By Laura Lynch They gather every Monday evening in a converted church hall in a working class London neighbourhood. Men and women ranging in age from their twenties to their sixties with one thing in common: they know what it is like to have no home. Some, like Dean Johnson, ended up on the streets […]
Jane Ring Frank named Music Director of Cantemus
The Cantemus Chamber Chorus, based in Ipswich, Massachusetts, announces the appointment of Jane Ring Frank as its new Music Director, their seventh leader in the 29-year history of the 40-member group. Ring Frank is best known in Boston as Founder/Artistic Director of Boston Secession, a professional choral ensemble that performed and recorded from 1996-2010. The […]
Audition for Schola cantorum on Hudson
Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000217 EndHTML:0000018818 StartFragment:0000004538 EndFragment:0000018782 SourceURL:file://localhost/Users/deborahking/Desktop/ChoralNetAudition2011%20Folder/ChoralNetAudition2011.docx Audition for Schola Cantorum on Hudson Date: June 23, 2011 by Gordon King Primary performance locations: Lower Manhattan (Village) and Montclair, NJ Primary rehearsal location: four blocks from Journal Square PATH (Jersey City) Web page: http://ScholaOnHudson.org Schola Cantorum on Hudson seeks talented singers to fill positions within […]
The choir that saved our lives
By Amanda Cable YORK, SURREY, UK — At five am on February 12 this year, the most unlikely hit squad ever boarded a coach in Surrey on a secret mission which had been organised with military-style precision. Dressed in black, the gang consisted of 100 coiffured ladies and dapper gents from Farnham who set off […]
Vero Beach Choral Society adds assistant director
By Deborah Borfitz VERO BEACH, FL — The Vero Beach Choral Society has engaged Jason Hobratschk as assistant director of its 40-member choir. In this new position, Hobratschk will most immediately create and oversee a small women’s ensemble while assisting Artistic Director Daniel Koh with rehearsals and performances. Hobratschk, with nine years of directing experience, […]
Georgetown County choir helping flood victims
CHARLESTON, SC — A Georgetown County choir is helping Mississippi flood victims. The kids helping are part of the Georgetown High School gospel choir. The joyful sounds of gospel music rang through the halls of Georgetown High as the school’s gospel choir wraps up last minute practice before heading out to help heal the hearts […]