By Carol Joseph NAPLES, FL — It’s been said that when you love what you do, work doesn’t feel like work. And for 51-year-old Becky Lynn Weese, truer words have never been spoken. “I just love what I do,” proclaims Weese, director of music and the organist at the Naples United Church of Christ (UCC). […]
Playlist for Great Sacred Music, Sunday, February 5, 2012
Two major works this morning: John Rutter’s Requiem at 10 a.m. and Palestrina’s Missa Papae Marcelli at 8:22 a.m. I hope that you and your choral conducting students find these playlists useful. Great Sacred Music airs every Sunday from 8 – 11 a.m. eastern on The Classical Station. 89.7 fm in central North Carolina […]
Indianapolis Children’s Choir to sing at Super Bowl
Forty-five members of Indianapolis Children’s Choir will sing the national anthem along with recording artist Kelly Clarkson at the Super Bowl in Indianapolis on Sunday, the local not-for-profit announced Thursday. The choir members will be conducted by ICC founder Henry Leck and Assistant Artistic Director Joshua Pedde.
Grant Gershon Appointed Resident Conductor of LA Opera
LOS ANGELES — Plácido Domingo, LA Opera’s Eli and Edythe Broad General Director, announced today that Grant Gershon, who has served as Associate Conductor / Chorus Master since 2007, will become Resident Conductor on July 1, 2012, effective through the end of the 2013/14 season. “Grant has become a critical member of our artistic team, and I […]
When I Sing to Make You Dance – SSA/piano/flute (opt solo) Michael John Trotta
About the song . . . When I Sing to Make You Dance was commissioned by Polly Murray and ChildrenSong of New Jersey to provide artistic expression for emerging mixed choirs. The ranges are ideal for newly changed and developing voices. An energetic piano accompaniment features subtle suspensions that provide a harmonic and rhythmic underpinning for […]
MS/JH/ – When I Sing to Make You Dance (3pt Mixed/opt Bar) Michael John Trotta
About the song . . . When I Sing to Make You Dance was commissioned by Polly Murray and ChildrenSong of New Jersey to provide artistic expression for emerging mixed choirs. The ranges are ideal for newly changed and developing voices. An energetic piano accompaniment features subtle suspensions that provide a harmonic and rhythmic […]