By Ben Schofield LIVERPOOL, UK — CHORISTERS performing Handel’s Messiah escaped injury when a piece of rubble fell amongst them from the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall roof. It dropped from a duct in the ceiling after being dislodged from a vent in the art deco auditorium. But onlookers said the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir did not […]
Seraphic Fire spreads song through schools
By Howard Cohen Last year, Seraphic Fire created the Miami Choral Academy, a network of choirs in four of Miami’s inner-city schools. The kids are not only finding their voice, but doing better in school. Here, Director Shawn Crouch teaches students at North Miami’ Ashley Mobley loves Hannah Montana, but that was before she met […]
Choral director honored as Educator of the Year
By Carol Harris GILROY, CA — With holiday decorations setting the mood, festive foods and glorious singing by the Gilroy High School Chamber Choir Carolers, the Gilroy Arts Alliance presented its annual “Angel of the Year Awards” Dec. 7 at the Interim Center for the Arts. Honored at the event were Arline Silva and Allstate […]
Chorus a bridge to love for Oak Park couple
OAK PARK, IL — It’s unlikely that Yvonne and Rich Brode’s paths would have crossed outside of the Community Renewal Chorus. Just over 40 years ago, Oak Park/River Forest composer Harriet Zieganhals founded a unique vocal group, the Community Renewal Chorus and its companion children’s choir, All God’s Children. At a time of massive community […]
Former Sherman (TX) choir director Duane Gohlke dies
BY KATHY WILLIAMS SHERMAN, TX — Generations of Sherman High School choir alumni mourned the passing Monday of Duane Gohlke, who directed choirs at Piner Middle School before moving to SHS in 1972. At a reunion of former SHS Choir members last summer, family and friends took the opportunity to honor Mr. Gohlke and express […]
New Director Takes Singing Into Future at Last Boys’ Choir School
By Susanna Baird As enrollment declines at Catholic schools around the country, the last remaining Catholic boys’ choir school in the United States has hired a new director, reports The Boston Globe. Supplying a positive answer to the question of falling student numbers, the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School welcomed a young Englishman, John Robinson, into […]