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December 2013

• Do-it-yourself magnetic iPad/tablet case to mount on a music stand – December 9, 2013

November 2013

• No blog entries

October 2013

• No blog entries

September 2013

• Sweet MIDI Player app: Change tempo, key, and volume of MIDI practice files (iOS/Mac/PC) – September 16, 2013
• iTunes U courses and podcasts on acting, stagecraft, and theatre [via @NationalTheatre and others] – September 3, 2013
• Free online course: “Schubert’s Lieder: Settings of Goethe’s Poems” [via @OpenUniversity] – September 2, 2013

August 2013

• Choral conductors discuss using iPads for conducting [via @ChoralNet] – August 30, 2013
• ClassicalSongSearch.com: A search engine for vocal repertoire – August 26, 2013
• Web search tips for thematic programming of a concert/recital – August 25, 2013

• Free Spotify on-demand music streaming on iPad (and iPhone/Android?) – August 24, 2013

July 2013

• No blog entries

June 2013

• Why iPad? Answers from Heather Roche, clarinettist – June 19, 2013
• Streaming Internet radio: Opera, choral, art song, and operetta channels – June 18, 2013
• iPad tip: How to use other apps while listening to YouTube recordings (e.g. to view scores, libretti, etc.) – June 2, 2013

May 2013

• FachMe.com: Get robo-fached by a computer, with personalized role recommendations – May 21, 2013
• PSA: Onstage iPad face-glow is a thing – May 20, 2013

April 2013

• 1dollarscan.com: A service for scanning scores and books – April 25, 2013
• Free PDF Download: Baroque performance practice treatise by Quantz on IMSLP – April 23, 2013
• Flemish Radio Choir adopts Samsung Galaxy tablets and neoScores music reader – April 19, 2013
• Free PDF Downloads: Vocal methods, treatises, & lessons on IMSLP – April 15, 2013
• A visual tour of my favorite new features in forScore 5 (plus, some bugs) – April 15, 2013
• Video: forScore Tutorial: 2-Up – View two pages side-by-side – April 15, 2013
• Video: forScore Tutorial: Tabs & Quick Peek – April 13, 2013
• Italian resources for stage pronunciation, common word endings, & dictionary apps [via @DictionPolice] – April 12, 2013
• Russian Art Song website & free download: “A Guide to Russian Diction” – April 11, 2013
• Job listing: SingersBabel seeks ASP.NET web developer – experience with lyric diction a BIG plus! – April 10, 2013
• forScore 5 has been released – BACK UP your music library, fasten your seltbelts, and upgrade! – April 10, 2013
• TunesViewer: iTunes U for Android – Study art, literature, poetry, history, language, and more – April 7, 2013
• 3D Larynx Anatomy Video Tutorials on YouTube [via @AnatomyZone] – April 7, 2013

March 2013

• Virtual music staff paper for your iPad/tablet, method #2: PDF files – March 24, 2013
• Joyce DiDonato’s Juilliard master class videos on YouTube – March 8, 2013
• A conversation with Dan Molkentin of SingersBabel — with notes on Peachnote, Sparks and Wiry Cries, and Medici TV – March 6, 2013

February 2013

• No blog entries

January 2013

• Virtual music staff paper for your iPad, method #1: Penultimate – January 31, 2013
• Philadelphia Orchestra’s concertmaster on paper music vs. digital music – January 29, 2013
• SingersBabel: Free six-month subscription to online diction tools for volunteer website testers – January 24, 2013
• Using iPads for Choir Sectionals [via Technology in Music Education @techinmusiced] – January 21, 2013
• Joyce DiDonato master class live-streamed this Friday, January 25 from Juilliard – January 20, 2013
• Tablets in the choir room [via Jeff Tillinghast at @ChoralNet] – January 19, 2013
• 1st Classical Music Hack Day – February 1-3, 2013 in Vienna – January 18, 2013
• Classical Vocal Reprints launches PDF download sheet music store – January 15, 2013
• Review: Belkin YourType Folio + Keyboard for iPad, great for typing and very portable – January 15, 2013
• iPad users needed to test new combo notation app and MIDI/audio player [via @ChoralNet] – January 9, 2013
• Dear ThinkMusic Technology: Nice “concept” video, but can you deliver? – January 8, 2013
• ThinkMusic Technology’s notation app is generating lots of buzz – January 3, 2013
• Vocal technique yardsticks and learning styles [via @AuditionsPlus & @ChoralNet] – January 3, 2013
• Tech for singers: An update from the trenches, Christmas 2012 (part 2) – January 2, 2013

