By Tammy Hansen BRENTWOOD, CA — Call it the optimism of youth, but Laura Carreon is taking her first year teaching as Liberty High School’s choir director in stride. It can be daunting to be the new teacher, especially when the last teacher retired after three decades of building a successful program. Carreon, thrilled […]
Carol Barnett’s “One Equal Music” now available from Beady Eyes Publishing
TTBB a cappella text by John Donne duration: c. 4.5 minutes commissioned and premiered in 2001 by the Harvard Glee Club In setting John Donne’s sermon text, I was intrigued by the concept of opposing ideas resolving to a higher level, a world beyond opposition. How might it be expressed in music, this no […]
Singing ‘rewires’ damaged brain
Teaching stroke patients to sing “rewires” their brains, helping them recover their speech, say scientists. By singing, patients use a different area of the brain from the area involved in speech. If a person’s “speech centre” is damaged by a stroke, they can learn to use their “singing centre” instead. Researchers presented these findings at […]
Ladysmith Black Mambazo: How we inspired Mandela
By Jessica Ellis DURBAN, S AFRICA — With their soulful voices and traditional Zulu dance moves, South African acappella singing sensation Ladysmith Black Mambazo have been blending vocal harmonies to take audiences on a musical journey for nearly half a century. The legendary male choral group has sold millions of albums worldwide, collaborated […]
Carnaval In Uruguay: Choir Competitions In The Streets
By Martina Castro MONTEVIDEO, UR — Uruguay boasts that it has the longest Carnival celebration not just in Latin America, but the world. The 40-day celebration is dotted with makeshift stages all around the capital city of Montevideo for performances of choral music called murga. Murga is both entertainment and a sociopolitical commentary that survived the […]
Dr. Paul Nesheim Named Director of The Augustana Choir
Augustana College today announced that Dr. Paul Nesheim has been named associate professor of music and director ofThe Augustana Choir, the fifth in the Choir’s 90-year history. He succeeds Dr. James Johnson, who was named principal conductor of Choral and Instrumental Ensembles for First Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls in summer 2011. For the 2011-12 academic […]