By Sheila Pursglove, Special Writer Sue Zielinski enjoyed singing in the shower, in the car, and as she rode her bike around Toronto, Ontario, where she helped to found “Song Cycles — the Choir on Bikes” in the early 1990s. “I had heard a great version of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony on the radio one morning. […]

The Therapy Choirs of Michigan, a Michigan non-profit organization, is promoting March as “Choir Therapy Month,” starting with a noon, March 1 performance at the State Capitol.   The Farmington Hills-based choir, directed by Len McCulloch, of Farmington Hills will lead the 13th annual kick-off rally in the Rotunda at the State Capitol in Lansing. […]

All teacher/conductors who are working with children’s choir (in or out of schools) and youth choirs in their community are invited to join us for a reception in Chicago on Thursday, March 10 from 6:00-8:00 in the Hilton’s Grand Traditions Room.  The ACDA R & S area reception will be hosted by National Chair for […]

By Jon Moreno    ISLE OF WIGHT, UK — INTERNATIONALLY renowned soprano singer Lesley Garrett will be the special guest at a concert led by a massed choir, including Island ensembles, at the first Isle of Arts festival.   More than 100 choristers will include the 45-strong Medina High Community Choir and another Island group, […]

BY JAY LEVIN RIDGEWOOD, NJ — Manfred Knoop, who led a robust music ministry at the Church of St. Elizabeth of Hungary in Wyckoff and who promoted the choral heritage of his German homeland, died Monday at The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. He was 62 and lived in River Edge. He had stomach cancer, his […]

By Sarah Freishtat EVANSTON, IL — In 2002 the Evanston Children’s Choir consisted of founder Gary Geiger sitting in a room with three kids who could not sing the same note at the same time. Today it has more than 100 members and performs with groups such as the Apollo Chorus of Chicago and Barry […]