My new arrangement of Morgen! (Tomorrow!) by Richard Strauss (originally for voice & piano) is now available for pre-publication sales from ECS Publishing. It is arranged for SATB chorus and piano or chamber orchestra (3 horns, harp, violin solo, strings). The piano/choral score (which is only four pages long) is catalog number 7774, the full score […]
Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir will be unveiled Thursday
By Marcia Adair LOS ANGELES — Orchestral musicians had their date with Internet destiny a few weeks ago with the YouTube Symphony Orchestra. Now the spotlight moves to choral singers with Thursday’s release of the Virtual Choir. Los Angeles-based choral composer Eric Whitacre created a choir that allows lone choristers from Lebanon, Kazakhstan and Madagascar […]
Swazi bank supports choral music in Swaziland
By Howard Mavuso YET again, Standard Bank has sponsored E210 000 towards the 2011 Standard Bank Choral Music Championship [ed. note: about US$31,700] As part of the competition, soloist eliminations started over the weekend, where 24 made it for the finals to be held on April 9 at Esibayeni Lodge (Esangweni). Last year’s sponsorship was […]
Budget cuts can’t stifle the choir at Detroit Southeastern High
By Eric T. Campbell and Zenobia Jeffries DETROIT — Students at Detroit Southeastern High School have staged three walk-outs and a sit-in after DPS budget cuts left them with no music programs. In a final show of protest, the Voices of Southeastern chorale singers gained entry to the March 11 Michigan State Vocal Music Association […]
Unbelievable Deals on Unique Choral Items and Experiences
You want Ann Howard Jones to do a workshop with your chorus? The bidding starts at $200. Love one of Eric Whitacre’s pieces? Have him handwrite and autograph the first page for you. A private lesson with Dale Warland can help you put the finishing touches on your next big concert. Chorus America’s online […]
Vancouver Chamber Choir: 40 years of glorious sound
By Stuart Derdeyn VANCOUVER — Back in the early 1970s, future conservative squares were dropping tabs of purple microdot, tuning into laughable tracks such as “Almost Cut My Hair,” turning on to their own self interest and dropping out of whatever it was that wasn’t “cool” according to Madison Avenue advertising companies selling them over-the-counter […]