By: Chad Franzen CHADRON, NE — A retired Chadron State College music professor has been awarded the Nebraska Choral Directors Association’s top honor. Dr. Roger MacNeill received the Cornell Runestad Lifetime Achievement Award during the NCDA summer conference in Crete on July 12. The honor is annually presented to professionals who create a legacy of […]
Three Sound Clouds for Advent/Christmas
RedHouse Arts is pleased to offer a set of three aleatoric pieces for SATB and handbells, composed by Larry Finke, suitable for Advent and Christmas. The three pieces are based upon “Angels We have Heard on High”, “Of the Father’s Love Begotten” and “Picardy.” You may see a sample score at http://www.redhouseartspace.com/sound-clouds.html. Many thanks. I hope […]
Summer Camp Campaign: Santiago Burgos finds inspiration to sing
The teenager came back from UCLA Unicamp confident enough to form a show choir at his school. By Sophia Lee LOS ANGELES — Santiago Burgos has many fond memories of summer camp, but he most distinctly remembers the campfires. Every night over the crackle of the fire, all the campers would burst out in songs […]
Great Sacred Music for Sunday, August 7, 2011
The Classical Station streams 3 hours of sacred choral and organ music every Sunday begiining at 8 a.m. eastern. Join host Rob Kennedy for music of Barnby, Elgar, Purcell and Reger in the 8 a.m. hour. We feature a Bach cantata at 9 a.m. At 10 a.m. you can hear a new recording of Mozart’s […]
Arlington junior high chorus to reunite after 50 years
By John Davis POUGHKEEPSIE — Former Arlington students who sang a half-century ago in the junior high school chorus will be reuniting today to hold a sing-along with their former director, John LaFalce, 84. He is flying from his home in Mesa, Ariz., for the reunion at Arlington Middle School — formerly the junior high […]
“Listen to Our Song” concert opener
“Listen to Our Song” (SATB–divisi–a cappella), by Julia Laylander, is available (free) from www.choralmelodies.com or www.ScoreExchange.com. Lyrics: Listen to our song, Voices raised as one, We carry notes along, now the harmony’s begun, Lovely harmony with the baritones and basses, Tenors singing higher, Women’s voices light a fire. Now we sing […]