“There is an old belief”, text: John Gibson Lockhart (1794-1854), music: J.D. Jude Jicha (b.1984; Lawrence Conservatory ’06) This challenging accapella piece “on” F-major begins and ends with striking unisons and divides into as many as 8 parts ranging from F2 to A5. It offers many possibilties through rubato for the skilled conductor. There are […]
Music Monday
More than 700,000 Canadian students connected – and sang – with schools around the world Monday. Celebrated the first Monday of May each year since 2005, Music Monday has Canadian students singing the same song at the exact same time. Only this year, there was a twist. Thanks to videoconferencing, the students […]
Change of Name at Edition Music Contact
Dear Friends, the international publisher of choral music, called Edition Music Contact gets a new name which will be Porfiri & Horváth Publishers in future! Why this choice? More personal names will give more personality to the publisher. The General Manager also wants to acknowledge the work done by the […]
Recording of world premiere of “Stoke Fleming”
You may now listen to a recording of the world premiere performance of Stoke Fleming. [Click on the title to be taken to the recording.] Stoke Fleming is a small hamlet on the English Channel. The text for this work is a secular meditation on the rocks and the waves written by composer Greg […]
Northwestern University Graduates
Dr Robert Harris at Northwestern University is attempting to assemble a database of graduates of our Masters and Doctoral programs in choral conduting. If you are a graduate of this program, would you drop me an email message at ttropp(a)u.northwestern.edu, with a brief status update? When you graduated, with which degree, and where you […]
Home from the Volcano
Members of a Mountain View (CA) high school choir whose recent trip to Europe was unexpectedly extended by a volcano eruption in Iceland returned to school Monday. The Mountain View High School Madrigals were stranded in Paris for a week past their return date after the ash cloud from the volcano prompted airport closures throughout the […]