December 2012

• Tech for singers: An update from the trenches, Christmas 2012 (part 1) – December 19, 2012
• IPA & spoken audio recordings for St. Matthew Passion, Die Schöpfung, and various Brahms choral works (free resource) – December 12, 2012
• Importing large PDF scores into forScore: One big file, or several small files? – December 11, 2012
• How to save YouTube videos for offline viewing, using only your iPad – December 4, 2012
• New pinboard: Sheet Music on iPads and Tablets [via Pinterest] – December 1, 2012
• Diction Police Episode #65: Special Edition for Young Coaches – December 1, 2012

November 2012

• A choral librarian shares his workflow for scanning and distributing electronic sheet music – November 29, 2012
• Brussels Philharmonic replaces sheet music with tablets [via @techinmusiced @BBCNews @CNET] – November 11, 2012
• Two tools to crop PDF music score margins for tablet screens: Briss and PDF Scissors – November 9, 2012
• Turning big scores into small, fast PDF files with Fax Group 4 data compression – November 9, 2012
• iPad mini: “Big enough and clear enough for sheet music” [via @Lorskyfink] – November 9, 2012

October 2012

• forScore doesn’t support PDF custom page numbers yet – October 31, 2012
• When smaller means slower: performance of Acrobat-optimized PDF files in forScore – October 31, 2012
• French verb conjugations with IPA: Wikipedia as a cheat sheet – October 25, 2012
• How to remove bindings from thick music scores for scanning – October 23, 2012
• BIG NEWS! MobileSheets PDF music reader for Android now supports annotation – October 23, 2012
• TenorTalkBlog.com vocal technique blog has moved to JackLiVigni.com – October 21, 2012
• Video series: Feldenkrais Method for Singers [via Chorus America] – October 21, 2012
• Video: Joyce DiDonato on breathing for singing – October 19, 2012
• Trying out Notion app for music notation on iPad – October 18, 2012
• Partifi: Automatically create parts from PDF music scores – October 12, 2012
• Article: Social Media and Texting in the Teaching Studio [via Classical Singer Magazine] – October 11, 2012
• Another paper music fail, courtesy of FedEx Office – October 5, 2012

September 2012

• Test driving a locker shelf as an iPad scanning stand – September 29, 2012
• More forScore video tutorials from harpist/composer Janet Lanier – September 24, 2012
• App review of ezPDF Reader for music reading on Android tablets [via Tech in Music Ed] – September 24, 2012
• Diction, music history, and tech for choral conductors on SlideShare [via Philip Copeland] – September 23, 2012
• Video: forScore Tutorial: Bookmark Basics – September 21, 2012
• Serendipity and a new iPad case – September 21, 2012
• The Choral Warm-Ups of Robert Shaw – free online resource [via Chorus America] – September 19, 2012
• Exhibit A in the case for me ditching paper scores – September 19, 2012
• App Review: Collins Italian/English dictionary for iOS [via Ellen Rissinger/@DictionPolice] – September 18, 2012
• More singer-friendly tablet cases & hand straps: Tablet Strap PRO, and Grabbit for iPad – September 13, 2012
• Digital solutions for low-vision musicians [via Going Digital for Musicians] – September 13, 2012
• Spotify as an audition preparation tool [via Performing Arts Technology @ UNCG] – September 12, 2012
• Annotating digital scores in real time during rehearsal is still a challenge – September 12, 2012
• Video: forScore Tutorial: Setlist Basics – September 12, 2012
• forScore on Android: A no-go, for the time being – September 11, 2012
• Video: forScore Tutorial: Setlist Sharing – September 7, 2012
• Video: forScore Tutorial: Download extra stamps for annotation – September 5, 2012
• Column: The Tech-Savvy Singer [via Classical Singer Magazine] – September 4, 2012
• Brainstorming iPad choir rehearsal guidelines on Twitter [via @Lorskyfink] – September 1, 2012
• forScore Tutorial Series: Main link, and how to subscribe – September 1, 2012
• IPA dictionaries on the web – September 1, 2012

