The Chautauqua Chamber Singers under the direction of Rebecca Ryan premiered Daniel E. Gawthrop’s newly commissioned setting of the Lord Byron poem “She Walks in Beauty” in a concert Saturday evening, 14 May, 2011 in Jamestown, NY. This SATB work is suitable for concert use by high school, collegiate, chamber and professional ensembles and is […]
Musicians have better brains
New research shows that musicians’ brains are highly developed in a way that makes the musicians alert, interested in learning, disposed to see the whole picture, calm, and playful. The same traits have previously been found among world-class athletes, top-level managers, and individuals who practice transcendental meditation.
New Christmas concert music-American tunes-SATB, violin, harp, tamborine
I’d like to introduce a new publication from Spindrift Music Company: Shepherds and Angels – new settings of American Christmas songs for SATB chorus, violin, harp and tamborine 9 movements setting Appalachian and New England tunes, with instrumental prelude and interludes You can download a PDF score and hear an audio demo […]
Call for Papers: National Symposium on American Choral Music
The American Choral Directors Association Research and Publications Committee is inviting research papers to be presented at the National Symposium on American Choral Music, June 29-30, 2012, to be held in Washington, DC. This event will showcase the American Choral Music website hosted by the Library of Congress, built as a result of a five-year collaboration […]
McKinley choir director passes the baton
By Lisa Reicosky CANTON, OH — Standing on the stage at Umstattd Hall on Friday night, McKinley choir director Kirk Hofmeister expected to see a handful of his former students join him and his seniors for a traditional final song in which they are asked to participate. Following his bows after the first of two […]
Grammy Foundation awarded to CO High School
Written by Lindsey Larson FT COLLINS, CO — Students in Rocky Mountain High School’s Prima Voce choir have a lot to sing about these days. The school’s music department was recently recognized by the Grammy Foundation with a 2011 Signature Schools Enterprise Award. “(The award) is really an honor,” said Heidi Roeber, a junior and […]