By Cindy Crain Newman MIDLAND, MI — Having a career in music locally is a bit like creating a beautiful patchwork quilt. Teaching, performing, directing, arranging, and composing are major components for three Midland musicians. When you ask them about their musical life, their dedication and passion are immediately obvious. “It’s not a 9-5 […]
Alan Bullard: New work for Passiontide
Alan Bullard’s new choral work, ‘Wondrous Cross’ has just been published by Oxford University Press: for US customers: http://www.edition-peters.com/product/OUP/modern/wondrous-cross/9780193379893?TRE00000/ for Rest of the World: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780193379893.do for SATB choir and organ or piano, with optional soloists, congregation, and strings (string orchestra, string quintet, or string quartet)Wondrous Cross is a reflective work suitable for church or concert […]
Rugby World Cup anthem makes public debut
By Lin Ferguson WANGANUI, NZ — An anthem written for the Rugby World Cup by two 15-year-old Auckland girls was performed for the first time publicly by the 24-strong choir of New Zealand Opera school students in the Collegiate Chapel yesterday. Eleanor Lang and Stephanie Townend’s winning song, was a finalist in the national songwriting […]
Agnus Dei by Michele Josia, conducted by Eric Whitacre
On 18th December 2011 Eric Whitacre was conducting Coro Città di Roma (Rome, Italy) in an international programme including also a first performance of AGNUS DEI from “Missa brevis” by Italian composer Michele Josia. Scan of the YouTube recording: Whitacre with Coro Città di Roma & AGNUS DEI by Michele Josia (Source: YouTube) Promotional […]
Auditions – Jan 16 – San Francisco Renaissance Voices
San Francisco Renaissance Voices (SFRV) will be holding open auditions for singers to add to our roster for substitutes and extra chorus on Monday, January 16 at 7:30 PM at Seventh Avenue Presbyterian Church (1329 Seventh Avenue between Irving and Judah Streets on the NJudah or 6Parnassus Muni line) in San Francisco. You should have […]
Happy birthday Bob De Cormier!
By Jim Lowe RUTLAND, VT — While most folks celebrating their 90th birthday would be happily enjoying retirement, Robert De Cormier was in the middle of directing a chorus rehearsal. “There’s a rumor going around,” interrupted a member of the chorus. “Your memory isn’t going, is it?” “Well, yes, it is,” De Cormier retorted with […]