” True, but of ACDA LOG he was also a very real person who came from humble and ordinary • To foster and promote choral circumstances. He was raised be- What's on singing, which will provide Tim's daytimer? tween two homes. His famous prac- artistic, cultural, and spiritual tice of writing backward has been experiences for the participants. Aug 1 - 2 Europa Cantat explained as a possible symptom Pecs, Hungary of dyslexia or evidence of being • To foster and promote the finest types of choral music to make SSepep 5 - 6 GALAGALA ChorusChorus ConferenceConference self-taught in reading and writing. these experiences possible. Da Vinci did not complete some Denver, CO of his innovative projects; in fact, • To foster and encourage SSepep 10 -14 Swedish Choral Festival he started a lot of things he never rehearsal procedures conducive Stockholm, Sweden fi nished. But what is important to to attaining the highest possible SSepep 23 - 27 Hawaii ACDA me as a student of innovation is level of musicianship and artistic performance. Honolulu, Hawaii that he started them. Leonardo da Vinci’s vocational • To foster and promote the What's on title on any given day could have organization and development Tim's Ipad? been military contractor, inven- of choral groups of all types in tor, painter, or musical performer. schools and colleges. Half Moon Rising: He loved people, work, play, food, • To foster and promote the Choral Music from Mainland China and life and traded in doubts and development of choral music in John Winzenburg questions. He signed his work, the church and synagogue. Leonardo Vinci discepilo della sperentia Practical Vocal Acoustics: Pedagogic (Leonardo da Vinci, disciple of • To foster and promote the Applications for Teachers and Singers experience). He asked “Why?” and organization and development Kenneth W. Bozeman “Why not?” and sought answers of choral societies in cities and communities. and solutions. Making Musical Meaning: The secret to innovation is really • To foster and promote the Unlocking the Value of Music Education no secret at all. The beginning of understanding of choral music in the Age of Innovation as an important medium of innovation engages a mind-set of Elizabeth Sokolowski contemporary artistic expression.
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