A CMAA presentation by Dr. Alfred Calabrese, director of music at Saint Rita Catholic Church in Dallas, is now on-line.
In his talk (1 hour), he describes the process of preparing a work for choir and orchestra: intensive score study, memorization, analysis, score markup, and rehearsal planning.
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