For most choruses, doing the rights thing is simple: If a work is in the public domain, which is to say it was never under copyright, or the original work and all of its affiliated rights have expired...

As we explored in the article, "The Rights Thing: A Chorus Guide to Getting Proper Permissions," securing rights to perform, commission, record, or distribute music is sometimes a complicated...

On the internet all choruses are equal: Even the smallest ensemble with limited resources can now establish a global presence using digital technology to spread its sound. Compact discs remain a...

We choral conductors have an idea in our heads of the beautiful expressive singing we want. Yet sometimes our best efforts to get our singers to produce that sound ends in exasperation. “Why don’t...

You have no music background and yet you were appointed in 2012 to be the executive director of the Detroit Children’s Choir. How did that come about? I work for a music ensemble called Detroit...