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Contents May 2025/Volume 65, Number 8

Features

6 Cultivating Tone with Your Middle School Choir
by Karen Graffius

18 A Conductor’s Guide to the Music of Hildegard von Bingen
by Katie Gardiner
32 A Call to Action: Promoting and Preserving Women in the Field
of Choral Conducting
by Kyra Stahr and McKenna Stenson

Articles

45 Repertoire & Resources
Building Resilience:
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International $170. Single Copy Issues US/Canada: Choral Connections: Building Community Among Conductors
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office: 405-232-8161
55 The International Journal of Research in Choral Singing
The Choral Journal (US ISSN 0009-5028) is issued
monthly except for April, July, and December by the Volume 12 Abstracts
American Choral Directors Association. Periodicals edited by Patrick K. Freer
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Since 1959, the Choral Journal has been the refereed, Reviews
international journal of the American Choral Directors
Association. Each issue features: scholarly articles,
anonymously peer-reviewed by the editorial board; 69 Book
refereed articles on pedagogical or scientific issues for
the choral conductor; refereed articles with practical
advice and ideas for the choral conductor; reviews of News
books, recorded sound, and choral works by choral
experts; and editorials from association leadership. 5 Julius Herford Prize Call for Nominations
The January issue previews each year’s regional or
national conference offerings. Articles from the Choral 44 Research & Publications Standing Committee Call for Members
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Cover art by Efrain Guerrero. Interior art by Tammy 3 From the President
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