By Judy Valente   BOSTON, MA — These boys, grades six through eight, are having fun examining mollusks and worms in a typical science class. The school they attend is anything but typical, however. There are only 40 students here—all boys—and though they study the usual subjects, these boys are here for something more. This is […]

People to People Announces Music Education Delegation to China   Dr. Lynn Brinckmeyer, Ph.D., a past president of The National Association for Music Education (formerly MENC) and an associate professor of music and Director of Choral Music Education at Texas State University, invites you on a unique overseas cultural and professional exchange opportunity.   People […]

Sandra Chapman’s funeral will take place this Thursday at 10:30 at Union Presbyterian Church, 719 Avenue F, Fort Madision, Iowa. An obituary may be found here:    http://www.kinglynk.com/obituaries.aspx?turl=http://hosting-3269.tributes.com/show/sandra-chapman-93600436    

By Christie Wilhite   DOWNERS GROVE, IL — Mimi Brile could tell you how the Downers Grove Choral Socieety has been her second home — the way her husband and children pitched in on her fundraising efforts, how the music sustained her when she lost her husband and son, that the friendships built on music revitalized her […]

By Aarik Danielsen   COLUMBIA, MO — One of choral music's leading lights will visit Columbia this week,  offering students and listeners an unprecedented opportunity to engage with a figure who has brought centuries-old musical forms into our current context with incredible relevance.  Peter Phillips (pictured) is director of The Tallis Scholars, a well-regarded British ensemble […]

By Dominic Poli HINSDALE, N.H. — This Mr. E was certainly no enigma.  It was obvious to everyone that Jerome “Jake” Ebbighausen Sr. was a man devoted to his duties as a husband, father, citizen and music educator.  But the organ tunes heard in the North Hinsdale Community Church for more than 50 years have […]