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CHORAL JOURNAL
From the EDITORIAL BOARD
Editor

EDITOR
AMANDA BUMGARNER
This issue of Choral Journal features a special ACDA National Offi ce
highlight of three composer anniversaries occurring 405-232-8161 (ex. 205)
in 2022: Heinrich Schütz, 350th anniversary of abumgarner@acda.org
death; Ralph Vaughan Williams, 150th anniversary
of birth; and George Walker, 100th anniversary MANAGING EDITOR
of birth. Contact me at abumgarner@acda.org if RON GRANGER
Amanda Bumgarner ACDA National Offi ce
you have suggestions for 2023/2024 composer and 405-232-8161
conductor anniversaries. rgranger@acda.org
George Walker (1922-2018) was an American composer, pianist, and
organist. In 1996 he received a Pulitzer Prize for Music for his work Lilacs, EDITORIAL BOARD
scored for soprano soloist and orchestra, and premiered by the Boston
SEAN MICHAEL BURTON
Symphony. He was inducted into the American Classical Music Hall of seanburtonmusic@gmail.com
Fame in 2000. This article by Vinroy D. Brown is an introduction to his
life and works, highlighting two compositions: O Praise the Lord (Psalm 117) MARQUES L. A. GARRETT
and Stars. marques.garrett@unl.edu
Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) was a German composer and organist.
MICHAEL PORTER
The author, Chester L. Alwes, writes in the introduction, “Schütz’s lengthy michaelporter2@boisestate.edu
career not only translates the Venetian polychoral style into German,
but he also receives credit for the first German opera, the fi rst German WILLIAM SOUTHERLAND

oratorio, and the elevation of text to a new vital role in German choral williamgsoutherland@gmail.com
music.” DEBRA SPURGEON
Finally, Stephen Town contributes an article on lesser-known works of dspurg@olemiss.edu
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), an English composer whose works
include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces, WILLIAM WEINERT
and orchestral compositions. “This article will focus on the choral music wweinert@esm.rochester.edu
and those compositions with an integral choral component, specifi cally a GISELLE WYERS
few of the lesser-known or infrequently-performed selections.” wyersg@uw.edu
Our Research Report column features an article by Julia Shaw on
pedagogical approaches that “prioritize and meaningfully build upon COLUMN EDITORS
culturally diverse learners’ ways of knowing about and engaging with
music.” This issue also includes a selection of book and choral reviews, CHRISTOPHER EANES
including a reprint of book reviews from our summer issue of ChorTeach, eanesc@gmail.com
which will be of particular interest to those working with K-12 students. If KYLE HANSON
you are interested in contributing to the work of ACDA publications with kyhanson88@gmail.com
book, choral, or CD reviews, reach out to me or directly to the column
editors. BRYAN E. NICHOLS
All the best to you as you transition into the fall semester, whether that bnichols@psu.edu
is as a brand-new teacher, a seasoned conductor, a new retiree, a choral JASON PAULK

composer, or anything in between. We hope you find something in these jason.paulk@enmu.edu
pages to inspire, encourage, and assist you in your work.
GREGORY PYSH
gpysh@fpcmid.org

LAURA WIEBE
wieb0043@morris.umn.edu