DAPHNE, Ala.—Shoppers at the Walmart were surprised Saturday at 1 p.m. by approximately 100 voices of a “flash mob” choral group belting out the hymn “Hallelujah Chorus” by Handel Messiah. About 100 people stunned Walmart shoppers Saturday as they simultaneously burst into a Christmas song. (Photo submitted by Tomasina Werner) Shoppers stopped everything they were […]
Has your ChoralNet email stopped recently?
If your ChoralNet email has stopped flowing recently, you're not alone. ChoralNet, along with many other legitimate sites (including Amazon and Yahoo) were recently incorrectly added to a "real-time email blacklist" of supposed dynamic IPs called the SORBS DUHL. This blacklist is intended to provide a point of data that your email server uses […]
O Come Emmanuel and O Clap Your Hands by Gordon Giles
O Come Emmanuel by Gordon Giles Review: “If you’ve ever wondered about the origins of a favorite Christmas carol, you’ll enjoy this book, subtitled “A Musical Tour of Daily Readings for Advent and Christmas.” Like most devotionals, the book offers daily readings and meditations. It goes from the beginning of December to the Feast […]
History of Music Education/Choirs — Research Symposium June 2-4 2011
ACDA Colleagues, The MENC and several universities are teaming up to hold a symposium on the history of music teaching and learning in Chattanooga, Tennessee, next June 2-4. This includes the history of choirs. Email me for a brochure or view this site: www.GCSU.edu/srig. The brochure includes the Call for […]
Who’s afraid of a choir master?
SF Gay Men’s Chorus conductor Kathleen McGuire moves on by Philip Gambone When Kathleen McGuire conducts the last of a trio of Christmas Eve concerts at the Castro Theatre this month, she will put the finishing flourish on a decade-long tenure as the first female conductor of the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus. She’s going […]
Richmond choir concerts bring more than good music
By Andrew Benoit, Voice Staff Writer RICHMOND, MI — The Richmond Community Choir has a devoted following. Proof of that can be found with the overflowing crowds found each year during the group’s annual Christmas concerts. When people flock to the Richmond High School auditorium each year to see the choir perform, it’s not money […]