By Lauren Bishop CINCINNATI — You can probably rattle off the names of mascots for any number of major sports teams without having to think too much about it. But how about mascots for the big events like the Olympics? The World Cup? The Paralympics? You might not realize it, but most major international events […]

By Andrew Meacham ST. PETERSBURG — Days, perhaps weeks, before a concert by his choral group, director Robert Anders found a way to slip into the venue and take a seat in the back. He imagined the Alumni Singers, the group he led for 30 years, performing African-American spirituals and a variety of other songs […]

The Terra Community College Choral Society is soliciting nominations for the Distinguished Choral Leadership Award. The award is presented each spring to a person who has served as an influence and helped promote choral singing in Erie, Huron, Ottawa, Sandusky and Seneca counties. Past recipients have included choir directors of high schools, churches, community music […]

MILFORD, PA — The Pike County Choral Society has named Charles David Osborne as its next artistic director. Osborne brings to the Choral Society a wealth of international experience as a conductor, performer and composer. A native of Suffern, N.Y., Osborne attended the Hartt College of Music, where he was assistant to the director of […]

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 […]

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 […]