Online journal: "The Choral Room"

Spectrum Music, a music retailer in Lexington, Massachusetts, publishes a quarterly newsletter "for the choral professional." Each issue contains a feature article, often written by Marie Stultz, as well as reviews of new choral issues, both sacred and secular, in all voicings. They are good resources both for programming and for teaching. All issues since Fall 1997 are available online as PDF files at http://www.spectrum-music.com/BackIssues.html. Prior issues can be requested in hard copy form.

As a sample, here are the featured topics for the past ten years or so:

• Winter 2012-13: Benjamin Britten's 100th Birthday Part 2
• Fall 2012: Benjamin Britten's 100th Birthday Part 1
• Summer 2012: Music Choices for Improving Young Singers
• Spring 2012: Canon & Rounds
• Winter 2011-12: Choral Library Makeover
• Fall 2011: Copland's Four Choral Motets
• Summer 2011: Choral Music of Samuel Barber
• Spring 2011: Creating an Effective Warm-up Regimen
• Winter 2010-11: Holst's Choral Hymns from the Rig-Veda
• Fall 2010: Missa Brevis in D by Benjamin Britten
• Summer 2010: Choral Music of Eric Whitacre
• Spring 2010: Suggested Books for Inspiration and Research
• Winter 2009-10: Selecting Great Choral Literature
• Fall 2009: Benjamin Britten and Friday Afternoons
• Summer 2009: Mendelssohn's Duets as Repertoire Resource
• Spring 2009: The Choral Journey of G.F. Handel
• Winter 2008-09: Commissioning New Works
• Fall 2008: Folk Influence on Ralph Vaughan Williams
• Summer 2008: Sacred Choral Workshop
• Spring 2008: Songs of Survival II - Israel at 60
• Winter 2007-08: Songs of Survival: - Music at Terezin
• Fall 2007: A Child's Natural Range
• Summer 2007: Clement Jannequin & Parisian Chansons
• Spring 2007: Evaluating Repertoire to Build Choral Tone
• Winter 2006-07: Popular Standard Repertoire
• Fall 2006: Not to Be Missed - Fall Choral Highlights
• Summer 2006: Musical Theater Repertoire
• Spring 2006: Mozart & the Masons
• Winter 2005-06: Importance of Professional Growth
• Fall 2005: George Frederick Root
• Summer 2005: Bach Favorites
• Spring 2005: Music of John Jacob Niles
• Winter 2004-05: The Vocal Break in a Choral Environment
• Fall 2004: Music Theater With a Choral Ensemble, Part 2

• Summer 2004: Music Theater With a Choral Ensemble, Part 1