Deborah Berman, a highly regarded veteran arts administrator with extensive experience on both coasts, has been appointed Executive Director of Los Angeles Children’s Chorus (LACC) following a nationwide search, it was announced by LACC Board Chair David Scheidemantle.  Ms. Berman has been serving as Interim Executive Director since December 1, 2010, and assumes her new […]

The Windward Choral Society, a 90-voice chorus in Hawaii, is featured on Hawaii Public Radio:   http://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/content/windward-choral-society-builds-community-through-song

ESSEX COUNTY CHORAL FESTIVAL AN INSPIRATIONAL AFTERNOON   Under the artistic direction of Jason Asbury, the Essex County Choral Project called Sing Out! provided an inspirational afternoon of music performed by eight choirs representing a variety of musical, generational and geographical diversity.  Held in the beautiful Engelhardt Court at the Newark Museum, the project was designed […]

President Dmitry Medvedev has congratulated the world-famous Pyatnitsky Folk Choir on its 100th anniversary. “The Choir, established by the prominent Russian folklorist Mitrofan Pyatnitsky, has triumphed on the world’s most prestigious venues and has done a great deal to popularize Russian culture everywhere,” the President says in a congratulatory message. The Pyatnitsky Choir will be […]

Registration for the 7th World Choir Games, which will take place July 4-14, 2012 in Cincinnati, is now open to amateur choirs worldwide. Choirs will compete in 23 categories in 2012, including two new categories, barbershop and show choir, which were added because of their popularity in the U.S., said INTERKULTUR, the Germany-based international organizing […]

Good morning!   We didn’t make it into the program book, but would like to invite you a reception for alumni and friends of the Northwestern University graduate conducting program at the ACDA convention in Chicago this week.   The reception will be held in room PDR-3, on the third floor of the Chicago Hilton, […]