By Scott Atkinson   GENESSEE COUNTY, MI — Linda Priestap spent her career teaching music but feared she wouldn’t be good enough for Carolyn Mawby’s chorale.   Eleven years later, the 66-year-old Lapeer woman likens it to a spiritual experience.  “She takes the music off the page. It stops being notes and bar lines,” said Priestap.  On […]

The University of New Mexico choral program is searching for a qualified Masters student in choral conducting.  A full assistantship is available.  For further information, please contact:   Bradley Ellingboe Professor of Music Director of Choral Activities The University of New Mexico 505-277-4429

The LSU School of Music recently announced that John H. Dickson will become the school’s new director of choral studies and serve as a professor of music, effective Aug. 15. Dickson will fill the vacancy left by longtime Director of Choral Studies Kenneth Fulton, who is retiring after 27 years with the LSU School of […]

I was very pleased to find myself listed among the Semi-Finalists for the 2012 American Prize in Choral Composition.  The Finalists will be announced next month.  Below is the complete list of semi-finalists.  Congratulations to all!   The American Prize in Composition—Choral Division (professional) David Avshalomov, CA    There’s a Wind Melinda Bargreen, WA    selected choral […]

Dr. Gordon H. Lamb, choral conductor and the former Director of the Music Division at the University of Texas – San Antonio, passed away on Feb 9, 2012 in Columbia, MO.  Dr. Lamb was the author of Choral Techniques, published by William C Brown, now in its third edition.  He authored numerous books, articles and […]