by Jeanine Benca PLEASANTON — Joe Hebert, the Catholic Community of Pleasanton’s longtime choral director, is singing his swan song after 20 years. Hebert who led the choir’s performance before a papal audience during the group’s recent trip to Rome, will direct his final Pleasanton concert on Friday. He said he is leaving to conduct […]

By Leanne Moore MONMOUTH, IL — In 1979 a group of 12 singers got together to form what would become a Monmouth tradition — the Ecumenical Singers, directed by Leo Ramer. “It’s never the same every year, but it grew to as many as 131,” Ramer said. Though the members have changed over the years […]

By SUE WILLETT CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — Jerry Larson joined the choir because he simply loves to sing. Becky Bierwirth says she likes the interaction with other members. Jim Tice joined as a way to get to know people when he first moved to the Western Home Communities. Gathering weekly in the Wind Cove dining […]

Sounds of Concord will again be offering free* group voice classes for men who sing and who wish to become better singers. If you are a guy or know a guy who enjoys singing, this is a great program! The classes are sponsored by Sounds of Concord, an award winning men’s a cappella chorus, and […]

In this delightful article, Robert Krulwich explores conducting: Bernstein without arms and Gergiev with a toothpick.

Tonight at St. Agnes Catholic Church in St. Paul, 60 singers will assemble in the choir loft for midnight mass. Violinists, oboists and trumpeters — many from the Minnesota Orchestra — will tune their instruments. Then, as Christmas arrives at the stroke of midnight, the glorious strains of Mozart’s monumental Coronation Mass will rise in […]