Boosey & Hawkes is sad to announce the death of leading Polish composer Henryk Mikolaj Górecki, who passed away aged 76 on 12 November 2010 in Katowice after a long illness.   Górecki’s early output saw him as a leading composer of the Polish avant-garde in the 1950s and he reached a worldwide audience in […]

WARWICKSHIRE COUNTY, UK — It was a near-death experience that led to Garry Jones retiring from his high-powered job at Warwickshire County Council to start up one of the UK’s biggest boys choir.   The 64-year-old from Warwick suffered heart failure while out jogging but, luckily, collapsed in front of an off-duty paramedic who rushed […]

Pittsburgh, PA —     Choral fest hits high note with ‘Mucho Macho’ teen boys   http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_708468.html   http://www.yournorthhills.com/northhillsnews/article/choral-festival-ross-township-provides-high-note-boys   To hear the archival recording of the closing “informance”, visit: http://teachers.nhsd.net/cloonans/muchomachomusic.htm    

Nov 5 2010 by Karen Price, Western Mail He’s the Facebook phenomenon and YouTube sensation who is taking classical music to the younger generations. But, as he prepares to make his Welsh debut, Eric Whitacre tells Karen Price how his own introduction to choral work was a fluke As a teenager, Eric Whitacre loved performing […]