The Los Angeles Master Chorale – the renowned resident choir of Walt Disney Concert Hall led by Music Director Grant Gershon – and KUSC (91.5 FM) – one of the largest and most listened to classical radio stations in the country – have announced a two-year broadcast partnership in which 14 of the acclaimed choir’s […]
Giving Boys With Changing Voices the Chance to Sing
Think children’s choir and an image emerges of rows of bright, young faces and angelic voices raised in song. But what happens when some of those voices start to change? For years, the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus said goodbye to its maturing boys once they strayed outside the traditional treble range. That awkward rite of […]
ACDA Announces 2011 Wall of Honor Inductees
The American Choral Directors Association is pleased to announce the 2011 Wall of Honor inductees. They include, Dr. Horace Boyer, Mr. David Davison, Mr. Brazeal Dennard, Mr. Walter Ehret, Dr. Lee Kjelson, and Mr. Paul Manz. Their portraits and biographies will be added to the Wall of Honor which will be displayed at the 2011 […]
Appalachian Children’s Choir celebrates 20 years
by Monica Orosz Daily Mail staff CHARLESTON, SC — When she joined the Appalachian Children’s Chorus in 1994 as a shy fifth-grader, Chitra Sampath could not have imagined how it would shape her life. Now living in Hollywood as a screenwriter, Sampath doesn’t make her living with her voice and admits her singing now is […]
Choir’s on song as members mark 25th anniversary
By Rhianne Pope » WHEN a handful of friends set up a singing group in 1985, they never thought it would go beyond that. But next month the Headington Singers celebrate their 25th anniversary with a special concert. And the 90 members, comprising men and women aged 20 to 80, have been packing out churches […]
Fears for Wales’ future as the land of song
by Sally Williams, Western Mail WALES’ global reputation as the “land of song” could be in jeopardy despite the emergence of Only Men Aloud and The Fron Choir as household names, it was claimed last night. The fears were voiced as a study into the nation’s choral habits was launched yesterday. In recent years popular […]