Since I began my tenure at St. Ignatius College Prep, I have taken the Chamber Singers to this festival for several reasons: the quality of Adjudication and the level of musicianship by the participating choirs. In the almost 10 years of it’s existence, it has become the Bay Area’s premier choral festivals. I particularly value […]
This is the first post in an ongoing series about the Recording Studio I created at St. Ignatius College Preparatory. First Step: Have something to Record In 2012 we had a senior in the music department that for the most part knew he was going to be Recording Engineering major in college. That same year […]
My colleague and I inherited a teaching space with two primary purposes: a) Band rehearsal room, b) Music Appreciation classroom. This double wide classroom was used for this purpose for nearly two and a half decades before our arrival in 2008. When my colleague and I arrived we continued to use the space for similar […]
In the spirit of “Dear People” the book by Joseph A. Mussulman that compiled letters Robert Shaw wrote to his choirs, I wanted to share some thoughts I had about this particular piece with the 2014-15 Chamber Singers in November 2014. At the end, there is a video of us performing the piece at St. […]
After a short demo on Garage Band, I let my Music Appreciation students play and experiment for the remainder of class. This is what I came up with:
On Friday, February 13 Edward Van Halen was honored as part of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History program “What it means to be American” that seeks to explore the American experience. I can honestly say that I would not have a career in music if it weren’t for the influence of Eddie Van […]
I’m actually quite pleased with this project which is a culmination of some very special years with my students from the St. Ignatius College Preparatory Chamber Singers. The CD is a culmination of choirs that features songs recorded in venues from around the world! A majority of the tracks were recorded on the 2nd “In […]
A nice review of the Music program at St. Ignatius College Prep Music in the Schools: St. Ignatius College Preparatory Music Department
Here is the concert program in December 2014 of the annual Winter choral concert at St. Ignatius Church in San Francisco, CA. December Stillness: Winter Concert Fall 2014 by czullinger
