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CHORAL JOURNAL
          EDITORIAL BOARD                 From the
                                          Editor

      EDITOR

       AMANDA BUMGARNER
       ACDA National Office
       405-232-8161 (ex. 205)                                  As this issue goes to press, we are looking forward
       abumgarner@acda.org                                   to the start of a new school year. Likely by the time
                                                             you read this, you are deep in the weeds of rehears-
     MANAGING EDITOR                                         al and classroom preparation, or perhaps you are a
                                                             composer working on a commissioned piece for per-
       RON GRANGER                        Amanda Bumgarner
       ACDA National Office                                  formance  this  year.  Those  working  in  colleges  and
       405-232-8161                      universities may be interested in the article “Rising Voices,” in which author
       rgranger@acda.org                 Eric Rubenstein interviews four choral directors who are within the first five
                                         years of their careers in higher education; questions include topics related to
      EDITORIAL BOARD                    culture, curriculum, recruitment, and resources.
                                            This issue’s cover article is written by Mark Helms and explores shifts
       SEAN MICHAEL BURTON               in repertoire programming practices before and after 2020 as part of what
       seanburtonmusic@gmail.com         the author calls a “natural experiment” due to the break in live choral per-

       MARQUES L. A. GARRETT             formances during the height of the pandemic. The author outlines three
       marques.garrett@unt.edu           primary research questions and two hypotheses that guided this work. In the
                                         Rehearsal Break column, Elena Bird Zolnick shares perspectives on “Run-
       ZEBULON M. HIGHBEN                ning a Vocally Efficient Rehearsal.” Finally, we have a selection of book
       zebulon.highben@duke.edu
                                         reviews and a section focused on vocal jazz. The National R&R Chair for
       MICHAEL PORTER                    Vocal Jazz, John Stafford II, shares “Strategies for the Vocal Jazz Ensemble,”
       cmporter1750@gmail.com            and then as a complement, we have included excerpts from the June/July
       BRETT SCOTT                       2015 issue of Choral Journal, which was a focus on vocal jazz edited by the
       cornislb@ucmail.uc.edu            late Patrice Madura Ward-Steinman. We hope you enjoy a refresh on that
                                         material, which is excerpted with the permission of the authors. To read the
       WILLIAM SOUTHERLAND               full articles, visit acda.org/choraljournal and choose June/July 2015 from
       william@williamsoutherland.com
                                         the dropdown option in the sidebar.
       DEBRA SPURGEON                       For those working in the K-12 sector, don’t miss the “Ask a Conductor”
       dspurg@olemiss.edu                column in the previous issue (August 2025), which is part of our ChorTeach
                                         publication. Four choral directors answered this question: “What are some

      COLUMN EDITORS                     ice breakers/community-building activities I can use for our first choir re-
                                         hearsal of the season? My choir is very new and unsure of the idea of choir
      MICAH BLAND                        warm-ups and singing together with each other.” The August 2023 issue also
      mbland1613@gmail.com               included a specific K-12 focus content section, which might be of interest.
      MATTHEW HOCH                          As always, you can read and download a PDF version of this or any oth-
      mrh0032@auburn.edu                 er Choral Journal online at acda.org/choraljournal. The entire archives are
                                         available by choosing a month/year from the dropdown menu on the right
      ELIZABETH HEARN                    sidebar. If you are having trouble logging in, make sure to clear your brows-
      ehearn@olemiss.edu
                                         er history or close your browser and try a new session. You can also visit
      GREGORY PYSH                       acda.org/ijrcs to read ACDA’s research publication, The International Journal
      gregory.m.pysh@gmail.com           of  Research in Choral Singing

      JENNIFER RODGERS
      rodgersj@iastate.edu

      ELIZABETH CASSIDY PARKER
      eparker@temple.edu


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