HISTORY is hugely important to the Creole Choir of Cuba – a group of musicians starting a UK tour. Members are descended from Haitians who fled slavery to start a new life on the neighbouring island of Cuba.   Last week, the Solihull News had chance to put some questions to choir director Emilia Diaz […]

By: Katrina Styx HASTINGS, MN — We know they’re good. Hastings High School’s top show choir, Riverside Company, already has two Grand Champion wins under its belt this season. Apparently, producers at NBC think they’re pretty good, too. After seeing some of Riverside Company’s performances from previous years on YouTube, they invited the choir to […]

Choral Conducting Assistantships available for students seeking a Master of Music degree in Conducting at Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana. Study with Professors Henry Leck, Eric Stark, James Mulholland or Tim Brimmer.  One of the two assistantships involves considerable accompanying. Deadline for application is February 15, 2011. For information contact Prof. Henry Leck    

Curtis E. Hansen, age 90, of Edina, MN, passed away peacefully on January 31, 2011.  As one of seven original founders of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) in 1959, he was the only one remaining until his death.  After graduation from Amery, WI High School and St. Olaf College (where he studied and sang with F. Melius Christiansen), he […]

By Angel Carpenter EUGENE, OR – Louise Kienzle, the music teacher at Humbolt Elementary School in Canyon City, has been honored with a statewide music education award. She received a plaque for the 2011 Excellence in Elementary Music Education Award on Jan. 15, at the Oregon Music Educators Association conference in Eugene. Kienzle teaches music […]