The National Collegiate Choral Organization (NCCO) is pleased to announce program advertising opportunities for the Fourth NCCO Conference to be held at Colorado State University from November 3-5th, 2011.   Information regarding the Conference can be found here: http://www.ncco-usa.org/conferences/   …and information regarding advertising options can be found at: http://www.ncco-usa.org/conferences/2011/ad.php   Thank you for considering […]

By Courtney Ortega WITCHITA FALLS, TX — There is a saying that goes, “To teach is to touch a life forever.” The former choir members of S.H. Rider High School in Wichita Falls have to look no further than their beloved director, Donald B. Cowan, to say they believe it. Cowan was the choir director […]

By Ian Youngs MANCHESTER, UK — Victoria Wood is telling the story of a 1920s children’s choir in a stage show that will premiere at this year’s Manchester International Festival. In 1925, some 250 working class children from more than 50 schools across Manchester were recruited for a choir that would go down in musical […]

St. Paul, Minn. — This year the American Composers Forum began a new choral commissioning program called ChoralQuest. Stephen Paulus was one of the first composers to participate. He spent part of this school year with the Oak Grove Singers of Oak Grove Middle School in Bloomington and their director Bryan Blessing. The fruit of […]

My new website is up and running and will very soon feature my new choral compositions. www.alandavismusic.com 🙂 Hope everyone is having a great summer!

Washington, DC – Cultural industries are economic powerhouses and states have the data to prove it, according to a new analysis from the National Endowment for the Arts.  Drawing on data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, Arts and the GDP: Value Added by Selected Cultural Industries is a new NEA research note that examines […]