August 2012

• Video: forScore Tutorial: Create custom stamps with the Stamp Editor – August 30, 2012
• Video: forScore Tutorial: Web PDF download/import of music score files – August 28, 2012
• Interactive App Recommender for music-reading apps [via AirTurn] – August 27, 2012
• Another method for iPad screencasts: Reflection & TouchPosé [via Performing Arts Technology @ UNCG] – August 27, 2012
• Video: forScore Tutorial: Getting Started – August 23, 2012
• Video: forScore Tutorial: Hands-free repeats, codas, and cuts with Rearrange – August 21, 2012
• Choral Library app: Browse CPDL on your iPhone/iPad – August 20, 2012
• Presentation slides on iPads for choir/music [via Tech in Music Ed] – August 19, 2012
• A how-to on iPad screencasts, Display Recorder, and jailbreaking – August 16, 2012
• Video: forScore Tutorial: Annotation Basics – August 15, 2012
• Better PDF music score optimization methods for Adobe Acrobat [via Performing Arts Technology @ UNCG] – August 14, 2012
• Video: forScore Tutorial: Import PDF scores with Dropbox – August 11, 2012
• Video: forScore Tutorial: Faster text annotations with iOS Keyboard Shortcuts – August 10, 2012
• Video: forScore Tutorial: Faster text annotations with Phaste – August 9, 2012
• Video: forScore Tutorial: Navigate repeats, codas, and cuts with Links – August 9, 2012
• Video: forScore Tutorial: Metronome – August 9, 2012
• What do you want to see in a forScore tutorial? – August 9, 2012
• Useful new features for singers in the forScore 4 update – August 8, 2012
• A great post on choosing hardware for your music reading needs, via Going Digital for Musicians – August 7, 2012
• MP3 accompaniment tracks for arias and art songs, and where to find them – August 6, 2012
• Interactive IPA chart with sounds [via Paul Meier’s website] – August 5, 2012
• Mixed results using PDF Shrink and PDF optimizer tools on sheet music – August 3, 2012
• New blog/e-book: Going Digital for Musicians – August 2, 2012
• Tip: Use your tablet’s front-facing camera as a practice room mirror – August 2, 2012
• Blog improvements: New “Archives” page and new short link: Tech4Singers.com – August 2, 2012
• iPad scanning stand / document camera DIY ideas – August 1, 2012

July 2012

• forScore 4 has been released! – July 30, 2012
• Backing up your music library in forScore 3.5 – July 30, 2012
• Spectrogram apps for visualizing the overtones in your voice – July 28, 2012
• Call for input: Social Media and the Voice Studio [via Auditions Plus] – July 27, 2012
• Two easy-to-use recording apps: iRecorder for iOS, and Hi-Q MP3 Voice Recorder for Android – July 26, 2012
• Ways to use a smartphone to become a more productive singer – July 26, 2012
• iPad scanning stand / document camera products – July 25, 2012
• Stylus reviews & Chromatik music reader: Two updates via Tech in Music Ed – July 24, 2012
• A choral singer weighs in on using an Android tablet for music – July 23, 2012
• Preliminary experiments for do-it-yourself iPad scanning stand / document camera – July 23, 2012
• How I chose between an iPad and an Android tablet as a music reader: Part 3 – July 22, 2012
• How I chose between an iPad and an Android tablet as a music reader: Part 2 – July 20, 2012
• How I chose between an iPad and an Android tablet as a music reader: Part 1 – July 18, 2012
• “Tools of the Trade”: Tech tips for singers from YAPTracker.com – July 17, 2012
• Music, Technically: A blog about choral music, technology, and education – July 15, 2012
• Two new recommendations: Skim PDF software and DODOcase iPad folder [via Loren F.] – July 14, 2012
• ACDA Educational Technology committee: Helping choral professionals succeed with technology – July 13, 2012
• Video: Finale SongBook Quick Tour – July 11, 2012
• Video: Presentation on forScore for iPad [via Schola Cantorum] – July 11, 2012
• Video: Using iPads and Tablets for Choir Rehearsal and Performance [via Schola Cantorum] – July 10, 2012
• ItalianMadrigal.com: The Italian Madrigal Resource Center – Scores, texts, translations, and more – July 10, 2012
• Coming soon: Version 4.0 of forScore for iPad – July 8, 2012

June 2012

• Digital dictionaries for translating archaic words and spellings – June 27, 2012
• Downloads: Choral warm-ups and Vaccai – June 24, 2012
• Yet another singer-friendly iPad case: The Wallee – June 19, 2012
• Repurposing a picture frame easel as an inexpensive iPad/tablet stand – June 17, 2012
• Working with music texts, Part 2: Translate the text – June 15, 2012
• Tip: Faster loading of PDF scores on Android – June 9, 2012
• Fast PDF Scores: Get fast, usable versions of scanned music scores – June 9, 2012
• Working with music texts, Part 1: Find the text online, then sync it to the cloud! – June 7, 2012
• Coming up: Tech tools for working with music texts – June 1, 2012

May 2012

• Portable scanning of scores & reference materials: smartphones, iPad, scanners – May 29, 2012
• Podcast: The Diction Police – May 28, 2012
• A future history of digital scores – May 28, 2012
• Coming soon: iPad choral folder with a traditional look – May 26, 2012
• Outfitting my iPad for rehearsals and performance – May 26, 2012
• Tip: Download extra forScore stamps for music annotation – May 26, 2012
• Do-it-yourself iPad hand strap – May 26, 2012
• iPad/Tablet Folders, Cases, & Holders for Choral Singers (via Pinterest) – May 26, 2012
• iPad vs. sheet music – May 26, 2012
• Welcome – May 26, 2012