A YouTube video of boys from an award-winning chorus school performing a famous prison song has sparked controversy in Russia. At the center of the scandal is the Boys Chorus Capella in the city of Perm, a prestigious singing school with almost 50 years of history. The kids are usually taught academic songs. However, a […]

By Sheila Pursglove, Special Writer Sue Zielinski enjoyed singing in the shower, in the car, and as she rode her bike around Toronto, Ontario, where she helped to found “Song Cycles — the Choir on Bikes” in the early 1990s. “I had heard a great version of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony on the radio one morning. […]

The Therapy Choirs of Michigan, a Michigan non-profit organization, is promoting March as “Choir Therapy Month,” starting with a noon, March 1 performance at the State Capitol.   The Farmington Hills-based choir, directed by Len McCulloch, of Farmington Hills will lead the 13th annual kick-off rally in the Rotunda at the State Capitol in Lansing. […]

All teacher/conductors who are working with children’s choir (in or out of schools) and youth choirs in their community are invited to join us for a reception in Chicago on Thursday, March 10 from 6:00-8:00 in the Hilton’s Grand Traditions Room.  The ACDA R & S area reception will be hosted by National Chair for […]

By Jon Moreno    ISLE OF WIGHT, UK — INTERNATIONALLY renowned soprano singer Lesley Garrett will be the special guest at a concert led by a massed choir, including Island ensembles, at the first Isle of Arts festival.   More than 100 choristers will include the 45-strong Medina High Community Choir and another Island group, […]

BY JAY LEVIN RIDGEWOOD, NJ — Manfred Knoop, who led a robust music ministry at the Church of St. Elizabeth of Hungary in Wyckoff and who promoted the choral heritage of his German homeland, died Monday at The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. He was 62 and lived in River Edge. He had stomach cancer, his […]