This piece has two opposing sets of lyrics. One is an ancient Tibetan Buddhist mantra, chanted over and over so as to lead the mind into a relaxed state of being. The other is a series of intriguing thoughts (from the poem Breathing, by Naomi Beth Wakan) that interrupt the focus, causing the mind to […]
Auditions for Melodia Women’s Choir NYC
Sopranos and altos are invited to audition for Melodia’s 21ST season. We perform classical and contemporary works – our spring 2024 concert includes a world premiere commissioned works and other great music for women’s voices. Rehearsals are on Monday evenings in the West Village, NYC. More info and audio: www.melodiawomenschoirNYC.org/auditions/. Melodia is an unpaid volunteer […]
The American Prize Complete Choral Results 2023
The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts is honored to announce complete results in choral-related areas for 2023, including in choral performance, conducting and composition. Each of the links below will take you to listings of winners on our blog. The website for the 2024-25 season of contests will be updated this […]
9 Composers, 9 composition, 9 minutes
Cypress Choral Music has 9 gems that your choir will want to sing this spring! Enjoy!
Announcing the Cody Fry Choral Series!
I’m very excited to announce the first arrangement in the new Cody Fry Choral Series! Over the next several months I’ll be partnering with Cody to bring arrangements of his music to the choral marketplace. First up is his song “Photograph,” a remarkable ballad about the desire to freeze moments in time with those we […]
AI and the End of Physical Sheet Music: Interview with ENote CEO Boian Videnoff
Episode Link: https://bit.ly/3tgQCQd Paper may have finally met its match in Boian Videnoff, my guest today, the co-CEO and co-founder of Enote, a music technology startup in Berlin developing powerful AI-technology capable of digitizing sheet music into fully interactive musical scores. It’s an ambitious company with the end goal of ultimately replacing all physical sheet […]