Riga designated as host city The European Capital of Culture 2014 welcomes choirs from all over the world to Latvia. After China in 2010 and the United States of America this year, the world’s largest choral competition will be back in Europe. This has officially been announced at a press conference held in Riga last […]
Augustana Choir premiers “Across a Border” at Nobel Peace Prize Forum
The 2012 Nobel Peace Prize Forum was held on the campuses of Augsburg College and the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School for Public Affairs in Minneapolis, Minn., March 1-3. Augustana joins Augsburg College, Concordia College (Moorhead), Luther College and St. Olaf College in celebrating the Nobel Prize for Peace granted annually by the Nobel Committee […]
Choir director named a Top 25 nominee
By Lauren Kramer VANCOUVER, BC — At 88, Elizabeth Wolak has done time in a Russian forced labour camp, acted as assistant conductor at the Krakow State Philharmonic, emigrated from her home in Poland to Australia and later to Canada and led countless students through piano lessons. She has put her musical skills to work […]
Santa Monica HS Choral Director Honored
SANTA MONICA, CA — Santa Monica High School choral director Jeffe Huls was honored as one of 10 teachers from the five supervisorial districts across Los Angeles as part of Music Center’s prestigious 30th Annual BRAVO Awards for 2012 at the Disney Concert Hall last week. The ceremony, which was hosted by Garry Marshall, honored the […]
Westminster Abbey choir to sing for Pope Benedict XVI
LONDON, UK — The Vatican has invited the Westminster Abbey choir to sing at St. Peter’s basilica in an unprecedented ecumenical gesture. The Westminster Abbey choir will join with the Sistine Chapel choir to perform at liturgical celebrations of the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, June 29. In a joint statement, leaders of the two […]
Students learn from tour experience
By Joan Hellyer FAIRLESS HILLS, PA — Pennsbury sophomore Jackie Moruzzi found herself doing some double-takes during her choral group’s recent trip to Europe. “We were very much alike,” Jackie, 16, said of the musicians that the Pennsbury choir performed with in Leipzig, Germany. The German musicians are members of the Leipzig Youth Orchestra and […]