Notive worked hard helping your students achieve their best. Ole Miss can take them to themext level. ,."~" ,ii ," \ Official Publication of the American Choral Directors Association Volume Thirty-eight Number Four NOVEMBER 1997 CHORALJO John Silantien Jack Kilgore EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR COLUMNS ARTICLES From the Executive Director ......... 2 From the President ....................... 3 Verdi's Opera Choruses: From the Editor ............................ 4 Songs That Letters to the Editor ...................... 4 Rallied a Nation ................... 9 by Lila Rhodes Compact Disc Reviews ............... 53 Richard J. Bloesch, editor Book Reviews ............................. 59 Stephen Town, editor The Seven Choral Reviews ........................... 67 Deadly Sins of Corydon J. Carlson, editor First-Year Teachers............... 17 by Scott W. Dorsey Repertoire and Standards Committee Reports .................... 41 Audition Application .................. 45 A Report on CHORUS ACDA Officer Candidates .......... 47 AMERICA'S Twentieth Newsbriefs .................................. 52 Annual Conference ............. 25 In Memoriam ............................. 58 by Earl Rivers AMERICA Advertisers Index ........................ 80 Cover art, designed by Anrbony Saldivar, depicts Italian REHEARSAL BREAI(S rebels during rbe war of 1859 scrawling "Viva V.E.R.D.I." on a wall. Verdi's name formed an acronym for "Vittorio Emanuele Re D'ltalia" and became rbe rebels' rallying ely. Illustration for Scott Dorsey article by Paul Burron. How to Evaluate a Folk-Song Arrangement ................... 33 by Nina Gilbert Manuscript to Printed Octavo-How the Pros Do It ..... 37 by Steven Powell NOVEMBER 1997 PAGE 1 FROM THE AFFILIATED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ORGANIZATIONS Planning and Preparation INDIANA CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION T YOUR SCHOOL or church, it probably seems as though planning and President - Daniel H. Graves preparation are never done. The same is true for ACDA. This issue contains 209 South Sixteenth Street Richmond, Indiana 37374 A three items of Association business to which I draw your attention. Treasurer - Paula]. Alles First are the guidelines and application for auditioning for the 1999 ACDA 1471 Altmeyer Road National Convention in Chicago. Although the convention is still eighteen months Jasper, Indiana 47546 away, the audition process begins early next year. Don't miss out on the opportunity to IOWA have your choir appear. CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION President - Bruce Chamberlain Second is the biographical information on candidates for national president-elect 1211 Oak Park Boulevard designate and four division presidents-elect. Ballots for these elections will be mailed Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613 out at the end of the year. Voting is not merely a privilege, it is a responsibility of all Secretary/Treasurer - Bruce A. Norris ACDA members. Please review each candidate's biography so you may cast an in­ 404 Maple Street formed vote. Mondamin, Iowa 51557 Third are the guidelines and application for the inaugural Raymond W Brock MINNESOTA CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION Student Composition Contest, which I announced in last month's column. This President - David Dickau competition, underwritten by the Brock Memorial Endowment Trust, promises to 104 Manchest COUrt become a major part of future ACDA division and national conventions. Please Mankato, Minnesota 56001 encourage your students to enter. Treasurer - Susan Zemlin 1029 Paul Pkwy NE, #304 Blaine, Minnesota 55434 Music Loses a Great Leader MONTANA In early September, when the world at large was mourning the deaths of the CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION Princess of Wales and Mother Theresa, the choral world mourned the loss of a President - Marco Ferro 705 Blackmore Place pioneer and great leader. Elaine Brown died on September 6, 1997, at the age of Bozeman, Montana 59715 eighty-seven (see In Memoriam, p. 58). Treasurer - Larry Swingen Elaine was a moving force in choral music for nearly seven decades. After graduat­ Box 454 ing from Bush Conservatory, Chicago, at age nineteen with a B.M.E. degree, she set Malta, Montana 59538 out to make a difference-and what a difference she made. She began her career as an NEBRASKA CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION educator/ conducror in 1942, and her legacy is evident today in the large number of President - James F. Hejdulr students she taught, conducted, and inspired. Everyone who sat in her classroom or Westbrook Music Building University of Nebraska sang under her baton realized they were in the presence of a master teacher who was Lincoln, Nebraska 68588 motivated by a passion for music and genuine love for people. Treasurer - Mark Butler Elaine saw choral music as a powerful force for human communication, and she 1014 Arthur Street had a vision of helping people of diverse backgrounds to achieve understanding Holdrege, Nebraska 68949 through choral music. She led the way in the development of music in the community. OHIO One of her greatest accomplishments outside the classroom was the Singing City CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION President - Craig Johnson Choir, which she founded in Philadelphia nearly forty years ago. I know I will never Music Deparrment, Otterbein College Westerville, Ohio 43081 (Continued p. 24) Treasurer - Bob Hartigan STATEMENT OF MEMBERSHIP 8770 Landen Drive The American Choral Directors Association is a nonprofit professional organization of choral directors Maineville, Ohio 45039 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 Journal): Active $55, Industry $100, 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. Single Copy $3; Back Issues $4. 10318 Royal Coach ACDA is a founding member of the International Federation for Choral Music. San Antonio, Texas 78239 ACDA supports and endorses the goals and purposes of CHORUS AMERICA in promoting the excellence of choral music throughout the world. Treasurer - Kelly Moore. ACDA reserves the right to approve any applications for appearance and to edit all materials proposed for distribution. 4021 Timberidge Drive Permission is granted to all ACDA members to reproduce articles from the Choral Journal for noncommercial, educational Irving, Texas 75038 purposes only. Nonmembers wishing to reproduce articles may request permiSSion by writing to ACDA. WISCONSIN The Choral Journal is supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION Recognizing its position of leadership, ACDA complies with the copyright laws of the United States. Compliance with President - Richard L. Bjella these laws is a condition of participation by clinicians and performing groups at ACDA meetings and conventions. 3011 Wesr Heritage Avenue Appleton, Wisconsin 54914 © 1997 by the American Choral Directors Association, 502 SW Thirty-eighth Street, Lawton, Oklahoma 73505. Telephone: 405/355-8161. All rights reserved. The Choral Journal (US ISSN 0009-5028) is issued monthly except for June and July. Secretary - Ronald C. Buckles Printed 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 EdPress changes to Choral Journal, P.O. Box 6310, Lawton, Oklahoma 73506-0310. Volume Thirty-seven Number Four PAGE 2 CHORAL JOURNAL ~------------ NATIONAL FROM OFFICERS THE PRESIDENT PRESIDENT James A. Moore Programming Sacred Music School of Music. East Texas Baptist University Marshall, Texas 75670 HORAL CONDUCTORS across the country face serious concerns regard­ 903/935-7963 (voicel; 903/938-0390 (fax) ing the programming of sacred music in today's public school choral pro­ VICE-PRESIDENT grams. Many school districts have adopted policies restricting the use of Lynn Whitten C College of Music, University of Colorado music with a sacred text. This situation presents another opportunity for choral Boulder, Colorado 80309 303/494-6648 (voice); 303/492-5619 (fax) conductors to serve as advocates of our profession and to defend the musical heritage PRESIDENT-ELECT that is ours. In 1993 the ACDA National Board adopted a position statement Milburn Priee School of Music, Samford University pertaining to the performance of music from a sacred tradition in the public schools, Birmingham, Alabama 35229 205/870-2778 (voicel; 205/870-2165 (fax) with the goal of assisting "music educators in TREASURER finding ways to study, create, and perform mu­ Maxine Asselin sic from a variety of cultural and religious tradi­ Music Department, Bridgewater State College Bridgewater, Massachusetts 02325 tions." The following is excerpted from the 508/697-1377 (voice); 508/697-1729 (fax) position statement: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Gene Brooks P.O. Box 6310, Lawron, Oklahoma 73506 405/355-8161 (voice); 405/248-1465 (fax) Any work of art studied or performed should [email protected] .be selected for its inherent beauty of structure CENTRAL DIVISION PRESIDENT and form. Its purpose in study should be Thomas J. 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