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The Voice
About The Voice
Chorus America's award-winning quarterly magazine, The Voice, highlights chorus news, artistic initiatives in the choral world, and advice and commentary on the business of running a successful chorus. The Voice is distributed to nearly 2,000 choral leaders throughout North America. It is published in Spring, Summer, and Fall/Winter; ISSN 1074-0805. Browse articles and past issues in the tabs below. Editor, Liza W. Beth
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Latest Voice Issue
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On any given day in any given city, people are gathering together to sing. Some arrive energized; others slip in quietly, carrying stress, loneliness, or fatigue. But within minutes, they...
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Singing Together and Staying Healthy: How Choruses Have Reshaped Their Health and Wellness Practices
The COVID-19 pandemic changed the landscape of the choral world and our views of health and wellness in ways we are just beginning to understand. While it was a traumatic...
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People have sung together for as long as we know of. Singing even predates human existence, with evidence suggesting that Neanderthals sang. So how has this art form continued to...
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Music has always been a vehicle for emotion. In choral spaces, we often ask singers to connect deeply to the music being performed. That collective emotional openness is part of...
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Previous Voice Content
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Many choral organizations have embraced accessibility for those with disabilities as an important value, even making it part of their policies. When choruses accommodate singers with disabilities, everybody wins.
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Ten years after his death, a new book about conductor Elmer Iseler examines his legacy on choral music not just in Canada but throughout the choral music field.
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Guidelines on the financial reports you need from your accountant—and when—to be an effective steward of your chorus.
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Performances of Verdi's Requiem by Jewish prisoners at the Terezín concentration camp inspire a present-day concert drama that explores the profround relationship between music and its performers.
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It's important for a chorus to convey messages through marketing communications that are consistent with the brand conveyed through its musicmaking. A periodic brand audit—conducted either by a consultant or...
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The goal of a concert is not to perform great music well, but to co-create personally relevant experiences together inside the music.
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In his recent book egonomics: what makes ego our greatest asset (or most expensive liability), co-author Steven Smith explores the power of ego to enhance communication and organizational effectiveness. Because...
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Marilyn Horne, one of America's most celebrated opera stars, decided to shine the spotlight on the next generation.
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Composer David Lang tells about the creative vision of Bang on a Can: Take concerts apart and put them back together again so that music can be heard with fresh...
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Richard Westenburg, the founder of New York's famed chorus and orchestra, Musica Sacra, died of colon cancer on February 20, 2008. Westenburg had been an important fixture on the New...
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As singers age, what used to be easy becomes harder—sustaining the high notes, singing through a phrase on one breath, doing a smooth crescendo and decrescendo. Here's a look at...
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Which comes first—the melody or the lyrics? Composer Alice Parker explains her creative process.
