A presentation by Mary Cohen, assistant professor of teaching and learning in the College of Education, on the UI-Oakdale Prison Partnership Program, will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Iowa City Public Library in meeting room A. The event, “May You Walk in Beauty: Connecting Communities through Choral Singing at the Iowa Medical and […]

San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus is pleased to announce that it has bestowed upon Dr. Kathleen McGuire the title of Conductor Laureate. In the thirty-two year history of the Chorus, she is the first recipient of this prestigious title. The honor bears witness to her outstanding artistic achievements with the Chorus for more than a […]

For three decades, John Ranney preached the gospel, prayed for the sick, married couples in love and laid some to rest. But the pastor of Milford’s Reformation Lutheran Church didn’t stop using his talents when he stepped out of the pulpit. He also sang, danced and acted in choir stalls and on stages across Sussex […]

By Demorris A. Lee TARPON SPRINGS — Paul Stavropoulos was 10 years old when he first joined the St. Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral choir in 1935. At the time, the church was a wooden structure and Stavropoulos lived at 202 Hibiscus Street, just a block down from the Pinellas Avenue church. As the 105th Epiphany Celebration […]

Group recently performed in Creighton Mine The Ariadne Women’s Chamber Choir performs in Vale Inco Ltd.’s Creighton Mine in Sudbury in a bid to set a world record. (Megan Thomas/CBC News) The Ariadne Women’s Chamber Choir of Sudbury, Ont., recently took its act two kilometres underground in a bid to get into the Guinness World […]

The Boulder Bach Festival Board of Directors has appointed Richard (Rick) Erickson, noted cantor, organist, and conductor at Holy Trinity Church in New York City, as the new music director, effective July 2011. “Rick Erickson’s depth of knowledge of Bach and his music is an incredible asset to bring to the festival and the community,” […]