O Come Emmanuel by Gordon Giles Review: “If you’ve ever wondered about the origins of a favorite Christmas carol, you’ll enjoy this book, subtitled “A Musical Tour of Daily Readings for Advent and Christmas.” Like most devotionals, the book offers daily readings and meditations. It goes from the beginning of December to the Feast […]
History of Music Education/Choirs — Research Symposium June 2-4 2011
ACDA Colleagues, The MENC and several universities are teaming up to hold a symposium on the history of music teaching and learning in Chattanooga, Tennessee, next June 2-4. This includes the history of choirs. Email me for a brochure or view this site: www.GCSU.edu/srig. The brochure includes the Call for […]
Who’s afraid of a choir master?
SF Gay Men’s Chorus conductor Kathleen McGuire moves on by Philip Gambone When Kathleen McGuire conducts the last of a trio of Christmas Eve concerts at the Castro Theatre this month, she will put the finishing flourish on a decade-long tenure as the first female conductor of the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus. She’s going […]
Richmond choir concerts bring more than good music
By Andrew Benoit, Voice Staff Writer RICHMOND, MI — The Richmond Community Choir has a devoted following. Proof of that can be found with the overflowing crowds found each year during the group’s annual Christmas concerts. When people flock to the Richmond High School auditorium each year to see the choir perform, it’s not money […]
Parents band together to save children’s choir
By Emily Campbell The news that the Handel Children’s Choir in Baltimore was being disbanded because of financial constraints was almost too much to bear for the 60 children who make up the chorus. “Everyone was just stunned into silence. A few of the parents and lot of the kids were crying. It was really […]
BBC Radio 3 to Broadcast Specially Recorded Modern Carols
The BBC Singers will be recording a collection of modern Christmas carols for broadcast on BBC Radio 3’s breakfast show in the run up to Christmas. Breakfast presenters Rob Cowan and Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Martin Handley introduce four performance premieres, 12 broadcast premieres and a brand new work from renowned British composer Sir John Tavener. […]