KUALA LUMPUR – For the first time, a choir comprising 27 autistic children performed to a full audience yesterday with their rendition of Heal the world and You raise me up. This feat was recorded in the Malaysia Book of Records as the first autistic choir in the country. The children, aged between seven and […]
VANCOUVER CHAMBER CHOIR RELEASES R. MURRAY SCHAFER CD
VANCOUVER CHAMBER CHOIR RELEASES SCHAFER CD VANCOUVER, CANADA –The Vancouver Chamber Choir and Grouse Records (its publishing arm) announce the release of their latest compact disc in the Canadian Composers Series: Imagining Incense The Choral Music of R. Murray Schafer, Vol. 3 (Grouse Records #106) Vancouver Chamber Choir Jon Washburn, conductor […]
Beaver choir to raise voices for female WWII prisoners
BEAVER, PA — Ripped away from loved ones, isolated by language barriers, subjected to the horrors of a World War II prison camp, a group of women clung to hope by singing. The 30 female prisoners — mainly Dutch, English and Australian nuns, nurses, teachers and wives of military men — surprised fellow prisoners with […]
Tributes to former Birmingham Bach Choir conductor Richard Butt
BIRMINGHAM, UK — Moving tributes have been paid to a long-serving conductor of the Birmingham Bach Choir, who has died. Richard Butt, aged 82, was in charge of the organisation between 1966 and 1992 while also working as a producer for BBC Radio 3 at the former Pebble Mill site. The much-loved figure was a […]
New choir helps fill void left behind by budget cuts
FLOYD COUNTY — Recent cuts in the New Albany-Floyd County School Corp. didn’t hold back 37 students from doing what they enjoy — singing. Music instructor for Hazelwood Middle School, Laura McDonald, said she felt compelled to start the Floyd County Children’s Choir after the school system cut elementary choir from its budget this year. […]
Cristian Grases at USC
Venezuela is a fertile if unexpected ground for classical music. The emergence of Gustavo Dudamel at the helm of the Los Angeles Philharmonic has brought worldwide attention to the country’s superb music education programs. On Friday, the USC Thornton Concert Choir will present its first concert under the direction of Venezuelan native Cristian Grases, the […]