President Dmitry Medvedev has congratulated the world-famous Pyatnitsky Folk Choir on its 100th anniversary. “The Choir, established by the prominent Russian folklorist Mitrofan Pyatnitsky, has triumphed on the world’s most prestigious venues and has done a great deal to popularize Russian culture everywhere,” the President says in a congratulatory message. The Pyatnitsky Choir will be […]
Choir registration open for Games
Registration for the 7th World Choir Games, which will take place July 4-14, 2012 in Cincinnati, is now open to amateur choirs worldwide. Choirs will compete in 23 categories in 2012, including two new categories, barbershop and show choir, which were added because of their popularity in the U.S., said INTERKULTUR, the Germany-based international organizing […]
Northwestern University reception at ACDA
Good morning! We didn’t make it into the program book, but would like to invite you a reception for alumni and friends of the Northwestern University graduate conducting program at the ACDA convention in Chicago this week. The reception will be held in room PDR-3, on the third floor of the Chicago Hilton, […]
The Turning Year
Geoff Allan – The Turning Year (2008) A choral cycle on poems for each month of the year by Hilaire Belloc for experienced SATB choir with SATB solos accompanied by flute, oboe and clarinet/bass clarinet. Available from http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/The_Turning_Year_%28Geoff_Allan%29
We heard you: Presenting the Independent Music Publishers Cooperative
Conductors, After years of following this ChoralNet community, studying how conductors make programming decisions, where you look first to buy music, and what you need to know before you buy, we composers have heard you! And we’ve joined forces to present the Independent Music Publishers Cooperative. http://imp.coop Here you can browse quality […]
Slam Dunk Gospel Choir
By Nina Shen Rastogi This weekend, L.A. Clippers forward Blake Griffin won the NBA’s annual slam-dunk contest by leaping over the hood of a Kia Optima. To underscore the momentousness of the act, the Crenshaw Elite Choir was brought in to sing R. Kelly’s “I Believe I Can Fly” while Griffin soared toward the basket. […]