As a music student, I had to study 18th-century counterpoint as a core curriculum.  Simply put, the content of that class was how to write a fugue -- like Bach did. For those who are not familiar with the term, a fugue is a contrapuntal composition in which a short...

In 2011, Colorado State University hosted a National Collegiate Choral Organization’s biennial conference in Fort Collins. This was a gathering of nearly 500 collegiate choral directors from across the country participating in performances, lectures, reading sessions,...

Performing Bach is challenging, especially for those of us who don’t get to perform this music often. This summer, I had a chance to visit Leipzig (where Bach worked for 27 years) and hear the St. Thomas Boys Choir for the first time. These young men and boys continue...