Getting Into Treble: Ensembles to Get Your Treble Choir Pumped
Does your treble ensemble need a morale boost at the beginning of the year? In many programs, treble choirs are a feeder into the top mixed ensemble, meaning that some …
Getting Into Treble: Guest Post
Global Repertoire Highlight: Dalmatian Klapa Music Today’s post was written by guest author Sarah Labrie, the Artistic Director of Quincy Choral Society, and a choral director at Stoughton High School …
Getting Into Treble: Sally Lamb McCune
This post features composer Sally Lamb McCune, who is becoming one of the leading composers of choral music, and is conveniently in very close proximity to me! I first met …
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Happy New Year, treble choir enthusiasts! Have you ever programmed a concert around the texts of a single poet? Today’s post is centered around some treble choir settings of the …
Getting Into Treble: Reasons to Sing Hildegard with Your Treble Ensemble
Today’s post was written in collaboration with my good friend and colleague, Dr. Katie Gardiner, the Interim Director of Choirs at the College of the Holy Cross, a Hildegard scholar, …
Getting Into Treble: A Conversation with Alison Wahl
Today’s post is a follow-up to my last post about Spes by Mia Makaroff, a piece that incorporates both bel canto style and a vernacular style, borrowed from joik, a …
Spes (Hope) by Mia Makaroff
In a recent email exchange, composer Mia Makaroff expressed to me that her piece, Spes, published in 2020, has been “more political than [she] expected.” In the work, she sets …
Getting Into Treble: First Post
Dr. Hana Cai, Soprano/Alto Choirs R & R Chair Since starting my work at Ithaca College, I have been immersed in the world of treble choir music. A few years …