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ChoralNet – ACDA merger details

January 8, 2010 by Allen H Simon Leave a Comment

1. ChoralNet Board becomes a subcommittee of ACDA’s Technology Committee
2. Responsibilities of ChoralNet Committee
3. ACDA takes on full financial support of ChoralNet at an unspecified date
4. ChoralNet Inc. will dissolve on a mutually agreeable date
5. Integrate ChoralNet with ACDA website
6. ChoralNet social networking services become ACDA’s official communications network
 
Details on these items available at the link.

Meistersingers 4th Annual Choral Composition Competition

January 7, 2010 by Brian Dehn Leave a Comment

4th Annual Choral Composition Competition

 

    Postmark Deadline: March 1, 2010
    Prize:

  • $1,000.00 and at least two performances by Meistersingers
  • Archival recording for winner’s use toward publishing
  • Possible commercial recording by Meistersingers
    There is a $25.00 entry fee
    Submission Guidelines:

  • Complete Competition Submission Form (can be downloaded from www.meistersingers.org)
  • Original Composition for 4-8 part a cappella choir (further divisi possible/range is not an issue)
  • No Text Restrictions (include translation if not in English)
  • 4-8 minutes long
  • Must be a world premiere performance (rehearsal read-throughs are acceptable)
  • No restriction on nationality
  • Anonymous Submission
    • Remove all names (except poet, if necessary) and identifying marks;
    • Provide a sealed envelope containing your name, address, email, the title and performance history of the piece (if applicable), and phone number.
  • Submit a legible, photo-copy ready, score with piano reduction for rehearsal purposes
    • including a recording (MIDI, piano, etc.) is strongly encouraged but not required.
  • If text is not in public domain, composer is responsible for including written permission to use it
    Selection Process:

  • The Music Director/Conductor shall review all scores received.
  • A Selection Committee, consisting of members chosen by the Music Director/Conductor and Board, shall review many of the scores received
  • The decision of the Music Director/Conductor and Selection Committee will be final.
    Winning Composer will be notified by March 15, 2010
    Other Items of Interest:

  • The winning composition is scheduled to be performed in June of 2010 in the Southern California area. Meistersingers encourages the composer’s attendance and cooperation in media publicity and press coverage.
  • The winning composer must provide a final performance score by April 1st, 2010.
  • Meistersingers shall make 32 copies for the chorus, director, and rehearsal accompanist.
  • There are no restrictions according to race, sex, or age.
  • Text may be in any language, however, see “Selection” Addendum above.
  • If materials are desired to be returned, please enclose a Self Addressed Stamped Envelope.
  • A composer may submit more than one piece.
  • Meistersingers reserves the right not to select a winning composition and/or award a prize.
  • Textual choices of a “profound, serious, or otherwise meaningful nature” are preferred.
  • A brief description of Meistersingers, including Mission Statement and type of literature performed, can be found on their website: www.meistersingers.org
    Application

  • Download the application for the competition (found at www.meistersingers.org), complete it fully and submit it before the deadline.

     

Send all Submissions to:
Meistersingers, Inc.
2010 Choral Composition Competition
8941 Atlanta Avenue #187
Huntington Beach, CA 92646

    For further information, email:
 

CANTATICA Announces Board of Directors Chair

January 7, 2010 by Michael Tamte-Horan Leave a Comment

CANTATICA, Allentown, PA, is pleased to announce the appointment of Maureen Scullion as Chair of its newly formed Board of Directors. Ms. Scullion is Vice President of Heritage Investment Portfolio, LP and Central Bucks Management Services, LLC. While her past nine years have been spent in the real estate field, her career has included over 20 years experience in the arts, with emphasis on non-profit management and organization development. Her experience has included management positions with several non-profit arts organizations including; Chorus America in Philadelphia, The Magnet and Lantern Theater companies and Momentum Productions. She also served as Assistant to the President of the American Boychoir School in Princeton, NJ. In addition to her work with non-profit organizations, Ms. Scullion spent several years as a theater Director, directing productions in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, North Carolina and Tennessee.  She is thrilled to have been named Board Chair of CANTATICA, a new, progressive, non-profit, professional chamber music organization devoted to broadening the scope of choral, vocal and instrumental music. She is also a member of the Heritage Theater Company, a new production company in the Philadelphia area.

 

More information about CANTATICA, Michael Tamte-Horan, Artistic Director and Conductor, can be found at: www.cantatica.org.

 

 

ChoralNet, Inc. Board of Directors Meeting

January 7, 2010 by Allen H Simon Leave a Comment

December 28, 2009
 
Members present: Frank Albinder, Ian Bullen, Philip Copeland, James Feiszli (chair), Dean Ekberg, Tom Tropp
 
I. The final merger outline, previously circulated via email, was reviewed for final approval. The following issues were discussed.
 
a. Is there still a need for a ChoralNet Board if it simply becomes a subcommittee of ACDA? (Ekberg)

i. Board is necessary to oversee operations on the website, as well as to develop new projects (Copeland)
 
ii. Incorporation of ChoralNet Board into the ACDA Technology Committee will give the committee a dedicated subcommittee to handle all web-based initiatives. (Feiszli)
 
iii. ChoralNet Committee will still have a great deal of autonomy in the direction of this entity (Feiszli and Copeland)
 
iv. Subcommittees do not have term limits, as committees do (Copeland)

b. List of responsibilities (section II) was revised to clarify its inclusion as a guideline. (Feiszli)
 
c. A provision was added to continue funding for our annual face-to-face meeting. (Albinder)
 
d. Wording of Section IV was altered to clarify the dissolution of ChoralNet, Inc. (Albinder)
 
e. Partners remain concerned about losing visibility as the new structure is formed, and would like to find a way to address the legacy partners in any new structure. (Bullen) A provision was added to Section V addressing this issue.
 
II. Revised final document was distributed and a roll call vote was taken to accept the document (moved by Ekberg, seconded by Albinder). The final document has been attached to these minutes.

a. Albinder – For
b. Bullen – For
c. Copeland – For
d. Ekberg – For
e. Tropp – For


III. Bullen moved for adjournment; Copeland seconded. Passed unanimously

Five great trees of Ireland by Paolo Ugoletti

January 5, 2010 by paolo ugoletti Leave a Comment

 You could see the last Enrico Imbalzano’s video on Paolo Ugoletti’s Five great trees of Ireland for male voices performed by Coenobium Vocale, Maria Dal Bianco director, on Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GndJEOCnCzg
I hope you’ll enjoy the video
Paolo

New Choral Website

January 4, 2010 by Everett Reed Leave a Comment

Aspen Grove Music announces its new website. At the site directors can find multi-page score samples of all of our acclaimed choral music.
 
If you are a director looking for music that is fresh, exciting and compelling, come to the grove … Aspen Grove Music.
 
www.aspengrovemusic.com
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