By Barb Brouwer SALMON ARM, BC — Two mainstays of the Salmon Arm music scene were given much-deserved recognition on the weekend. Tom Brighouse and Jim Johnston received awards from the BC Choral Federation – Brighouse the Herbert Kent Award for long-term participation in choirs and choral singing, and Johnston, the Joyce O. Maguire Award […]
Scotty McCreery invites HS choral director to ‘American Idol’ shows
GARNER, NC — Garner native Scotty McCreery will find out this week if he is the next American Idol. His special guest in the audience will be Meredith Clayton, his choral director at Garner Magnet High School. Clayton has taught Scotty since the 9th grade. “He didn’t try to be different, but we knew from […]
Perusal scores available: Missa Brevis Incheon
For university/professional choirs looking for a challenging and interesting piece for next season, please contact me for a perusal copy of my Missa Brevis Incheon, a concert missa commissioned by the world renowned Incheon City Chorale, Dr. Hak-won Yoon, artistic director. This a.c. SATB/div piece is about seventeen minutes long. It was successfully premiered in […]
Paranjoti: Kyrie Eleison
If you are looking for something REALLY stunning, try Victor Paranjoti’s Kyrie Eleison. Strictly using the notes of the Purvikaliani Raga of the Carnatic (south Indian) style of music, but with 8 part harmony using only those notes, the harmony is among the most fascinating yet acceptable you are likely to hear. The words, of […]
Edward Lear for SATB and guitar or piano! Kalevala translations for SATB!
Yelton Rhodes Music has just published two of my works. One is a setting of Edward Lear’s “The Owl and the Pussycat” for SATB and guitar (or piano), and the other is my setting of translated sections of the prologue of the Kalevala, titled Kalevala Fragments. Here are links to the YRM catalog for […]
Deputy Chairman of European Choral Association conducts PKU Choir
PEIKING UNIVERSITY, CHINA — On April 30 and May 1, Jean-Marie Puissant, deputy chairman of European Choral Association and conductor of French National Youth Choir, provided a two-day chorus guidance for Peking University (PKU) Student Choir at Yiyuan. Mr. Puissant heaped praise on the professional chorus quality and high singing standard of these student singers, […]