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CHORAL JOURNAL
EDITORIAL BOARD From the
Editor
EDITOR
AMANDA BUMGARNER
ACDA National Office
405-232-8161 (ex. 205) One of the articles in this month’s issue highlights
abumgarner@acda.org the life and choral works of Jester Hairston. In addi-
tion to the regular editorial board review, I reached
MANAGING EDITOR out to André Thomas and Anton Armstrong, who
knew Hairston and graciously agreed to take a look
RON GRANGER Amanda Bumgarner
ACDA National Office at the article before publication. I am grateful for their
405-232-8161 time on the article and also for sharing a personal experience.
rgranger@acda.org From André Thomas: “I met Mr. Hairston shortly after I turned seven-
teen. He shared with me the story of how a performance of the Katherine
EDITORIAL BOARD Dunham Dancers inspired him. This all-Black troupe appeared in many
Hollywood films as ‘native’ dancers, which helped illuminate his vision for
SEAN MICHAEL BURTON works like Elijah Rock to be semi-staged. While many young arrangers are
seanburtonmusic@gmail.com doing excellent work today, Hairston, Burleigh, and others gave us some
MARQUES L. A. GARRETT truly definitive settings of these spirituals.”
marques.garrett@unt.edu From Anton Armstrong: “I had the opportunity to prepare singers for
Mr. Hairston during my years in Grand Rapids, MI, when I taught at Cal-
ZEBULON M. HIGHBEN vin University in the 1980s. I also had a delightful time with him around
zebulon.highben@duke.edu
1995–96 when Philip Brunelle brought [Jester] to Minneapolis to guest
MICHAEL PORTER conduct VocalEssence in a concert of his works. At that time he was in the
cmporter1750@gmail.com early stages of dementia but was still so effective when he was conducting
BRETT SCOTT the ensemble.”
cornislb@ucmail.uc.edu The cover article, “From Groans to Grins,” introduces the concept of
teaching music literacy through play in three domains: rhythmic, melodic,
WILLIAM SOUTHERLAND and harmonic. The author offers a variety of games and suggestions for
william@williamsoutherland.com
play that can be immediately implemented into the classroom.
DEBRA SPURGEON The Rehearsal Break column features another article that is directly ap-
dspurg@olemiss.edu plicable to the rehearsal space. In “Beyond the Attendance Sheet” readers
will find strategies for addressing assessment using the four Anchor Stan-
COLUMN EDITORS dards from the National Coalition for Arts Standards: (1) Creating, (2) Per-
forming, (3) Responding, and (4) Connecting.
MICAH BLAND Finally, this issue contains an On the Voice article related to warming up
mbland1613@gmail.com the choir, a Choral Conversation with Mark Lawley, and a Choral Review
MATTHEW HOCH of Rollo Dilworth’s Weather. As always, we are excited to share this issue
mrh0032@auburn.edu with you and hope you find something to apply to your work. If you have
any feedback related to the articles, write a “Letter to the Editor.” Find
ELIZABETH HEARN guidelines at acda.org/choraljournal or email abumgarner@acda.org with
ehearn@olemiss.edu
questions.
GREGORY PYSH
gregory.m.pysh@gmail.com
JENNIFER RODGERS
rodgersj@iastate.edu
ELIZABETH CASSIDY PARKER
eparker@temple.edu
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