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CHORAL JOURNAL From the
EDITORIAL BOARD
Editor
EDITOR
AMANDA BUMGARNER
ACDA National Office ACDA’s Repertoire & Resources national chairs
405-232-8161 (ex. 205) take turns contributing content for the R&R section
abumgarner@acda.org
of Choral Journal. Last month you read articles about
collegiate student activities, and this month we con-
MANAGING EDITOR
tinue with articles under the collegiate umbrella, with
RON GRANGER Amanda Bumgarner contributions about two- and four-year universities.
ACDA National Office You will also find an R&R article for World Musics &
rgranger@acda.org Cultures in this issue on Cantonese choral music. We have several articles
coming up this year in the World Musics section, and we welcome continued
EDITORIAL BOARD submissions in this area.
SEAN MICHAEL BURTON This issue also includes a special highlight of the Soprano-Alto Choirs
seanburtonmusic@gmail.com National Commission Consortium. This project is a “long-standing collab-
orative initiative through which treble choirs pool financial and artistic re-
CARON DALEY
daleyc1@duq.edu sources to commission new works specifically designed for soprano-alto en-
sembles.” Read through the list of works commissioned since 2007 and find
MARQUES L. A. GARRETT out more information about the upcoming call for the 2026/27 Consortium.
marques.garrett@unt.edu Our feature article is a conversation between Jo-Michael Scheibe and
ZEBULON M. HIGHBEN Desmond Earley on a decade-long project to commission thirty-six com-
zebulon.highben@duke.edu posers to set Chamber Music, James Joyce’s collection of thirty-six poems that
was published in 1907. This article describes the scope of the project, the
MICHAEL PORTER
cmporter1750@gmail.com composers, and the recording process.
Also included in this issue: the first in a series of articles on tuning for the
BRETT SCOTT Rehearsal Break Column, a ChorTeach article on social-emotional learning
cornislb@ucmail.uc.edu strategies for the classroom, and recorded sound reviews. The Choral Journal
DEBRA SPURGEON is seeking reviewers for both our Recorded Sound Column and our Book
dspurg@olemiss.edu Review Column. For more information, email me at abumarner@acda.org.
We would love to add to our list of contributors for these review columns.
BRANDON WILLIAMS If you missed the annual listing of summer festivals and workshops, find it
bwilliams@mgsa.rutgers.edu
in last month’s March/April issue or online at acda.org/choraljournal. Log
into your membership account and choose the March/April issue.
COLUMN EDITORS I had the privilege of attending this year’s Eastern Region Conference in
MICAH BLAND Providence, and something that always excites me about the conferences is
mbland1613@gmail.com anticipating the article submissions that will come from the interest sessions,
poster sessions, and other presentations. The 2026 editorial calendar is filling
MATTHEW HOCH up, and I invite you to consider an article submission. If you have feedback
mrh0032@auburn.edu
or questions related to past articles or future submissions, you can send a
ELIZABETH HEARN Letter to the Editor to: abumgarner@acda.org.
ehearn@olemiss.edu
DENNIS MALFATTI
dm155@evansville.edu
JENNIFER RODGERS
rodgersj@iastate.edu
ELIZABETH CASSIDY PARKER
eparker@temple.edu
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