The Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Master Chorale (LAMC), considered one of the nation’s preeminent choirs, announced that the contract of Music Director Grant Gershon has been extended through the 2014|15 Season.  Appointed Music Director in 2001, Gershon has been widely credited with raising the choir’s artistic profile, attracting increased audiences to its […]

Producer Andy Harries, who is best known for 2006’s ‘The Queen,’ is working on making film based on the children’s choir who sang ‘Another Brick in the Wall Part II.’  According to Deadline, the movie will focus on the life of music teacher Alun Renshaw and his students, who sang the hauntingly famous chorus to the […]

Seattle Pro Musica, conducted by Karen P. Thomas, appeared on KING 5 TV on November 30. The choir performed Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “Wassail Song” on the ‘New Day Northwest’ show on KING 5, and talked about it’s upcoming “Nowell” concerts and educational outreach programs.   For more information on Seattle Pro Musica, go to www.seattlepromusica.org […]

“The Canadian Music Centre is extremely pleased to report Associate Composer Stephen Chatman has been given the SOCAN Jan V. Matajcek Classical Music Award. The Jan V. Matejcek New Classical Music Award recognizes Stephen Chatman’s overall success as a composer in his genre and comes just after his being awarded the Outstanding Classical Composition Award […]

BY DIANE TOROIAN KEAGGY > dkeaggy@post-dispatch.com The American International Choral Festival debuts Wednesday with dramatically fewer choirs than anticipated and an uncertain outlook. Originally billed as a major celebration of the world’s best choral ensembles, the festival was to draw 2,000-plus singers, judges and teachers to St. Louis. Now, only 400 participants are expected to […]