Congratulations to choral director Ms. Lisa Itkin and the Watkins Mill Chamber Singers on their outstanding performances at The White House on Tuesday, as part of the President’s 2011 Holiday Tours. But please read on, as there is much more to the story! Little did the students, Ms. Itkin, and Mr. Murphy (who was along […]

REGINA, SK — Sheila Braun was presented with an award for “Outstanding community Service” by the Saskatchewan Choral Federation at the Saskatchewan Music Convention banquet held on Nov. 4 in Regina. She was nominated for this award by the members of the Swift Current Oratorio Choir which she has accompanied for 18 years. Accompanying the Oratorio […]

By Alison Zeidman   PHILADELPHIA — On November 22nd, twenty-two young boys donned newly-fitted red blazers and officially joined the ranks of the prestigious Philadelphia Boys Choir during a performance and ceremony for proud friends and family members. Between songs from the evening’s patriotic repertoire (a medley of American classics like “America the Beautiful” and “The […]

John Gardner was born on 2nd March 1917 and died on 12th December 2011. He is best known for his setting of Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day, but with a professional career which began in 1951 with the success of his First Symphony under Barbirolli at the Cheltenham Festival, he has a catalogue of 249 […]

YORKSHIRE, UK — IT started as just two voices from the windswept Army base of Catterick Garrison. Last year, Nicky Clarke and Caroline Jopp, both spouses of serving soldiers, decided to set up a choir at the North Yorkshire garrison to provide some respite to families of 4th Mechanised Brigade, while their loved ones fought on […]

By Kim Wilmath   TAMPA — On cue, the nearly 50 booming voices stopped, leaving several seconds of absolute, eerie silence. Then came the downbeat, another cue, and up they roared again, filling the University of South Florida concert hall with song — Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45, to be exact. The performance, recorded […]