By Terry Morris DAYTON — The official title is Leonard Bernstein’s “Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers,” or Bernstein’s “Mass” for short. The Dayton premiere of the large-scale orchestral/musical theater work might be called “Neal Gittleman’s Mass,” because the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra’s music director has been the force behind bringing it to […]
Emergency Help Needed
My children’s choir, the Pennsylvania Youth Chorale, is planning a concert tour to California from June 22-30, 2011. The concert sponsors and home-stay arrangements were made in March/April. The airline tickets are purchased. We’re flying into and out of LA and singing in the LA area and the San Diego area. This week, two […]
Vocal Institute at Westminster Choir College
The Vocal Institute of Westminster Choir College draws over 100 high school students from all over the world to sing for two weeks on our campus. Scholarships are available. For more information, please click here: http://www.rider.edu/academics/colleges-schools/westminster-college-arts/westminster-continuing-education/summer-camps/vo
Perform in Color! Messiah and Magnificat arrangements for brass!
Are you planning a performance of selections from the Bach Magnificat in D or Handel’s Messiah? If so, have you thought about who will accompany your singers? If you are like many organizations, you may find that supplying an orchestra is a bit beyond your financial resources. At the same time, though, you want more […]
CD of new choral works by Ted Vives to be released May 31
Esperanza, a CD of new choral and vocal works by Ted Vives will be available this Tuesday May 31 from the following websites and distributors: CDBaby iTunes Amazon MP3 Rhapsody Napster eMusic MOG Thumbplay Verizon Esperanza includes several new works for choir as well as 2 song cycles for soprano, trombone(s), and piano. Many thanks […]
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS ANNOUNCES TWO GRANTS TO YOUNG PEOPLE’S CHORUS OF NEW YORK CITY
$60,000 Grant Will Support Radio Radiance™ and $38,000 Grant Supports YPC Partner Schools May 18, 2011—[New York, NY]—Rocco Landesman, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, today announced that the Young People’s Chorus of New York City™ (YPC) has been recommended for a grant doubling its support for the second phase of YPC’s […]