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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

By JENNIFER BRUMMETT The popular Danville Children’s Choir is returning after an almost-six-year absence, with a new conductor and assistant conductor/accompanist. Meg Stohlman is the new conductor, and Daniel Wesley is the new assistant conductor/accompanist. Auditions for the new choir will be held this month. The original Danville Children’s Choir ran for 15 years under […]