By Janelle Gelfand • jgelfand(a)enquirer.com • November 12, 2010 In December 2001, two West Chester Township boys, Ryan Slone, then 11, and Donald Smith, then 13, became the second and third U.S. citizens to join the world-renowned Vienna Boys Choir. Two years later, Benjamin Kleykamp, then 11, of Mason joined. And the Markowich family of […]
The Peninsula Women’s Chorus releases NEW CD: Nature Pictures
NATURE PICTURES: New CD release by the Peninsula Women’s Chorus AVAILABLE THIS NOVEMBER!! With its newest CD, Nature Pictures, the PWC celebrates a close relationship with prominent Estonian composer, Veljo Tormis. Influenced by his deep conviction that ancient song traditions reflect a close connection to nature, the prolific Tormis gives us the four seasons […]
Donald Patriquin – Noel Nowell Noel CD – 80 minutes of Christmas music
Newly available from A Tempo Music: MUSIC FOR CHRISTMAS FOR CHOIR, BRASS, STRINGS, WOODWINDS AND PERCUSSION Three Choral Ensembles and Three Instrumental Ensembles Conducted by Iwan Edwards and Donald Patriquin; Marcel Saint-Cyr and Pierre Beluse GIOVANNI GABRIELI: MOTETS FOR CHOIR AND BRASS ARCANGELO CORELLI: “CHRISTMAS” CONCERTO (Opus 6, No. 8) DONALD PATRIQUIN: CHRISTMAS […]
Chanticleer releases first self-made music video, “Cells Planets”
What happens when the members of Chanticleer have two rare afternoons off while on the road? Why, they whip out their iphones and web cams and make a music video! This happened earlier this fall when Music Director, Matthew Oltman and Tenor, Brian Hinman wanted to devise a new way to expose listeners to one […]
Do you need a last-minute piece for your Christmas concert?
Secular and sacred Christmas/solstice/winter anthems for unison, treble or mixed choirs: http://www.redhouseartspace.com/choral-music.html Thanks for looking. Chris
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Choir celebrates 50 years
Posted: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 4:10 pm On Sunday 21 November, the feast of Christ the King, the Choir of the Metropolitan Cathedral will celebrate their 50th anniversary. On the same feast day in 1960, they sang in the Lutyens Crypt under the direction of the Cathedral’s first Master of the Music, Christopher Symons. A […]