Lily Newman, a member of the Holles Singers, the reigning BBC Youth Choir of the Year, on why being part of it is so special. The Holles Singers has played a big role of the Music Department at Lady Eleanor Holles (LEH) School since long before I was a student there. It forms the vocal […]

NAKURU, KENYA — The Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa won 14 top three placings including five firsts at the 2011 National Kenya Music Festival held in Nakuru.   In one category the Academy was placed first, second, fourth, fifth and sixth. The school was recognized on Kenyan national TV as the top individual school in a […]

Dear choral conductors and singers   I am a conductor and I am developing a postdoctoral research about “The work of the maestro as a manager and the organizational perspective of choral singing”. This project is being developed at the University of São Paulo, Brazil.   I would like to invite all the choral conductors […]

Duvuvuei brings an extensive background in music to the position, with studies at Alderson-Broaddus College and the University of Akron including a Masters of Music degree in Choral Conducting Performance. Duvuvuei is an accomplished vocalist and conductor. His solo performances include appearances with The University of Akron and Ashland Symphony orchestras, as well as appearances […]

“Trinity Requiem” was commissioned by Robert Ridgell for his Trinity Youth Group, comprising young people from the five boroughs of New York. Most of the performers were born around the year 2000, too late for any personal recollections of the tragedy the music attempts to address. Moran tried to keep his musical vocabulary direct, and […]