RIVER JOHN, NS – This Sunday a northern Nova Scotia choir will be singing songs of hope and prayer to help Newfoundland hurricane victims. Monica Graham, a member of the River John and Area Community Choir, said while the two provinces are distinctly unique there are strong ties uniting them. “There are really quite a […]
Rollo Dillworth’s New Musical
What happens when a black church losing its older congregation needs to recruit new members? “Sanctified,” a new gospel musical comedy by Javon Johnson with original music by Rollo A. Dilworth, tells about the happy merger of a traditional choir and young recruits steeped in R&B and hip-hop. The show sets Lincoln Theatre afire through […]
A Gloria Overture
“A Gloria Overture” is a recent work created for the Christmas repertoire in mind. The idea was to create a work that can be used as an introduction for the Christmas concert and to be performed as a processional. Listen to the midi demo:http://hillmusic.net/Choral.htm and thank you for your support, David Nino
Show by first autistic children’s choir
KUALA LUMPUR – For the first time, a choir comprising 27 autistic children performed to a full audience yesterday with their rendition of Heal the world and You raise me up. This feat was recorded in the Malaysia Book of Records as the first autistic choir in the country. The children, aged between seven and […]
VANCOUVER CHAMBER CHOIR RELEASES R. MURRAY SCHAFER CD
VANCOUVER CHAMBER CHOIR RELEASES SCHAFER CD VANCOUVER, CANADA –The Vancouver Chamber Choir and Grouse Records (its publishing arm) announce the release of their latest compact disc in the Canadian Composers Series: Imagining Incense The Choral Music of R. Murray Schafer, Vol. 3 (Grouse Records #106) Vancouver Chamber Choir Jon Washburn, conductor […]
Beaver choir to raise voices for female WWII prisoners
BEAVER, PA — Ripped away from loved ones, isolated by language barriers, subjected to the horrors of a World War II prison camp, a group of women clung to hope by singing. The 30 female prisoners — mainly Dutch, English and Australian nuns, nurses, teachers and wives of military men — surprised fellow prisoners with […]