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, […]
Nepali choir tells of UK ordeal
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE KATHMANDU: Members of a Nepali choir, which was accused of absconding from Heathrow Airport, England, on April 27, today recounted their bitter experience. The 10-member choir returned home on May 5 after successfully participating in the Cornwall International Male Voice Choral Festival. According to Bimal Sherchan, one of the members, they had […]
AR high school choir library restored
By Jessica Rogers SHERWOOD, AR — In the storm of 2008 many parts of Sylvan Hills were destroyed. Those of which include the Choir room. The choir room has a library of all of the music the school has to offer. Some of these pieces of music date back to when the school was first […]
Dan Gawthrop; “She Walks In Beauty” Premieres
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 […]