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APRIL 29 - MAY 2 • Anaheim • Chicago o Cincinnati • Las Vegas • Montreal • New Orleans : • New York City • Orlando • San Francisco: o Vancouver I • Williamsburg I SPIECIAl FIESTIVAlS MAY 6-9 f West Coast Children's Choir Festival • Anaheim I' • Boston Anaheim - April 22-25 • Chicago 1 , East Coast • Minneapolis i Children's Choir Festival • San FranciscO: Valley Forge - May 6-9 • Seattle ! • Toronto Royal london I International Festival 13-16 : London - April 3-7 National Invitational Choral Festival Festival of Gold Washington D.C. - April Official Publication of the American Choral Directors Association Volume Thirty-eight Number Ten CHORALJO John Silantien Ann Easterling EDITOR INTERIM MANAGING EDITOR COLUMNS ARTICLES From the Executive Director ......... 2 From the President ....................... 3 Krzysztof Penderecki's From the Editor ............................ 4 Seven Gates ofJerusalem ......... 9 Research Report .......................... 61 by Ray Robinson Christine D. de Catanzaro, editor Musica Practica ........................... 65 Nina Gilbert, editor Compact Disc Reviews ............... 73 Richard]. Bloesch, editor Na PClirer!. Polski l\Iikohii.i. Gum A Monument of the Polish Book Reviews ............................. 81 "czyniulll~. Stephen Town, editor Renaisssance: Choral Reviews ........................... 85 MikoXaj Gom6Xka's Psalter .. 15 Corydon]. Carlson, editor by Leslie Guelker-Cone Repertoire and Standards Committee Reports .................... 33 ACDA Student Conducting Awards Guidelines/Application ... 37 1999 Honor Choir Applications ... 41 Breaking the Silence: 1998 Summer Festivals Choral Music of the and Workshops ........................... 47 Baltic Republics. Newsbriefs .................................. 58 Part III: Lithuania............... 23 In Memoriam ............................. 58 by Vance Wolverton Index to the Choral Journal Volume Thirty-eight ................ :.. 97 Advertisers Index ...................... lO4 REHEARSAL BREAI(S It's a Major-Key World .................................................. 31 Cover art, designed by Lynn Snyder, depicts a miniature by Nancy Cobb of pilgrims entering Jerusalem, from Passages d'Outremer, fifteenth century. Used by permission of the Bibliotheque Narionale de France. MAY 1998 PAGE 1 FROM THE AFFILIATED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ORGANIZATIONS INDIANA New Editor Appointed CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION HIS ISSUE of the Choral Journal concludes this volume year; it is also the end President - Daniel H. Graves 209 South Sixteenth Street of John Silantien's tenure as editor. We appreciate all John has done to bring Richmond, Indiana 37374 the Journal to its current level of excellence and wish him well as he returns to T Treasurer - PaulaJ. Alles the classroom and conductor's podium after a year's sabbatical from the University of 1471 Altmeyer Road Texas at San Antonio. Jasper, Indiana 47546 It is with great pleasure that we announce Wesley Coffman has agreed to serve as IOWA editor of the Choral JournaL He so ably served in that capacity for the September CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION President - Bruce Chamberlain 1985 through August 1989 issues. Wesley recently retired as Dean of the School of 1211 Oak Park Boulevard Music at Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, Texas. A longtime ACDA member, Cedat Falls, Iowa 50613 he now resides in Dallas. In addition to his recently assumed editorial duties, Wesley Secretary/Treasurer - Bruce A. Norris serves on ACD.A:s Archives Committee. He is excited about leading the Choral 404 Maple Street Mondamin, Iowa 51557 Journal into the twenty-first century. AMERICAN CHORAL DIRECTORS The managing editor's position became vacant when Jack Kilgore left the Choral ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA Journal at the end of February. Ann Easterling, assistant to the managing editor since President - David Dickau 104 Manchester Court August 1995, is now interim managing editor. Susan Gower, who has worked with Mankato, Minnesota 56001 John for the past year as production manager, will continue in that position in San Treasurer - Susan Zemlin Antonio. We know this current team will ensure that each month you receive a 1029 Paul Parkway, NE, #304 magazine you will read and reread. Blaine, Minnesota 55434 As things slow down for many of you during the summer months, allowing for a MONTANA well-deserved rest, the national office staff and ACDA leadership continue to work CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION President - Marco Ferro on the 1999 national convention. We are looking forward to another record-breaking Box 454 convention. Thanks to everyone who submitted an audition tape, a student composi­ Malta, Montana 59538 tion, or an interest session proposal. You will find information about the ACDA Treasurer - Larry Swingen Student Conducting Awards and honor choirs scheduled for the national convention 216 Eighth Avenue SW Sidney, Montana 59270 on pp. 37-46 of this issue. Your continued interest ensures that the 1999 convention NEBRASKA will be a showcase for the choral art. Future columns will feature the people instru­ CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION mental in planning and carrying out the convention. President - James F. Hejduk Westbrook Music Building Gene Brooks Universiry of Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska 68588 Treasurer - Mark Butler 1014 Arthur Street Holdrege, Nebraska 68949 OHIO CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION President - Craig Johnson Music Department, Otterbein College . Westerville, Ohio 43081 Treasurer - Bob Hartigan STATEMENT OF MEMBERSHIP 8770 Landen Drive The American Choral Directors Association is a nonprofit professional organization of choral directors Maineville, Ohio 75038 from schools, colleges, and universities; community, church, and professional choral ensembles; and industry and institutional organizations. Choral Journal circulation: 18,000. Annual dues (includes TEXAS subscription to the Choral Journa~: Active $55, Industry $1 ~O, Institutional $75, Retired $25, and CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION Student $20. One-year membership begins on date of dues acceptance. Library annual subscription President - Marsha Carlisle rates: U.S. $25; Canada $35; Foreign Surface $65; Foreign Air $75. 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Bjella these laws is a condition of participation by clinicians and performing groups at ACDA meetings and conventions. 3011 West Heritage Avenue Appleton, Wisconsin 54914 © 1998 by the Amencan Choral Directors Association, 502 SW Thirty-eighth Street, Lawton, Oklahoma 73505. Telephone: 580/355-8161. All nghts reserved. The Choral Journal (US ISSN 0009-5028) is issued monthly except June and July. Secretary/Treasurer - Ronald C. Bucldes Pnnted in the United States of America. 18723 67th Avenue ~ Periodicals postage paid at Lawton, Oklahoma, and additional mailing office. POSTMASTER: Send address Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin 54729 EdPless changes to Choral Journal, P.O. Box 6310, Lawton, Oklahoma 73506-0310. Volume Thirty-eight Number Ten PAGE 2 CHORAL JOURNAL NATIONAL FROM OFFICERS THE PRESIDENT PRESIDENT James A. Moore School of MM!~~h~[e i:::: ~5aC;~t University The Joy ofSinging 903/935-7963 (voice); 903/938-0390 (fax) CHORAL conductors, our purpose is to provide meaningful musical experi­ [email protected] s ences for our singers. Can we find ways, however, to broaden our outreach, to VICE-PRESIDENT Lynn \"\'bitten foster the joy of singing in all people at all levels of society? The peoples of the College of Music. University of Colorado A Boulder, Colorado 80309 world may never realize perfect ensemble or balance in societies or governments, but 303/494·6648 (voice); 303/492-5619 (f.. ,) [email protected] we can all strive for harmony and blend through a love of music and a joy of singing. PRESIDENT-ELECT Milburn Price The greater this influence prevails, the lesser the likelihood of violence and strife in the School of Music, Samford University