By Cyndie Zahner   ERIE, PA — ‘Never underestimate young people,” Jason Bishop, Ph.D., often advises. “If we expect great things from them, they begin to expect great things of themselves.” Bishop said it is the greatest lesson he has learned while working as the artistic director for the Young People’s Chorus of Erie and as […]

Paul Ayres has won the main prize in the Loughborough University Choral Composition competition to mark the London Olympic Games. For further details see press release at http://www.lboro.ac.uk/service/publicity/news-releases/2012/17_Choral-Comp.html

By David Knight   The word reverence perhaps best describes the way in which people talk about famed choral conductor, composer and singer, Craig Hella Johnson. “He is this human being who is just bigger than life itself and he’s got this awareness of life, of people, of human beings just beyond what we can imagine.” […]

By Linda Leicht   SPRINGFIELD, MO — “Place your song within my heart,” the Asbury United Methodist Church choir sang as Margaret Day looked on in amazement. Day, who until Jan. 1 had directed the choir for most of 50 years, was hearing the song for the first time. In fact, it was the premiere performance of […]

By Candice Marshall   SOUTHPORT, AUSTRALIA — Essentially, the choir uses group singing to increase wellbeing and community connectedness, catching up and rehearsing weekly in Southport.  Music therapist, Angela Delaney, is the choir's conductor.  "People come by word of mouth or they're referred through support services. The people that come along are people that like feeling […]

By Alex Campbell   INDIANAPOLIS — Three weeks out from the Super Bowl, Indianapolis Children’s Choir artistic director Henry Leck had heard nothing. He had been pushing for two years to get his kids involved in the Super Bowl. He thought that he would have heard something by then, so he figured he was out of […]