Esperanza, the new CD of choral and vocal works by Ted Vives is now available. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/tedvives Esperanza is the debut CD of composer Ted Vives. Esperanza is a compilation of choral and vocal works all related to the theme of Hope (in Italian, “Esperanza”.) Each work on this album speaks to the spirit […]
Choir tunes up at Madison Heights KFC
By Taylor Trammell Madison Heights— Customers at the KFC on 12 Mile got a serenade along with their chicken Sunday to promote the company’s “10 Buck Sunday Buckets.” Members of the Duke Ellington Conservatory of Music & Art Choir were selected for the performance after receiving a $1,000 KFC grant to aid financially struggling choirs. […]
40 years of singing has been their choral commitment
Written by Janelle Gelfand CINCINNATI — Sally Harper and Bob Lucero have sung in the May Festival Chorus for 40 years – a record. Both were born in the month of May. And both are cancer survivors. They each learned they had cancer while singing with the chorus. After surgery and treatment, they each returned […]
Programming
If anyone’s interested, I have a number of posts on programming on my blog. Comments are welcome. http://richardsparks1.blogspot.com/2008/01/programming-i.html http://richardsparks1.blogspot.com/2008/01/programming-ii.html http://richardsparks1.blogspot.com/2008/01/programming-iii.html http://richardsparks1.blogspot.com/2008/02/programming-iv.html one on the Ensemble concert I did while at Pacific Lutheran University: http://richardsparks1.blogspot.com/2008/01/ensemble-concert-at-pluone-on-part.html Trying to create an atmosphere for Victoria’s Requiem in a concert hall: http://richardsparks1.blogspot.com/2009/04/victoria-requiem-creating-right.html Programming Bernstein’s Choruses from ‘The […]
Music for a CHOIR DIRECTOR RETIREMENT
This piece was commissioned by and premiered by the choirs from the University of Texas at San Antonio Choirs directed by Dr. John Silantien for the retirement of one of thier choral faculty. Title: “I Had a Voice, But You Taught Me How to Sing.” CLICK HERE for the score CLICK HERE for […]
New SATB/pn setting of “Woman at the Wall”
This new SATB version of my SSA setting of Fran Gordon Immerman’s stunning text will be published next spring by Transcon. You may, though perform it now. It is from a larger work, “Sacred Rights, Sacred Song,” which concerns itself with woman’s rights in modern Judaism. “Woman at the Wall” is about a singular modern […]