Great Sacred Music airs from 8-11 eastern every Sunday morning. The program can be heard on 89.7 fm in central North Carolina and online at http://theclassicalstation.org   08:00:20 Thomas Tallis: If ye love me The King’s Singers 08:04:07 John Rutter: Come Down, O Love Divine Cambridge Singers, John Rutter Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano 08:11:28 William […]

By Mitch Albom   DETROIT — For the last 30 years, the Detroit Public school kids have been lucky enough to have Cheryl Valentine. “I like to see the metamorphosis of the students. When they come in knowing a little and leave knowing a lot, that’s why I do it,” Valentine says.   Currently the choral director […]

By David Gordon Duke   VANCOUVER — One of the things that animates our choral environment is that Vancouver’s many impressive choirs take their community responsibilities seriously. In outreach and thinking over the long term, the record of the Vancouver Chamber Choir is particularly strong. Leaving aside full seasons of concerts, plus national and international touring, […]

  Following its inaugural Festival of American Vocal Music in Mansfeld, Germany last summer, the Lutheran Youth Choir of North America, formed in 2006,  has several openings remaining for its new 2012 Festival of Global Vocal Music in Chicago, July 29- August 6.  Experienced high-school-age singers from across the US and Canada are invited to […]

By Lawrence Poole   WENDOVER, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, UK — A MUSICAL director from Great Missenden has organised a series of concerts to highlight the threat that construction work for HS2 poses to historic buildings and churches.     Peter Bassano, 66, of Potter Row, said: “One of my jobs is as musical director of the Wendover Choral […]