by Sarah Wolf | Jun 15, 2020 | Dear Gia
As we await our return to meeting with our choirs and ensembles, WLP Managing Editor, Mary Beth Kunde-Anderson, GIA Editor-at-large, David Anderson, and GIA Senior Project Editor Michael Silhavy all offer their suggestions for encouraging continuing fellowship and...
by Sarah Wolf | Jun 8, 2020 | Dear Gia
Michael Silhavy takes this question for us! Michael is GIA’s Senior Project editor and has worked in diocesan, cathedral, university, and parish settings. What’s the best series for music for small choirs? Currently, the GIA/WLP catalog has well over 20 different...
by Sarah Wolf | Jun 1, 2020 | Dear Gia
From Michael Silhavy… CHORAL WARM-UPS – AN OPPOSING VIEW? I was initially hesitant to take a contrarian opinion on the typically held view concerning the importance of vocal warm-ups in the choral setting. But I was heartened to see my colleague Alan...
by Sarah Wolf | May 29, 2020 | Dear Gia
We asked Alan Hommerding to answer this question and he pointed us toward a chapter he wrote for the book Choral Conducting That Works for Worship Below is an excerpt from that book. The Four S’s – Stretch, Space, Support, Sound Stretch Some conductors like to begin...