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As 2011 comes to a close, TCDA would like to wish its members, exhibitors and other industry professionals a safe and happy holiday season. As we reflect on the past year for the industry, we would like to provide the readers of Choral Notes a look at the most accessed articles from the year. Our regular publication will resume Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2011.
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Oct. 26, 2011 issue: The intrinsic benefits of arts education
Arts Blog
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As reported by Kristen Engebretsen, "I recently authored a post titled 'The Top 10 Ways to Support Arts Education', but I'm finding that I get more requests from people asking for reasons why arts education should be supported, not how.
So as a companion piece to the how of supporting arts education, here I offer reasons why arts education should be supported."
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Oct. 26, 2011 issue: How music changes our brains
Salon
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Music has never been more accessible. Just a decade ago, we were lugging around clunky portable CD players that weighed as much as a hardcover book and would skip whenever we made any sudden movement. Now our entire record collection (and thanks to new companies like Spotify, almost any other song on the planet) can fit into our phones. We can listen to music nonstop - on our commute, at work, at the gym and everywhere else we might want to. But what is this explosion of sound doing to our brains?
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Nov. 9, 2011 issue: Cathedral choir instills strong music values in youth
Garden City Patch
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Music is an essential part of many children's growth and development, especially for a select group of talented young singers in Garden City, N.Y. The Cathedral of the Incarnation is home to several highly regarded choirs, including groups for young boys and girls. This unique program is modeled on the cathedral choirs of England, according to Larry Tremsky, the Cathedral's choir director of 12 years.
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Nov. 9, 2011 issue: Vibrating gel may give new voice to aging rockers, throat-cancer patients
Bloomberg
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Bob Langer may be the last, best hope for aging rockers. Just ask Roger Daltrey, The Who's lead singer.
Langer, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientist whose work has created two dozen biotechnology startups, is developing a gel that can vibrate up to 200 times a second — replicating the action of human vocal cords — to rejuvenate the damaged voices of singers such as Daltrey and Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, both of whom have contributed funding for the project, along with actress and singer Julie Andrews.
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Oct. 26, 2011 issue: Choral singing in the Nordic tradition
ThirdCoast Digest
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As reported by Tom Strini, "I know something you don't know. I know what kulning is. OK, I'll tell you."
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Oct. 26, 2011 issue: With deals, YouTube expands as music destination
The Associated Press via Austin American-Statesman
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YouTube has been very good to bedroom singers, who have found a quick path to fame, and major labels, which have benefited from some of the largest digital audiences for their top music videos.
But the middle tier — hundreds of independent labels and their deep rosters of bands — has sometimes been marginalized in YouTube's endlessly expansive video jukebox.
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Nov. 9, 2011 issue: In tough economy, music lessons still have value
Daily Herald
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As families are looking at their budgets and trying to determine what expenses they can still afford, many say children's music lessons are not the place to cut back, even in tough times.
Studies show that children who are involved in music do well in other parts of their education. "They learn to work as a group and to have confidence to preform in front of others," said Karen Mezich, owner of Lake County Music in Lake County, Ill.
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Nov. 23, 2011 issue: Oklahoma State University choral conductor on getting to know his students
The Oklahoman
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Whether teaching in kindergarten, high school or college, instructors place a high priority on getting to know their students. And while a typical class might number two dozen students, how does one face such a challenge with a group four times that size?
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Nov. 23, 2011 issue: Choir director shapes young voices despite losing hers
Port Orchard Independent
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The first concern centered on her life. It then shifted to her livelihood.
South Kitsap, Wash., resident Stephanie Charbonneau began studying piano and singing in choirs at age 3.
But a lifetime of honing her craft nearly came to an end when she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, which wrapped around her vocal cord. She had her first surgery in May 2007.
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Nov. 23, 2011 issue: Choir sings its way to a better life
Glendale News-Press
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In Uganda as a teenager, James Ochan lost both of his parents to AIDS. Then his grandmother died a few days after he went to live with her, leaving him and his two sisters with their uncle, who died a month later.
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